Go, Read: Ali Farzat Interview

A total must-read interview from the Arabic-language Newsweek with the Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat can be found over at MSNBC.com. Farzat's weekly Al-Doumari was shut down in 2003 in large part because of the cartoonist's uncompromising and brutal cartoons. He is now apparently preparing animated versions of his work for the BBC. I don't know if it's the fact that getting his work out there is such a struggle, but Farzat comes across as almost piercingly clear in terms of his vision, values and beliefs.

Mostly what such an article displays is how vital a force editorial cartooning can be within the region. For another example, the Middle East Media Research Institute has produced a survey of cartoons about a single political issue and how it's dealt with in various by the Arab Press, with brief but able commentary.
 
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