Why COMIX? An Emerging Medium of Writing the Middle East and North Africa
TMR’s guest editor Aomar Boum admires the growing movement of political cartooning in North Africa and the Middle East.
TMR’s guest editor Aomar Boum admires the growing movement of political cartooning in North Africa and the Middle East.
Aomar Boum, guest editor of TMR’s COMIX issue, heralds the work of master cartoonist Abdelaziz Mouride in mentoring a new generation of Moroccan artists.
Algeria’s leading cartoonist reminisces on his start in bandes dessinées in Algeria, Poland and France.
Brahim El Guabli writes about the Amazigh leader and resistance fighter Abdelkarim who inspired great Moroccan graphic novels.
Amber Sackett analyzes the popular French cartoonist Jacques Ferrandez’s series depicting colonial Algeria under the French.
For 20 years, Algeria was the preeminent country of comics in the Maghreb and Middle East. Nadjib Berber shares some of his story.
Malu Halasa reviews the new graphic novel by former political prisoner and editorial cartoonist Mana Neyestani, released in 2021 by IranWire.com.