Throughout the workshop, she emphasized that the language one writes in matters, because it makes an immediate claim about audience: “It’s not that I was bothered by translation so much as that it’s stuff that’s not meant for you . . . I didn’t want to be giving [Egyptians] secondhand content.”
How To: Translating Comix from Arabic
For a time, she said, she stopped doing the web comic because there was no way to be honest and keep it open.
Announcing Dearborn Comics Workshop and the New ‘Maamoul Press’
The workshop will also mark the launch of small-press publishing house Maamoul Press, born out of Bigmouth Press & Comix.
The Arabic ‘Antarah’ Comic: ‘An Experiment Worthy of Praise’
"I was also very impressed by the poems of Antarah ibn Shaddad chosen for the events of the story; some of my favourite verses were in there."
Friday Finds: Watch Two Talks About Cartoonists, in Egypt and Libya
In the last ten days, there have been two big talks about comics and cartoonists, one by Libyan poet-translator-media mogul-doctor-blogger Ghazi Gheblawi, in London, and the other by author-artist-scholar-blogger Jonathan Guyer at Harvard.
A Peek at Dina Mohamed’s ‘Shubeik Lubeik,’ Grand-prize Winner at CairoComix3
Dina Mohamed -- who previously won "Best Digital Comic" at the inaugural CairoComix for her superhero-focused Qahera -- took the Grand Prize at this year's CairoComix Festival for her Shubeik Lubeik, or, roughly, Abracadabra: Egyptian illustrator and designer Dina Mohamed wrote on her website, deenadraws.art: سعيدة وممنونة إن"شبيك لبيك" فازت بجائزة أفضل رواية مصورة مطبوعة و الجائزة الكبرى … Continue reading A Peek at Dina Mohamed’s ‘Shubeik Lubeik,’ Grand-prize Winner at CairoComix3
Opening Tomorrow: The Third Annual CairoComix Festival
It will feature seven main events, fourteen core artists, and many opportunities to work, learn, and buy new comics.
New Arab and Arabic Zines, ComicCons, Comix Festivals, and Submission Calls
And on the heels of CairoComix in October of this year, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq is set to have its first-ever comics festival.
Opportunities for Local and Regional Artists at First Saudi ComicCon
"Alkhairalla was there to talk about "using comics as a platform for independent story-telling."
5 Must-read Narrative (Arab) Comix Online
A glimpse of five recent narrative projects that you can read online.
Award-winning Egyptian Artist Ganzeer’s First Graphic Novel To Begin Appearing Online April 15
" It follows the story of two children, Mehret and Kameen, who scavange the wastelands of Earth for valuables from the civilizations that came before. "
Popular Egyptian Cartoonist Islam Gawish Arrested and Released
"At noon [on Sunday], a force of over 10 security personnel stormed the social media marketing company where Gawish works and arrested him, confiscating his laptop and other computers owned by the organization[.]"
