Lena Merhej, Tok Tok, and Calls for the New Arabic Graphic Novel
In a few weeks, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture—formerly based in Amman, now in Beirut—promises to launch its first open call for proposals for its Arab Graphic Novel Program.
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Magdy Al-Shafee’s Banned ‘Metro’ To Be Unveiled At Festival of Mediterranean Comics
Arabic-Italian Translator Barbara Benini informs me that Magdy al-Shafee’s graphic novel Metro will be out in Italian at the end of the month. This, after a long road of bannings and fines for al-Shafee.