Beirut-based comic magazine Samandal is calling for submissions for their 18th issue.
Read moreLit & Found: 5 of the Best Arab Comics & Graphic Novels of 2021
Over at Middle East Eye, Bahira Amin has put together an excellent list of five of the best comics and graphic-novel releases of 2021.
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The Challenges of Algerian Comix and ‘A Beautiful Local Production’
“Dalimen Editions really want to widen comic books’ readership. We want to strip away this image of comix as books for children. We have albums aimed at young readers, of course, but we have others for adults because comic books speak to everyone and are accessible to all.”
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‘Fatma n’Parapli’: Comix Exploring Women’s Lives, Mental Illness, and Community
In addition to being “mad,” she was also very clever, and could compose rhyming poetry off the top of her head. She was also a tragic figure in that her mental illness set in after the death of many members of her family during the war, and she was forced to raise her four children on her own.
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Teaching with Arabic Literature in Translation: Comics and Comix
“I started to ask myself the following questions: How might iconic images circulate between the page and other public contexts such as graffiti, calligraffiti, and the iconography of protest and resistance? What is the role of leitmotifs and repetition at the intersection of text and image?”
Read moreFormerly Banned Graphic Novel ‘Metro’ Now Available in Cairo
Five years after its initial publication, Magdy al-Shafee’s graphic novel Metro is once again available in Arabic in Egypt: By Elisabeth Jaquette Metro is Egypt’s first graphic novel and a […]
Read moreFriday Links: Your Dose of Orientalism, Publishing Controversies, Graphic Novels, More
In the interest of “balance,” today we’ll be providing some good old-fashioned views of Arabs (in English) over here at ArabLit! First, the Guardian books blog has a post about […]
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