Friday, July 01, 2011

The brilliant Syrian cartoonist, `Ali Farzat





I have praised this brilliant Syrian dissident cartoonist, `Ali Farzat.  During the short-lived Damascus Spring he produced a magazine named, Ad-Dumari (I still have several issues of it).   I always credit Lisa Wedeen of the University of Chicago's Political Science Department for introducing me to his work back in 1993.  I have followed him closely since.  He has an active website.  Look at those two cartoons.  The one on top show the guy in the front carrying (or being tied to) a sign that says:  "a spontaneous march."  I love it.  The one below show the guy yelling:  "Through dialogue means through dialogue."