Lebanon Is Burning and Other Dispatches
"A collection of comic dispatches drawn by various cartoonists from the Middle East, underscoring how the multiple struggles in the region are linked to a grander fight for sustainable, just futures for all"--
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Format: | E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
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University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press,
2024
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Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
Schlagworte: | Arab Spring, 2010- Revolutions Revolutions-Arab countries-History-21st century-Comic books, strips, etc HISTORY / Middle East / General COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / History Nonfiction comics |
Umfang: | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
Zusammenfassung: | "A collection of comic dispatches drawn by various cartoonists from the Middle East, underscoring how the multiple struggles in the region are linked to a grander fight for sustainable, just futures for all"-- "Voices from the Middle East on the fight for self-determination. Much of the present discourse about the pro-democracy Arab uprisings of 2011 paints a bleak picture of their defeat. But the truth is more complicated, and moments of struggle and inspiration still recur despite the overwhelming odds against the movements' success. This collection of short comics documents the political and social unrest in the Middle East during the 2010s in such places as Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen, Palestine, Sudan, and Bahrain. A collaboration between writer and journalist Yazan Al-Saadi and a lineup of stellar cartoonists from the region--including Tracy Chahwan, Ganzeer, Ghadi Ghosn, Omar Khouri, Sirène Moukheiber, Hicham Rahma, and Enas Satir--this graphic reportage serves as a witness to an era of counterrevolutionary resurgence in which entrenched powers clashed with the people's struggle for self-determination"-- |
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Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781637790823 1637790821 9781637790786 1637790783 |