Here’s an interesting flipside to the outcry from the Muslim world over the Danish cartoons – political cartoons from Arab newspapers condemning acts of terrorism. The Middle East Media Research Institute has selected a number of cartoons from the Arab press decrying terrorism and the bombers; I find it rather interesting that this is a side of the cartoon world and the Arab media we almost never see in the West, mostly invisible to the Western media and can’t help but wonder why that is? Or perhaps showing that many people in Arabic countries share a sense of outrage and horror at acts of violence would dent our carefully constructed view of that part of the world? Becomes harder to deal in cultural stereotypes when your start loooking more closely at the Other and finding the Other has more similarities to Us than we might think. Another good reason to read more… (thanks to Solomonia for the link)
(artist’s name not given, but credited to the Arab News from Saudi Arabia)
Wed, Apr 25, 2007
Art and animation, Comics and cartoons