Komikazen Festival Wears the Mask of Freedom

The Mask of Freedom, created in May as a protest against Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, is being used as the central image of this year's Komikazen Festival in the small town of Ravenna in Italy. The festival generally revolves around comicbook works of political and social relevance.

I didn't design any of the festival's communication material myself, but its nice to see the Mask of Freedom used and endorsed by others.

Jordan's Ice Cream Truck

This is a little illustration I did for Manazer, the regular sociopolitical graphics series on Rolling Bulb.

Polish Coverage in Gazeta Wyborcza

Also during my short stay in Poland, an interview was conducted with me for a supplement in the Gazeta Wyborcza by Witek Szablowski.

Again, I can't understand a word, but it looks cool enough to dig. Gazeta Wyborcza is apparently Poland's leading newspaper with an average circulation of about 319,000.

Coverage in Czech Reflex

During my short visit to Wroclaw, Poland, for the European Cultural Congress back in September, I was interviewed for Czech weekly magazine, Reflex. I was just send a spread of how the interview appeared in the magazine, and although I can't understand a single word, I'm satisfied knowing that it looks cool :-]

I don't know much about Reflex, but according to Wikipedia, it's a weekly magazine focusing on social, cultural, and political issues, with a print circulation of approximately 60,000 copies that manage to reach 270,000 readers (I'm guessing its left on a lot of trains?).

Zine El-Arab #1 in the Press

Zine El-Arab has been covered in Arabic Lebanese newspaper AlAkhbar by Ahmad El-Zatari, saying that "Zine El-Arab laughs in the face of authority."

Zine El-Arab #1 Launch in Amman

Here are a bunch of photos from Zine El-Arab's Amman launch at Makan on November 2, which was uber successful. Everyone was having a great time and actually stuck around to read the zine at Makan.

The first issue of Zine El-Arab was edited by Nidal El-Khairy and myself and included contributions from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine. A few tweaks will be made to printable PDF of the first issue, and it will be made available online for all

Finishing Up Zine El-Arab #1

Nidal El-Khairy, Yazan Al Ashqar, and myself are up late right now wrapping up the first 100 copies of Zine El-Arab for tomorrow's launch at Makan in Amman, Jordan.