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Graphic Novel panel time at #palestinewrites!
Re: his book Palestine in Black and White: "What is happening in Palestinian history is still going on." Mohammed Sabaaneh.
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He shows the way the West Bank is itself a prison of areas designated for settlers, nature preserves, the Annexation Wall, and military zones, cities that are surrounded and have access only through one small gate which Israel can close.
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He used a mural in his book to demonstrate how these issues that happened in Palestinian history are still ongoing.
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Here is Mohammed Sabaaneh's book: https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/palestine-black-white/
He did an exhibition on the Palestinian prisoner after being kept in Israeli solitary confinement.
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Iasmin Omar Ata Talks about their comic where Palestinians establish a space colony where one of the cadets travels back to 'Earth Palestine' to collect artefacts.
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All of the books discussed in this panel are available here:
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Marguerite Dabaie talks about the difficulties in getting her book published. One publisher said they were afraid of "being fire bombed" if they published it.
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Marketing team for one of her works were "a bunch of White guys" who said "what the hell is this?" and didn't do anything with it to hype, so it "died on the vine."
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She did mini comics about bizarre events like people "going ballistic" over some ma'moul cookies being found at a gas station because "scary Arabic word."
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She took a dnd test and it said she was mostly Italian, and then 6 months later they took it back and said she was "Northern Lebanese." Apparently Palestinians avoiding mentioning their heritage pretend to be Lebanese when taking these tests.
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"How dare you write about Palestine? How dare you do this?" Iasmin Omar Ata re: comments they received on their work for The Nib.
Sensitivity reader said: "there's nothing wrong with this book but there will be pushback. Be prepared." Talk of using "the P Word." Marguerite Dabaie
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Iasmin talks of people having trouble percieving them because they are Palestinian and Trans. "We have to be brave."
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Q from audience abt what comics can do that other media can't: "through the comics I can rehumanize the Palestinian people for the people around the world." Mohammed Saabaneh
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"Palestinians exist outside of the political narrative," one of the goals behind The Hookah Girl comic. Marguerite Dabaie.
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"Talking about yourself as a human being is very important to the Palestinian cause," Mohammed Saabaneh
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Q re: the positive rep of Arabs and Muslims- but NOT Palestinians- in comics. "We are politicized." "A broad rep of a large group is not enough." Iasmin Omar Ata.
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Iasmin's game is available for free on their website: http://iasminomarata.com/being
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There's "a very unique power there" if you can create and read comics. More of a "private space" and "strikes a certain way." Iasmin Omar Ata.
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Especially among Queer and Trans comic community, significant support for Palestinians. Iasmin Omar Ata
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No forum for resistance artists, but lots of interest among the panelists for having such a group.
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Lots of shout outs to supportive artists in the comics community (I can't keep up, but the vod for the panel will be available soon).
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Oh, good, they're going to put the names of supportive folks in the comics community in the chat. :D One sec.
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