Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj has done some interesting work recently on the various political developments in the Arab world that have dominated the news this past month or so. It is perhaps coincidence that all these events should coincide at the same time, however, they’ve provided some great inspiration for some spectacular visual documentation of a different variety: caricatures. Here’s a selection of the one’s Hajjaj has produced in the past month or so, looking at all the instability in Tunisia, Sudan, Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan.
The Arab World:
The Arab People
Dictatorships
Arabs in the era of division
Arab governments (arm), The [Arab] Street, Tranquilizer
Egypt:
Islam and Christianity (reference to Egypt)
Lebanon:
The Lebanese Scene
International Court (bottle), Lebanon (hat/tarboosh), Hizballah (the flame)
Lebanon’s Separation
Tunisia:
“The Eid Crescent!”
Death of Al Bouazizi, trigger of the wave of social protests in Tunisia
Tunisia: a vegetable cart overthrows the president’s chair
The Tunisian Revolution
Sudan:
The Division of Sudan. (North, South, Darfur)
Jordan:
This is the latest tool for administrative reform
“I too want to burn myself but the price of gasoline is just too high”
The new Revolutionary Weapons
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Really like the Lebanese ones especially. I like how Hajjaj’s drawings are in a comical style, but the ones displayed here make me want to cry profusely.
@Alian, Ali, Alaa or what have you. your comments are honestly of no use. using profanity in an attempt to insult me simply shows how unable you are to present anything substantial or of value here. it is a show of your very weakness and you frankly only humiliate yourself.
my father used to say that a pen is stronger than a gun……the first caricature draw a smile on my face, since its really what I feel about our ummeh….but only hajjaj can have the geniality to draw it the way he did……are we goinig to celebrate the second checkmate tonight? ……I would say who is next.
the arab world problem is islam and islamists,There can be no democracy without secularism.
جمال جمال، صØبك Øسني سو٠يخلع ØŒ أستمع لجزيرة، بما يسمى دول الاعتدل نراها تتهاوا أمام أعيننا تØت أقدام الأØرار ÙÙŠ مصر
طيب ÙˆØ±Ø ØªØ´ÙˆÙ Ø§Ù„Ù†ØªÙŠØ¬Ø© ضياع كل Ùلسطين للابد
على الاقل ما ÙŠØصل سيثبت وجود اسرائيل بشكلها الØالي الى الابد
اذا تم تغيير النظام بشكل كلي ÙÙŠ مصر Ø³ÙŠØµØ¨Ø Ø§Ù„Ø¬ÙŠØ´ اللبناني اقوى من الجيش المصري يعني مثل الجيش العراقي
سقوط الدكتاتور السÙØ§Ø Øسني هوا عبارة ساعات أو ربما أيام، يعيش الشعب المصري الØر ØŒ اللعبة قد أنتهت والتاريخ Ø³ÙˆÙ ÙŠØµØ¨Ø ÙÙŠ يد الشعوب شئتا أم أبيت
اخشى ان تعلن اسرائيل رسميا ضم يهودا والسامرة لانه لا يوجد ما يمنعها الان
Emad thank you – pictures speak louder than words sometimes..I love your work, but one cartoon of tunisian vegetable cart overthrows presidential chair, uhh maybe its too sad a story for me to laugh at that one. Excellent stuff Emad you’re very talented. Brave middle east – my grandparents are Lebanese so I loved the ones on Lebanon too.
anne – australia
The fourth pic under Tunesia is incorrect. Izrael not part of PanArabia.
اسرائيل خائÙØ© كتير من اللي بيصير عشان هيك قررت مصادرة 600 دونم ÙÙŠ الخليل هههههههههههههههههه
عندي Ø£Ù‚ØªØ±Ø§Ø …بتوظي٠الزعمات العربية الكرتونية زبالين لتنظي٠ميدان التØرير ÙÙŠ القاهرة المØررة
@Galak (13), Palestine is. Remember that.
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