Ali Ferzat, cartoonist, Syria

28 Feb 2012

Ali Ferzat, cartoonist, Syria

In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat poses in his atelier in Damascus, Syria. Syrian security forces attacked renowned anti-regime cartoonist Ali Farzat early Thursday in Damascus and left him bleeding along the side of a road, human rights activists said. Farzat has said he had great hopes for President Bashar Assad when he became president in 2000, but in recent years he has become a vehement critic of the regime, particularly as the military launches a brutal crackdown on the country’s protest movement. (Foto:Muzaffar Salman/AP/dapd)

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  1. Tunisia: political cartoons flourishing | UNCUT

    May 21, 2012 at 14:11

    [...] But why did these two young artists chose the art of caricature? An art which cost Naji al-Ali’s life, and almost cost Syrian political cartoonist and Index Award winner Ali Fezrat his fingers. [...]

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