Samandal

Let’s watch this video:

Then let’s look at Samandal’s website and read the statement in English and then scroll down further to see how they describe what happened using the comic strip (In Arabic then translated into English further down titled What happened)

www.samandalcomics.org

Questions:

1. Find out what Samandal means. Why do you think they called the comic zine Samandal?
2. Why was a lawsuit filed against Samandal?
3. What was the result of this lawsuit?
4. How does the Samandal team express what happened to them in the video?

• If you are interested in reading more about the history of comix in Lebanon, you can check out this article:

Metro

Let’s watch this video:

Then let’s read this article about Magdy El Shafee, the creator of the graphic novel Metro:

http://www.newsweek.com/godfather-egyptian-graphic-novelists-magdy-el-shafee-65109

Questions:

1. What is Metro about?
2. Why was Magdy El Shafee arrested?
3. What was the result of the lawsuit filed against Magdy El Shafee and his publisher?

• If you are interested in reading some of Metro translated into English, you can check it here: