Dispatches from Beirut: The Israeli 'volcano' erupts across Lebanon

The first in a series of comics that depict personal experiences near the frontline of a surreal and calamitous regional war, by Yazan al-Saadi and Ghadi Ghosn.

Graphic Truth

20 November, 2024

Yazan al-Saadi is the international desk editor for The New Arab.  He is a writer, researcher, critic, and comic zealot and has been published and/or cited on various platforms such as The Nib, Jadaliyya, Al-Jumhuriya, The New Arab, Al-Hudood, Al-Akhbar English, Linus, The Public Source, and more. He is based in the alluring city of Beirut; he has seen too many airports and often dreams of electric sheep.

Follow Yazan on X: @LSadeye

Ghadi Ghosn is born in 1984, Lebanon. He studied illustration at ALBA (Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts). He made some comics, drawings and illustrations. He works as a freelancer and as a teacher at ALBA.

Follow Ghadi on Instagram: @ghadighosn

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