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Toons: Doing Nothing, Parades, a Syrian Cartoonist, and more. 12/23/11
By Kirk Walters, Toledo Blade - 12/23/2011
By Kirk Walters, Toledo Blade - 12/23/2011
By Taylor Jones, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico - 12/23/2011
By RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch - 12/23/2011
By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News - 12/23/2011
By Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ - 12/23/2011
By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri - 12/23/2011
By Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 12/23/2011
By Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 12/23/2011
By Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant - 12/23/2011
By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 12/23/2011
By Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons - 12/23/2011
By Ted Rall, December 23, 2011
By Tom Toles, December 22, 2011
By Stuart Carlson, December 24, 2011
By Matt Wuerker, December 22, 2011
Jeff Danziger looks back at the year: http://www.danzigercartoons.com/
Happy Holidays to all the political cartoonists who make the often wretched days of our lives more bearable through the art of laughter.
A Special Note:
This holiday season please keep Ali Ferzat, his family, and the people of Syria, who continue to suffer under the brutal regime of Bashar Assad, in your prayers for peace and goodwill among men.
Ali Ferzat (Arabic: علي فرزات‎; born 22 June 1951, Hama, Syria), is a renowned Syrian political cartoonist. He has published more than 15,000 caricatures between Syrian, Arab and international newspapers.[1] He serves as the head of the Arab Cartoonists' Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Ferzat
Ali Farzat on December 10 was a recipient along with 4 other individuals involved in the Arab Spring, including Mohamed Bouazizi, to receive the Sakharov Prize "established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honour individuals or organisations who have dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakharov_Prize
Ali Ferzat remains in Syria and was not permitted to attend the awards ceremony in Paris on December 14, "He sent a video message expressing his grief and sorrow at the number of victims in Syria which 'increases with every minute.'"
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/12354400/eu-parliament-awards-arab-spring-activists/
Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat poses in his atelier in Damascus, Syria, (AP).
His final cartoon before the beating:
http://www.ali-ferzat.com/
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By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner - 8/29/2011
This holiday season please keep Ali Ferzat, his family, and the people of Syria, who continue to suffer under the brutal regime of Bashar Assad, in your prayers for peace and goodwill among men.
Ali Ferzat (Arabic: علي فرزات‎; born 22 June 1951, Hama, Syria), is a renowned Syrian political cartoonist. He has published more than 15,000 caricatures between Syrian, Arab and international newspapers.[1] He serves as the head of the Arab Cartoonists' Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Ferzat
Ali Farzat on December 10 was a recipient along with 4 other individuals involved in the Arab Spring, including Mohamed Bouazizi, to receive the Sakharov Prize "established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honour individuals or organisations who have dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakharov_Prize
Ali Ferzat remains in Syria and was not permitted to attend the awards ceremony in Paris on December 14, "He sent a video message expressing his grief and sorrow at the number of victims in Syria which 'increases with every minute.'"
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/12354400/eu-parliament-awards-arab-spring-activists/
Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat poses in his atelier in Damascus, Syria, (AP).
His final cartoon before the beating:
http://www.ali-ferzat.com/
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By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner - 8/29/2011
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I started copying the source because I think it really gives an idea what people are seeing in the editorial page. BTW you've inspired me to pay a lot more attention to the political cartoons. Thank you for your long service to the DU community in this regard.
Merry Christmas n2doc! 
I 
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