The New School University has hosted the cartoonist and academician at the Arab American University, Mr. Mohammad Sabaaneh, as part of the “Comics and Picture-Story Week” events held by the Faculty of Arts at The New School University, New York City.

The lecture, which took place via the Zoom platform, touched upon the role of comics in collective memory, as Mr. Sabaaneh presented several experiences from different parts of the world and compared them to his own experience through releasing the first Palestinian comic story published in the United States in 2021 and translated into Italian and French. The lecture also discussed the practices of the occupation within the framework of settler colonialism and how Sabaaneh documented these policies through visual arts.

It is important to mention that Mr. Sabaaneh will participate next week in the Kosovo International Comics Festival to talk about his experience and to launch a new version of his book.