The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has put up a page showing a variety of recent anti-terrorism cartoon appearing in the Saudi press. One I thought quite good is by Hajed, appearing in the Arabic daily Al-Jazirah.

On the discs are labels reading, “Programs for vandalizing”; “programs for hatred”; “programs for bombing and accusing others of apostasy”


September:03:2008 - 10:16 | Comments & Trackbacks (6) | Permalink
6 Responses to “Saudi Anti-Terrorism Editorial Cartoons”
  1. 1
    Saudi in US Said:
    September:03:2008 - 14:53 

    Thanks John, Cartoons in the Arabic world are a very powerful method to get messages across. I am glad there are many of these cartoons showing up daily.

    Actually we have a first on your site. A picture on the article :)

    My favorite of the cartoons was this one

    http://www.memri.org/images/uploaded/sp_2031_5.jpg

    Very simple and gets the message across regarding the influence of the extreme websites out there.

  2. 2
    John Burgess Said:
    September:03:2008 - 17:39 

    Actually, the second picture! I had one of Rima Al-Baz, a few years back. But I do take your point.

    I’m going to be negotiating with Saudi media to obtain permission to use their photos/cartoons so I can do more of it. I do not want to violate intellectual property rights, particularly in places where those rights are not well-observed in the first place.

  3. 3
    Sparky Said:
    September:03:2008 - 21:42 

    The good news is that it is may not necessarily be a problem in the hardware but a problem in the programming. Perhaps a little rewiring of the hardware and a new program would do the trick. It is all in the mind!

    Slipping in a new program is much easier then changing the hardware.

  4. 4
    Aafke Said:
    September:04:2008 - 07:57 

    ROTFL! I like’d your cartoon too Saudi in US!!!!

    What I liked is having the random accusation of apostacy put forward as a bad habit.

  5. 5
    Tom Jones Said:
    September:05:2008 - 00:54 

    where on the MEMRI site can I find all the cartoons?

  6. 6
    John Burgess Said:
    September:05:2008 - 08:48 

    Tom Jones: Sorry about the missing link. It’s now fixed. You can either click the MEMRI link above or go directly to it via:

    http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=saudiarabia&ID=SP203108

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