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Ali Farzat or Ali Ferzat (Arabic: علي فرزات; born 22 June 1951) is a Syrian political cartoonist. He has published more than 15,000 caricatures in Syrian, Arab and international newspapers. He serves as the head of the Arab Cartoonists Association. In 2011, he received Sakharov Prize for peace.
2.5K views 11 years ago. The Syrian cartoonist paid the price of mocking the government with satirical drawings, but he has not given up hope. Listening Post's Richard Gizbert sat down with Ali...
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Mar 25, 2012 · Syria cartoonist Ali Ferzat paid the price of mocking the government with satirical drawings, the BBC's Sebastian Usher reports.
Ali Farzat, born 22 June 1951 is a renowned Syrian political cartoonist. He has published more than 15,000 caricatures between Syrian, Arab and international newspapers. He serves as the head of the Arab Cartoonists' Association.
Ali Farzat is the dean of Arab political cartoonists. His caricatures do not spare wealth, influence, or power. They give hope to the disenfranchised, the poor, and the hungry. Farzat...
In August 2011, two masked and armed men attack the Syrian cartoonist and artist Ali Ferzat and break his hands as a warning. According to them, it is all about preventing him from drawing cartoons that « dishonour » the leaders of the regime –even though they have been contested for several years by a popular revolt.
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Ali Ferzat, cartoonist, has become the voice of the Syrian people and the revolution. His drawings and caricatures transcend barriers of language and nationality and encourage new insights into the abuse of power, corruption of state control and aspirations for freedom.
