For Ali Ferzat

The above cartoon, in solidarity with Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat is by Jonathan Guyer of Mideast by Midwest. Ferzat, who has published cartoons critical of Bashar al-Assad, had his hands broken last week by pro-regime assailants: 

In the early hours of Thursday, masked men seized Ferzat from the street and forced him in to a van. A relative has said that Ferzat's attackers targeted his hands, breaking them both, and told him it was "just a warning" before leaving him by the roadside with a bag over his head.

Across the Middle East and elsewhere cartoonists have expressed solidarity with Ferzat.

Comments

[Ethan]

One Thousand Ferzats:
http://1000ferzats.tumblr.com/
"This kind of oppression and scare tactics is unacceptable to us as cartoonists, and with this project we want to show the despots of the world that if you break one artist’s hands, a thousand will rise in his place. We call upon cartoonists of every creed and nationality to produce works celebrating the freedom of expression, opposition to censorship, and in support of Ali Ferzat."

[Allan Haverholm]

Hi, I'm one of the curators at the tumblr that Ethan quoted above. I just linked Jonathan's image, crediting both him and The Arabist ;)
http://1000ferzats.tumblr.com/post/9705432003/by-jonathan-guyer-originally-published-at-the

There's still along way to our goal of 1,000 cartoons in support of Ferzat and freedom of expression. If you know of more cartoons that we haven't dug out yet, send us a message on the site!