Arab Writers Union
The Arab Writers Union is an association of Arab writers, founded in 1969, in Damascus, Syria
Themes:
1-Portrait: Ghassan Kanafani

Ghassan Kanafani(1936-1972)
Ghassan Kanafani was a refugee, a journalist, an editor, and a political activist. First and foremost, though, he was a writer, “a commando who never fired a gun, whose weapon was a ball-point pen,” said his obituary in Lebanon’s Daily Star. He was born in 1936 in Akka (Acre) and was part of the 1948 exodus from Palestine. A politically active journalist in Beirut during the 1960s, Kanafani was killed in the explosion of his booby-trapped car in July 1972. He is the author of the highly acclaimed novel Men in the Sun and is considered a leading novelist in the Arab world. His works have been translated into 17
languages and published in 20 countries.

2-theme : Identity – resistance

Participation

The competition is open to all artists.

Entries:

– Each participant can send 2 Cartoons + ( C.V+ Photo)

A3 (29X42 cm) , 200 dpi, JPG/JPEG and free techniques.

Deadline:

25 . 8 . 2024

Caricatures must be sent to:

syriacartoonwebsite@gmail.com

Prizes:

First Prize: Trophy+ Diploma + book.
• Second Prize: Trophy+ Diploma + book.
• Third Prize: Trophy+ Diploma + book.
Special Awards:  Diplomas/PDF/

Caricatures can be used for any promotion purposes

(Printing, websites, Newspapers, posters, invitation cards….etc)

without the permission of the artist and without any payment.

For more details please visit:

Syria Cartoon website:

www.raedcartoon.com