Gaza in My Phone
Paperback
Drawing InstructionMiddle Eastern Art
Publisher Price: $19.95
ISBN13: 9781682196434
Publisher: OR Books
Published: Jun 10 2025
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Gaza in My Phone presents the powerful art of Lebanese cartoonist Mazen Kerbaj, drawn in response to social media images of Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza.
Gaza is the first genocide to be captured in real-time images on devices we hold in our hands. Two days after October 7, the Lebanese comic artist Mazen Kerbaj began drawing in reaction to what was appearing in his phone. This powerful and original book brings together that work.
Mazen draws in part to bear witness and raise awareness, but also as a coping mechanism, to remain sane amid the unfolding madness. His straight-to-the-point, high-contrast black-and-white art is accompanied by striking slogans and captions. It has been shared widely around the world, helping people express their solidarity with Palestine.
Produced from Berlin, a city where the repression of Palestinian support has been particularly fierce, Mazen's drawings raise fundamental questions about seeing as an act of solidarity when those in power seek to suppress news of what is happening.
Haunted by the live-streamed images, we dread seeing more when we open our phones. By representing them in simple cartoons, Mazen allows us to scrutinize and reflect on the horrors we have witnessed. The result is an extraordinary sequence of images and messages that ask us to pause for a moment, to stop, look, mourn, and summon the resolve to head out and join the fight for the living, for life, for justice.
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