A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali sleep to save her beloved pet—a

to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama

Smells like the warmth and exhilaration of young love in the summer heat

as their father’s story comes to an end

quiet racism hiding just under the surface of mundane

just a little

A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali sleep to save her beloved pet—aAl Ali remains a hero in the Arab world, in particular to the Palestinians, who say his name with the same tenderness with which they mention their great poets Joe Sacco, from the Introduction A Child in Palestine collects the work of one of the Arab worlds greatest cartoonists, Naji al Ali, known as the Palestinian Malcolm X. Discovered in the 1950s, he was revered throughout the region for his outspokenness, honesty and humanity. Resolutely