Mohammad Sabaaneh

Mohammad Sabaaneh

Mohammad Sabaaneh is an award-winning cartoonist and a former political prisoner in Palestine. He is the author of White and Black and Power Born of Dreams and is a Middle East representative for the Cartoonists Rights Network International. His work has been published in the Middle East Monitor, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Al-Hayat al-Jadida and many others. He teaches art at the Arab American University of Palestine.

Books

    30 seconds from gaza: diary of genocide

    30 seconds from gaza: diary of genocide

    Author(s):

    Mohammad Sabaaneh

    Publisher:

    Interlink Publishing

    Published:

    August 2025
    A powerful graphic novel from an acclaimed Palestinian political cartoonist that archives often-censored digital footage of the realities in Gaza into enduring works of art. Winner of Broken Frontier Award for Best Graphic Non-Fiction Mohammad...

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    White and Black: Political Cartoons from Palestine

    White and Black: Political Cartoons from Palestine

    Author(s):

    Mohammad Sabaaneh

    Publisher:

    Just World Books

    Published:

    January 2016
    Mohammad Sabaaneh, a talented political cartoonist from Palestine, has gained worldwide renown for his stark black-and-white sketches, which draw attention to brutalities of the Israeli occupation and celebrate the Palestinians’ popular...

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    Power born of dreams: my story is palestine

    2022 winner
    Power born of dreams: my story is palestine

    Author(s):

    Mohammad Sabaaneh

    Publisher:

    Street Noise Books

    Published:

    September 2021
    What does freedom look like from inside an Israeli prison? A bird perches on the cell window and offers a deal: “You bring the pencil, and I will bring the stories,” stories of family, of community, of Gaza, of the West Bank, of...

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