Publications

Publication details [#49889]

Najjar, Orayb Aref. 2007. Cartoons as a Site for the Construction of Palestinian Refugee Identity. An Exploratory Study of Cartoonist Naji al-Ali. Journal of Communication Inquiry 31 (3) : 255–285.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comic strip | conflict | identity negotiation | political discussion | social psychology

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper explores how cartoonist Naji al-Ali has been constructing Arab and Palestinian refugee identity. It demonstrates the power of cartoons as a way of social and political expression in the Arab world and discusses how cartoons have been employed in the Middle East and abroad.