You will probably agree with me when I say that if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a few hundred thousand then a cartoon surpasses all of that and through it you can deal with political and social situations that no paper (or blog!) would dare tackle. Hence, we find …
I know I know, I’m going barmy but what the heck… go Simpsonize yourself and show me if you can do better!
by Al-Wasat‘s cartoon artist Hussain Al-Shakhoori caption: placard reads: “Down with Secularism”, the shadow reads: “Secularism”
Al-Wasat‘s cartoon today is rather appropriate and indicative of what a large part of society is feeling: Two supposed journalists are asking the person in the middle for a statement, and you can see what the poor guy in the middle (society?) is thinking of if they do dare open his mouth. Has treading carefully …