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How Riad Sattouf Uses His Cartoons to Draw a Window Into the Middle East

January 24, 2025

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Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a literary sensation.

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How Riad Sattouf Uses His Cartoons to Draw a Window Into the Middle East

Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a literary sensation.

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