Jordanian Cartoonist Emad Hajjaj Draws the Arab Spring

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Emad Hajjaj is a Palestinian editorial cartoonist based in Amman. He was born in Ramallah on the West Bank but has lived most of his life in Jordan. His editorial cartoons appear in the Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad as well as other Arabic language newspapers. They also appear in English through Cagle Cartoons. Over the past year or so Hajjaj has been consumed with the Arab Spring, both as a cartoonist and as an Arab. Here’s a selection of his recent cartoons, arranged chronologically.

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