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156631
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Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s prominent graphic autobiography, depicts her
coming-of-age in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. It offers an intriguing perspective
that challenges preconceived ideas and stereotypes about Iran and the region
overall. In light of the story’s success as a graphic novel and a film on the international
arena, this genre has become very popular among several Middle Eastern writers and artists
such as Zeina Abirached, Lena Irmgard Merhej, Magdy El Shafee, Leila Abdelrazaq, and
Riad Sattouf, who used it to shed light on personal, sociopolitical and cultural issues in the
Arab/Muslim world. In this article, we examine the literary, aesthetic, and thematic influences
of Satrapi on other North African and Middle Eastern graphic novelists. The corpus
we selected encompasses five main countries (Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey) as
well as the Maghreb (e.g., Tunisia, Algeria, Libya) due to the strong linguistic and religious
ties with the Middle East. We conclude by commenting on a highly controversial graphic
novel entitled L’Arabe du Futur, which, like Persepolis, provides a problematic political and
ideological representation of the region
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097069
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2010.
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This article argues that using graphic novels is an effective and valuable pedagogical tool to enhance the teaching of international relations, and specifically the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Graphic novels combine the best of film and prose in delivering a cognitive and affective experience that allows students to access the subject matter in a manner that complements the use of more conventional textbooks. Three such novels-Palestine, by Joe Sacco (2001), Exit Wounds, by Rutu Modan (2007), and Waltz with Bashir, by Ari Folman and David Polonsky (2009)-raise a number of important and relevant themes such as life under occupation and the shadow of terrorism, the intractability of conflict, the sources of violence, tensions within Israeli society, and collective memory and identity. After reviewing these three novels, this article discusses the benefits and challenges associated with using graphic novels in the political science classroom.
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