CAIRO: Cartoonist Ali Farzat’s hand glides over the paper, once more creating the images of defiance he says have helped mobilize Syrians to revolt against President Bashar Assad.
Just over 12 months ago, the Syrian artist was kidnapped, beaten and burned in an attack he blamed on security police trying to silence him and stop him drawing the caricatures that protesters had waved aloft as they took to the streets.
His hands were smashed and he suffered facial burns, temporary loss of his eyesight and multiple broken bones.
One of Syria’s most famous artists, Farzat earned recognition in the Arab world and beyond for stinging cartoons of Arab leaders such as Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi and Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and, finally, Assad.
Farzat, 60, escaped to Kuwait to recuperate. Now in Egypt, Farzat said he was determined to continue his work and support those still seeking to topple Assad 19 months after they began.
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