LibGuides: Arabic Comic Books: Library Resources

Library Resources

The titles listed on this page do not represent a comprehensive list of resources available through AUB Libraries. Use the Library Catalog to find more comic books, comic magazines, graphic novels, and others available at the University Libraries.

Sample Book

كتاب روز اليوسف - العدد الخامس - سنة 1954

Comic book encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of comic books and graphic novels

موسوعة منشورات الشريط المصور (كومكس) اللبنانية

A Child in Palestine by Naji Al-Ali
Publication Date: 2009
Child in Palestine presents the work of one of the Arab world's greatest cartoonists, Naji al-Ali.
Arab Comic Strips by Allen Douglas & Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Publication Date: 1994
Through a variety of critical techniques, this book examines the publishing history, political positions, and audiences of Arab comic strip magazines; the Egyptianization of Mickey Mouse; and the transformation of political figures.
Arab in America by Toufic El Rassi
Publication Date: 2008
The book illustrates the prejudice and discrimination Arabs and Muslims experience daily in American society.
A Game for Swallows: to die, to leave, to return by Zeina Abirached
Publication Date: 2012
Living in the midst of civil war in Beirut, Lebanon, Zeina and her brother face an evening of apprehension when their parents do not return from a visit to the other side of the city. Translation of "Le jeu des hirondelles".
Best of Enemies: a history of US and Middle East relations by Jean-Pierre Filiu & David B.
Publication Date: 2012
David B. and Filiu draw striking parallels between ancient and contemporary political history in this look at US-Middle East relations. Translation of "Meilleurs ennemis."
Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco
Publication Date: 2009
Joe Sacco (cartoonist-reporter) immerses himself in daily life of Rafah and the neighboring town of Khan Younis, uncovering Gaza past and present. Footnotes in Gaza transforms a critical conflict of our age into an intimate and immediate experience.
I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached
Publication Date: 2014
Zeina Abirached recalls the details of ordinary life inside a war zone. Each chapter start with "I remember ..." as a starting points to each story.
Ikht hal balad chou B7ebbo! by Zina Mufarrij
Publication Date: 2012
Zina Mufarrij is a Lebanese comic strip illustrator living in Montreal."ikht hal balad, chou b7ebbo" highlights with humor the love-hate relationship expats have with Lebanon.
Palestine by Joe Sacco
Publication Date: 2001
A single-volume collection of Joe Sacco. Based on several months of research and an extended visit to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s. Palestine was the first major comics work of political and historical nonfiction by Sacco
Metro: a graphic novel by Magdy El Shafee
Publication Date: 2012
A powerful story of young men with nothing left to lose, Metro sounds the cry for a better, freer future.
Take it easy Margaret by Alex Baladi, Omar Khouri, Andy Warner & Ghadi Ghosn
Publication Date: 2011
"A 48 hours non-stop comic made from Friday June 3, 7 pm to Sunday June 5, 7 pm, 2011"
Graphic Narratives from Lebanon's 2019 Popular Uprisings by Lina Ghaibeh
Publication Date: 2023
Thirteen visual stories providing a powerful testament to the profound impact of the experience of being a part of the Thawra in Beirut, from the various perspectives of a generation hoping for change. An AUB Press publication on Graphic Narratives
The Book is also available in Arabic language as قصص مثورة
هي سير ذاتية ومدونات شخصية للثورة حصيلة أفكار ورسومات تلامذة التصميم في إطار مادة "القصص المصورة البديلة" التي وضعتها وأشرفت عليها الأستاذة لينا غيبة
If Shehrazad Drew: Critical Writings on Arab Comics - شهرزاد إن رسمت : قراءة نقدية للشريط المصور العربي by George Khoury (JAD)
This book is the first in a series of historical and analytical studies on comics from the region.
Published by AUB Press as part of their Graphic Narratives from the Arab World series in collaboration with the Sawaf Center for Arab Comics Studies at the American University of Beirut.
Mahmoud Kahil Award : comics. illustrations. editorial cartoons - جائزة محمود كحيل : شرائط مصورة. رسوم تعبيرية. كاريكاتير سياسي
Annual book series (2016 - Present)
Edited by Dr. Lina Ghaibeh, Director of the Mu'taz & Rada Sawwaf Arab Comics Initiative.
Published by AUB Press