The Arab Spring - From Tehran to Oakland
Friday, September 21st 2012  8:00pm
Berkeley, CA

http://www.lapena.org

The first half features award-winning Berkeley-based political cartoonist and comedian Khalil Bendib, who will be launching his new Prez-in-the-Fez bid for the White House, just in time to beat Obama and Romney after giving them enough of a head start. Besides his stomp speech, Mr. Bendib will also be presenting his newest book of editorial cartoons, “Too Big To Fail.” The second half, by local graphic authors Amir and Khalil, will showcase the international hit graphic novel “Zahra’s Paradise,” which became an internet sensation when it was first serialized on the web in 2010 and has been published in 16 languages across the world so far. Zahra’s Paradise tells the story of a Tehran mother searching for her 19-year old son in a giant demonstration following the stolen Iranian election of June 2009, and is a tragicomic account of egregious human rights abuses under the religious dictatorship of Iran.

Location:
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA