Khalid Albaih
Khalid Albaih خالد ود البيه | |
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| Born | April 22, 1980 |
| Nationality | Sudan |
| Known for | Political cartoon |
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| Website | Khartoon! by KhalidAlbaih |
Khalid Albaih or Khalid Wad Albaih (Template:Lang-ar; born 22 April 1980) is a Sudanese political cartoonist, civil rights activist and freelance journalist, who is based in Doha, Qatar. He has published his social and political caricatures and articles mainly in Arab and international online media, but his graphic art has also been publically exhibited internationally.
Life and career
Apart from his written or graphic social and political commentary in newspapers or magazines like Al Jazeera, The Guardian or The Atlantic, Albaih publishes his cartoons on his social media pages under the name “Khartoon!,” a word play on cartoon and Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
In September 2016, when he was a human rights fellow teaching at Colby College in Maine, United States, Albaih created a cartoon of American football player and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick, kneeling with his Afro hairstyle in the shape of a black fist, that quickly went viral. With this, Albaih wanted to evoke the historic images of other African-American athletes who took a firm position on civil liberties.[1] Also in 2016, Albaih and ten other visual artists from the Middle East took a road trip across parts of the United States, exploring and commenting on US civil rights and relations with the citizens of other countries.[2]
Albaih's cartoons have been publically exhibited in group and individual exhibitions in Gulf countries, Europe, or the United States. Moreover, The Creative Court organisation curated a selection of African cartoons that reflect on the International Criminal Court. In 2019, he was awarded with the Freedom Artists Residency in New York City.[3]
Activism for civil rights
In his activism for universal civil rights, Albaih not only comments on political events in his home country Sudan, but he also has published cartoons and given talks about other current events, like the fate of refugees of the Syrian Civil War, exemplified in his cartoon on the death of Alan Kurdi.[4]
Sudanese revolution of 2018/19 Albaih wrote in Aljazeera: [5]
Coming from Sudan, a country that is both located in Africa and part of the Middle East, I carry the baggage of one of the most “complicated” areas in the world. That’s according to the western narrative – as if the west were not one of the main complicating factors in the region.[6]
Exhibitions and awards
References
- ^ CNN, Dakin Andone. "The story behind the viral Colin Kaepernick cartoon". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Gormley, Jess; Silverstone, Tom; Culturunners, and; theguardian.com (2016-07-11). "Sudanese artist on US road trip: 'The story of civil rights is unfinished' – video". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ "Sudanese political cartoonist Khalid Albaih is the first recipient of the Freedom artist's residency". www.theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ Albaih, Khalid (2016-11-11). "Troubled Democracy - @KhalidAlbaih". Creative Time Summit DC. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Albaih, Khalid. "No, it's not over for the Sudanese revolution". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "Jamal Khashoggi's borrowed white privilege made his murder count | Khalid Albaih". the Guardian. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
Further reading
External links
- Khalid Albaih's own webpage
- Crossing The Line, a project of Culturunners artists social enterprise
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Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Sudanese journalists Category:Sudanese contemporary artists Category:Sudanese male artists