Summer shorts #3 The story behind Handala, a cartoon by Naji al Ali

The first time that Naji al Ali drew Handala, the little refugee boy with shabby clothes and no shoes, he depicted him with his face towards the audience. But after his disappointment in the Americans and Arab leaders in the early seventies, he turned his back towards the viewers in protest against the 'American way' and the negative tides in the region. Handala is a ten year old boy and Naji al Ali said he would always remain ten years old, until he would be able to return to his homeland P...

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