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Gaza in My Phone

Mazen Kerbaj

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English
OR Books
01 October 2025
Gaza in My Phonepresents the powerful art of Lebanese cartoonist Mazen Kerbaj, drawn in response to social media images of Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza.

Gaza is the first genocide to be captured in real-time images on devices we hold in our hands. Two days after October 7, the Lebanese comic artist Mazen Kerbaj began drawing in reaction to what was appearing in his phone. This powerful and original book brings together that work.

Mazen draws in part to bear witness and raise awareness, but also as a coping mechanism, to remain sane amid the unfolding madness. His straight-to-the-point, high-contrast black-and-white art is accompanied by striking slogans and captions. It has been shared widely around the world, helping people express their solidarity with Palestine.

Produced from Berlin, a city where the repression of Palestinian support has been particularly fierce, Mazen's drawings raise fundamental questions about seeing as an act of solidarity when those in power seek to suppress news of what is happening.

Haunted by the live-streamed images, we dread seeing more when we open our phones. By representing them in simple cartoons, Mazen allows us to scrutinise and reflect on the horrors we have witnessed. The result is an extraordinary sequence of images and messages that ask us to pause for a moment, to stop, look, mourn, and summon the resolve to head out and join the fight for the living, for life, for justice.
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Imprint:   OR Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 190mm,  Width: 120mm, 
ISBN:   9781682196434
ISBN 10:   1682196437
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mazen Kerbajis a Lebanese visual artist, comics author, and musician. He is the author of fifteen books, includingBeirut Won't Crywith an introduction by Joe Sacco. His work has been shown in galleries and museums around the world. He is well known for recording trumpet solos on his balcony during Israel's 2006 bombing of Beirut, widely shared on the internet under the titleStarry Night.

Reviews for Gaza in My Phone

""Mazen’s work is an inversion of a heavily surveilled algorithm that draws the eye and always touches the heart."" —Saul Williams ""It is difficult to find the right way in this chaotic world, but if you take Mazen Kerbaj as your moral compass you won’t get lost. —Bob Ostertag ""An accomplished cartoonist"" —Chicago Reader


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