Writing, ideas & press
Where the drawing continues in words.
Notes on visual storytelling, publishing, public life, and freedom of expression — alongside selected reporting on the work and the events that shaped it.
- Visual culture
- Freedom of expression
- Creative practice
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Stories behind the public work.
Essays and project notes that add context to the images, exhibitions, and independent platforms.
From early drawings to a wider practice.
A path from newspaper cartoons into illustration, animation, independent publishing, exhibitions, and public conversation.
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Drawings that keep the conversation open.
How 518 cartoonists from 83 countries approached freedom of expression.
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Cartoons for equality and dignity.
An international exhibition that made difficult questions immediate and accessible.
Read the project noteSelected coverage · 2007 — present
Reported, interviewed, documented.
Independent reporting and interviews on ARiF’s work, the 2007–08 case, and the ongoing work of Toons Mag.
"Violence over Bangladesh cartoon"BBC News, 2007
"Bangladesh cartoonist arrested"The Guardian, 2007
"Bangladesh suspends magazine over controversial cartoon"Reuters, 2007
"Cartoonist Arifur Rahman awarded prize for best online activist"ICORN, 2015
Interview on cartooning under censorshipSampsonia Way Magazine, 2013
Feature on women's rights cartoon exhibitionDeutsche Welle (DW), 2016