In the press
News & Interviews
News
“The New York Public Library chooses the best new comics of 2026.”Ricardo Serrano Denis, The Comics Beat, 2026
“Sabaaneh forma también parte de la exposición que reúne en el Centro Cívico Municipal de Bilbao el trabajo de diez autoras y autores palestinos que utilizan el lenguaje visual del cómic como herramienta de expresión.”Maite Redondo, Deia, 2026
“الصور أو الرسومات نفسها واضحة وصريحة، وتتميز بمهارة الملاحظة الحادة والتعاطف مع الضحايا.”Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, 2024
““This prize is not for me, it is for all Palestinians”, says Mohammad Sabaaneh.”John Freeman, downthetubes.net, 2024
“Palestinian political cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh has won the prestigious Swedish EWK award for 2024, which was contested by 200 international artists.”Arab American University, 2024
“On political cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh’s Instagram account, you can find some of the most evocative depictions of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza.”Hank Kennedy, The Progressive, 2024
“LICAF director Julie Tait defended Sabaaneh, emphasizing his commitment to advocating for Palestinian justice and freedom of speech.”Alan Gardner, The Daily Cartoonist, 2024
“في أروقة الأمم المتحدة وفي الذكرى الخامسة والسبعين للنكبة، عرضت لوحة رسام الكاريكاتير والفنان الفلسطيني محمد سباعنة بجانب أعمال الفنانين الفلسطينيين ناجي العلي واسماعيل شموط وتمام الاكحل ونبيل عناني وسليمان منصور.”Arab American University, 2023
“La casa editrice siciliana Mesogea ha organizzato un tour nazionale che ha toccato 10 città italiane.”Scomunicando, 2023
“Racconto Palestina, un libro di straordinaria potenza artistica, umana e letteraria.”Anbamed, 2023
“La rassegna ospita ben tre incontri con il cartoonist palestinese Mohammad Sabaaneh in Italia per presentare il suo graphic novel “Racconto Palestina”.”Avanti!, 2023
“Palestine artwork stolen and hidden at the ICC.”Middle East Monitor, 2019
“Acclaimed Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh was detained by Israeli forces as he tried to return to his Ramallah home following a trip to Europe.”Middle East Monitor, 2018
“Honored by the UN’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which identified him as one of Palestine’s two leading cartoonists – along with the iconic Naji al-Ali.”Just World Educational, 2017
“He says that if his critics don't like what they see in his mirror, they should end the military occupation and give him a state.”The Washington Post, 2015
“The figure was not Muhammad but “a symbol of humanity enlightened by what the Prophet Muhammad brought”.”The Guardian, 2015
“The intention was not to represent the prophet. [It was to] symbolise Islam and its role of disseminating light and love on the human race.”Middle East Eye, 2015
“Parce que j’ai publié ce qui s’y passait, mes comptes sur les réseaux sociaux ont été supprimés et, avec eux, plus de quinze années de travail d’information.”lundimatin
Festivals
“Palestinian political cartoonist, visual artist, and TCAF 2026 Featured Guest Mohammad Saba'aneh.”Canada, Toronto Comic Arts Festival, 2026
“In Welcome To Hell: From the West Bank to Gaza, editorial cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh illustrates his brother’s incarceration and torture in an Israeli prison, and the news from friends in Gaza during the 2023 Israeli bombardment.”USA, Brooklyn Book Festival, 2026
“Safaa and the Tent is a voluntary collaboration between the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and celebrated Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh.”UK, Lakes International Comic Art Festival, 2025
“Sweden’s EWK Award of 2024 has been awarded to the Palestinian political cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh, who will be a guest of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in September.”UK, Lakes International Comic Art Festival, 2024
“Both books by Martin Rowson and Mohammad Sabaaneh show the importance of graphic novels and how illustrations can convey distinctive and evocative images.”UK, Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2018
“Le dessinateur Mohammad Sabaaneh invité d’honneur du Festival International du Dessin de Presse, de la Caricature et de la Satire de l’Estaque (Marseille).”France, Festival International du Dessin de Presse de l’Estaque, 2017
“Mohammad will discuss his craft, including his production methods and artistic choices, and his artistic influences and how he navigates the challenges of editorial cartooning in Palestine.”USA, New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium, 2017
Interviews
“Hope is truly the only weapon Palestinians possess.”Tom Smithyman, Comicon, 2026
“Producing the book is certainly a form of hope, and also a form of resistance.”Steven Heller, PRINT Magazine, 2026
“When addressing an international audience, my primary objective has been to illuminate the humanity of the Palestinian people.”Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press, 2026
“Together, they made the case for comics journalism and graphic memoir as tools of truth-telling and resistance.”Amie Wright, Toronto Comic Arts Festival, 2026
“We are surrounded by Cubism, we are surrounded by geometric shapes and geometric forms created by the occupation.”Autobiographix, 2026
“El cómic es una herramienta crucial para contar lo que está pasando en Gaza.”Valencia Plaza, 2026
“We asked artists to bring their resistance and their vision to our pages.”Anthony Andujar Jr., Fanboy Factor, 2025
“Pour un artiste palestinien, c’est impossible d’ignorer le génocide à Gaza.”Marius Jouanny, Politis, 2025
“Art is a tool to survive, a tool to convey our narrative and our situation.”ZNetwork, 2024
“Maybe you cannot imagine that in Palestine we do not have linocut tools or workshops to learn how to do it.”Avery Kaplan, The Comics Beat, 2024
“Cada vez que hago una nueva ilustración pienso que esa será la que me lleve a la cárcel.”Público, 2024
“Son solo 30 segundos de toda una vida de un ser humano que está sufriendo en Gaza. Y tras estos 30 segundos, su vida habrá cambiado.”El Espectador (EFE), 2024
“No hay libertad de expresión cuando se trata de Palestina.”Infobae (Europa Press), 2024
“أفكر بأن دورنا كمثقفين أكبر من المنتج الثقافي.”صباح جلّول, As-Safir Al-Arabi, 2023
“Grigio è il muro ruvido, su cui molti incidono il proprio nome. Io non ci sono mai riuscito… così ho deciso di incidere le loro storie.”Alessandra Mecozzi, Palestina Cultura Libertà, 2023
“I am a supporter for boycott movement, I consider myself part of this movement.”Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, 2019
“سجنت بسبب الرسم ضد الاحتلال.”France 24, 2018
“What’s happening here isn’t conflict – what is happening here is occupation, it’s black and white.”Middle East Monitor, 2018
“Pour ma mère, nous montrer les dessins de Naji Al Ali était un outil, une façon de nous parler de la Palestine, le pays de nos ancêtres.”Pierre Barbancey, L’Humanité / AFPS, 2018
“It's not a conflict. It's an occupation.”Carol Hills, The World (PRX), 2017
“If we want to support them, we should look at them as human beings that have needs.”American Friends Service Committee
“الكاريكاتير فن صعب، يحتاج للتفكير خارج الصندوق.”Raya FM
“Chris Hedges sits down with Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh to talk about the state of affairs in Palestine.”Chris Hedges, Truthdig — On Contact