Aarib #2

A veiled, blue-robed rider astride a camel dominates this striking 2009 cover from Vents d'Ouest, rifle in hand, cutting a solitary and determined figure against an open desert horizon — with a second camel and rider visible in the hazy distance behind. Jérôme Heydon's linework gives the scene both elegance and tension, capturing the vast, sun-bleached stillness of the Sahara. *El Majndoun*, the second volume of *Aarib*, promises a desert journey as visually arresting as it is atmospheric.