Palestine #7
In "Jabalia," Joe Sacco delivers another powerful chapter of his groundbreaking work, weaving firsthand testimony from a seventeen-year-old survivor of a shooting by men in Arabic dress with the quiet, urgent concerns of a YMCA program head grappling with Gaza’s wave of injured youth. Rendered with Sacco’s signature stark, intimate style—every line and lettering choice by the artist himself—this 1994 issue stands as a vital document of lived experience in a conflict zone.
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Sacco interviews a seventeen-year-old who was shot by men in Arabic dress. A YMCA program head wonders how the large number of injured youth in Gaza can be integrated into society.
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