Abdulhadi Shammah .. Caricature by Susthanto Thanto - Indonesia |
Abdulhadi Shammah,
a cartoonist for the Syrian newspaper Al-Watan, was born in Aleppo in
1954. He holds a BA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University.
He began publishing his drawings in 1977, and held a duet exhibition
with the artist Naji al-Ali, Aleppo 1979. He also held several solo and
group exhibitions in Syria, Lebanon and Czech Republic, and he is a
co-founder member of the Arab Cartoonists Association.