I’m only showing the harsh reality of the situation. I would love to show happy kids playing but this is not what is happening. At moments like these… - Hani Abbas

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I’m only showing the harsh reality of the situation. I would love to show happy kids playing but this is not what is happening. At moments like these as I draw I am also crying.

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About Hani Abbas

Hani Abbas (born 1977) is a cartoonist from Palestine and Syria, now living in Switzerland.

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The future is mysterious,” he says. “Now we’re seeing an entire generation lost to war. My hopes for the future are not personal; they’re for my people. My hopes are for peace, and only for peace. I’m married to a Syrian woman and our son carries two nations in his heart.

I’m still drawing now. Drawing in a safe place like Switzerland is good, you have total freedom. But you lose the sense of danger, the challenge. For me I did my best drawings under the bombs. I lost a big part of my power when I left Syria, but I still have the power of memory.

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