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harassment on public transport and called "Buses are made to transport people, not to rape girls." She has also claimed that she has never felt free in Morocco or with her graphic art, where printers are reluctant to print her work. She prefers to portray women undressed, as strong and unafraid, and tries to portray women's bodies in art and media without
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she sees this figure as an attempt to fight against daily harassment on the street. In her comics, the women sometimes do not have eyes, because she says that "I see women as statues in my society and I want them to be free human beings." One of her comics was based on personal experience of
629: 120:; born July 21, 1994) is a Moroccan graphic artist, activist for women's rights and mechanical engineer by training. She became internationally known after 2019, following her graphic novel 165:. Apart from working freelance, she is also the founder of the collective group "Women Power" that sponsored twenty women to take part in workshops about women's rights. 575: 391: 735: 244: 336: 550: 604: 289:
as influences, and wants to counter Western narratives about women in the Middle East and North Africa as "either hypersexual or repressed".
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in Morocco to animate a story of four refugees from sub-Saharan Africa, including a woman who had been subjected to
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Born and raised in the city of Fez, she started drawing when she was four years old. In 2014, she moved to
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was first exhibited in 2018 in an exhibition following a workshop at the arts centre
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Fasiki became internationally known for her 2018 collection of drawings, called the
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about sexual discrimination, with texts by Moroccan and French writers such as
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Moroccan comics artist, mechanical engineer and activist for women's rights
605:"Zainab Fasiki: cómo derrocar al patriarcado marroquí con un simple lápiz" 418:"Vidéo. Avec "Hshouma Project", Zainab Fasiki tente de briser les tabous" 742:(in French). 2017-02-19. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017 162: 630:"Morocco Debates A Law to Protect Women, Passing It is Another Matter" 576:"Zainab Fasiki : l'illustratice marocaine qui parle de sexualité" 392:"Zainab Fasiki : l'illustratice marocaine qui parle de sexualité" 251:. In November 2018, her work was exhibited at Le Cube art gallery in 233: 217: 173: 172:, often in the nude, inspired by women in the traditional Moroccan 252: 237: 186: 527:"How This Moroccan Artist Is Using Comic Books to Fight Sexism" 301:- Illustrations by Zainab Fasiki, Éditions Le Sélénite, 2020 72: 736:"Zainab Fasiki, la féministe de la bande dessinée marocaine" 443:"New Morocco initiative to help gender equality through art" 777: 551:"Zainab Fasiki: "Disegno per liberare le donne marocchine"" 161:, criticizes censorship, taboos and notions of shame in 157:
Her work, which she publishes on social media and as
367:"VIDEO: Feminism and Censorship in Arab Comic Books" 307:. Arabic and French editions, Massot Éditions, 2019 97: 89: 78: 68: 43: 21: 154:d the social inequalities between men and women. 720:"La BD "Hshouma" de Zaïnab Fasiki sort bientôt". 648:"Results for 'Hshouma' [WorldCat.org]" 8: 468:"Au Maroc, Zainab Fasiki, bédéiste culottée" 259:"Next Generation Leader" for her comic book 121: 25: 263:. In 2020, she illustrated the French book 281:Fasiki has named Egyptian feminist writer 35: 18: 243:In October 2018, she partnered with the 328: 255:, and in October 2019, she was named a 776:Official site of the Hshouma project: 752: 126:which was translated from French into 598: 596: 7: 520: 518: 516: 490: 488: 361: 359: 357: 305:Hshouma: Corps et Sexualité au Maroc 176:or painted as comic characters like 123:Hshouma, corps et sexualité au Maroc 168:Many of Fasiki's illustrations are 117: 26: 285:and French-Iranian graphic artist 201:views of women as sexual objects. 14: 603:Ávalos, Almudena (2018-07-19). 1: 416:Achraf, Zineb (2018-07-17). 216:project, where she depicted 182:The Protector of Casablanca, 582:(in French). 31 August 2017 398:(in French). 31 August 2017 853: 208:and other graphic artworks 785:4 Arab Comic Book Artists 759:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 249:female genital mutilation 224:shame" in Moroccan Arabic 102:Zainab Fasiki on Facebook 34: 778:https://www.hshouma.com/ 724:(in French). 2019-09-04. 557:(in Italian). 2018-10-08 311:Feyrouz versus the World 278:la Slimani and others. 817:Moroccan comics artists 474:(in French). 2017-11-06 341:Euromedwomen.foundation 812:Moroccan women artists 195:violence against women 122: 837:Arabic comics artists 822:Female comics artists 611:(in European Spanish) 317:Omor: Only between us 193:she wants to counter 371:Democracy Chronicles 722:Al HuffPost Maghreb 502:. 22 September 2018 447:Middle East Monitor 696:"Qui sommes-nous?" 827:Graphic novelists 783:Documentary film 245:UN Refugee Agency 107: 106: 90:Years active 844: 765: 764: 758: 750: 748: 747: 740:HuffPost Maghreb 732: 726: 725: 717: 711: 710: 708: 707: 700:L'amour fait loi 692: 686: 685: 683: 682: 668: 662: 661: 659: 658: 652:www.worldcat.org 644: 638: 637: 626: 620: 619: 617: 616: 600: 591: 590: 588: 587: 572: 566: 565: 563: 562: 547: 541: 540: 538: 537: 525:Hincks, Joseph. 522: 511: 510: 508: 507: 500:insidearabia.com 492: 483: 482: 480: 479: 464: 458: 457: 455: 454: 439: 433: 432: 430: 429: 413: 407: 406: 404: 403: 388: 382: 381: 379: 378: 363: 352: 351: 349: 348: 333: 299:L'amour fait loi 283:Nawal El Saadawi 265:L'amour fait loi 125: 119: 57: 53: 51: 39: 29: 28: 19: 852: 851: 847: 846: 845: 843: 842: 841: 832:Graphic artists 792: 791: 773: 768: 751: 745: 743: 734: 733: 729: 719: 718: 714: 705: 703: 694: 693: 689: 680: 678: 672:"Zainab Fasiki" 670: 669: 665: 656: 654: 646: 645: 641: 634:Washington Post 628: 627: 623: 614: 612: 602: 601: 594: 585: 583: 574: 573: 569: 560: 558: 549: 548: 544: 535: 533: 524: 523: 514: 505: 503: 494: 493: 486: 477: 475: 466: 465: 461: 452: 450: 441: 440: 436: 427: 425: 415: 414: 410: 401: 399: 390: 389: 385: 376: 374: 365: 364: 355: 346: 344: 335: 334: 330: 326: 295: 287:Marjane Satrapi 210: 140: 138:Life and career 128:Moroccan Arabic 64: 58: 55: 49: 47: 30: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 850: 848: 840: 839: 834: 829: 824: 819: 814: 809: 804: 794: 793: 790: 789: 780: 772: 771:External links 769: 767: 766: 727: 712: 687: 663: 639: 621: 609:S Moda EL PAÍS 592: 567: 542: 512: 484: 459: 434: 408: 383: 353: 327: 325: 322: 321: 320: 314: 308: 302: 294: 291: 209: 203: 170:self-portraits 159:graphic novels 139: 136: 105: 104: 99: 95: 94: 91: 87: 86: 83:graphic artist 80: 76: 75: 70: 66: 65: 59: 45: 41: 40: 32: 31: 23:Zainab Fasiki 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 849: 838: 835: 833: 830: 828: 825: 823: 820: 818: 815: 813: 810: 808: 807:Living people 805: 803: 800: 799: 797: 787: 786: 781: 779: 775: 774: 770: 762: 756: 741: 737: 731: 728: 723: 716: 713: 701: 697: 691: 688: 677: 673: 667: 664: 653: 649: 643: 640: 635: 631: 625: 622: 610: 606: 599: 597: 593: 581: 577: 571: 568: 556: 555:VanityFair.it 552: 546: 543: 532: 528: 521: 519: 517: 513: 501: 497: 491: 489: 485: 473: 469: 463: 460: 448: 444: 438: 435: 423: 419: 412: 409: 397: 393: 387: 384: 372: 368: 362: 360: 358: 354: 342: 338: 332: 329: 323: 318: 315: 312: 309: 306: 303: 300: 297: 296: 293:Printed works 292: 290: 288: 284: 279: 277: 274: 270: 269:Abdellah Taïa 266: 262: 258: 257:TIME magazine 254: 250: 246: 241: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 219: 215: 207: 204: 202: 200: 196: 192: 188: 183: 179: 175: 171: 166: 164: 160: 155: 153: 149: 145: 137: 135: 134:and Italian. 133: 129: 124: 115: 111: 110:Zainab Fasiki 103: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 81: 79:Occupation(s) 77: 74: 71: 67: 62: 56:(age 30) 54:July 21, 1994 46: 42: 38: 33: 20: 784: 744:. 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Fez
ENSEM
graphic artist
Zainab Fasiki on Facebook
Arabic
Moroccan Arabic
Galician
Casablanca
denounce
graphic novels
Morocco
self-portraits
hammam
Wonder Woman
taboo
violence against women
patriarchal
comic
Matadero
Madrid
Spain
UN Refugee Agency
female genital mutilation
Rabat
TIME magazine
Abdellah Taïa
Le
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Nawal El Saadawi

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