H I G H L I G H T E D  S I T E S

In July, we commemorate the deaths of Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, killed July 6, 1972, and cartoonist Naji al-Ali, assassinated in London on July 22, 1987.

Below are some links with biographical information and commentary on these great Palestinians.

Ghassan Kanafani

• http://www.nahrelbared.org/english/culture/famousp/ghaskan.htm



• http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kanaf.htm



• http://www.muslimedia.com/archives/book00/paltalebk.htm



• http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Acre/Story168.html



• http://www.palestineremembered.com/Jaffa/Jaffa/Story153.html
  a narrative on leaving Jaffa and becoming a refugee.

Naji al-Ali

• http://www.oneworld.org/index_oc/Cartoon/palestine/palestine.html
  index on censorship - full article and cartoons.



• http://hanthala.virtualave.net/signat.html
  there is stuff about naji al-ali on this site. an essay by him about his character hanthala (the eternal 10 year old boy) and the history of the image. also some great poetry by palestinian poets.



• http://www.frif.com/new2000/naji.html
  there is also a film on him- and a bio in this one.



• http://www.handala.org/who.html
  more info plus downloadable image of hanthala.



• http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Naji/naji.html
  more info and images.