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Sara Qaed
Bahraini political cartoonist (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sara Qaed (Arabic: سارة قائد, romanized: Sārah Qāʼid; born 1990) is a Bahraini political cartoonist. She was awarded the Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2019.
Early life
Qaed was born in Bahrain in 1990.[1][2] She studied interior design and fine arts at the Faculty of Arts, Sciences and Education in Bahrain.[3]
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Quad began publishing cartoons in 2009. Her political caricatures focus on the oppression of women, refugees, religious violence, corruption, power and war.[4][5][6] In 2010, she worked as a cartoonist for a local weekly newspaper and also worked illustrating children's stories for Anas Magazine.[7] Between 2012 and 2014 she taught art at the School of International Dialogue.[7]
Qaed moved to Europe and ran a work space in Berlin.[6] She currently lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.[2][8] In 2021, Qaed collaborated with the worldwide Universal Basic Income Lab Network to create a series of four illustrations for a project called Freeing Your Feet.[1] She was also one of the artists in residence with HelixArts.[1]
Her works have exhibited at the Bahrain National Museum;[7] at the Al-Riwaq Gallery in Bahrain;[9] in Gaza, Palestine;[7] at the Stripdagen Harleem Festival in the Netherlands;[7] and at the Arab Caricature Festival at the Cultuurhuis de Warrande in Belgium.[9] She has been featured in the Huffington Post and in the London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper.[9]
In 2023, Qaed participated in a fundraiser exhibition at Lok Virsa Museum in Islamabad, Pakistan, in support of Palestinian families.[10]
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Awards
In 2019, Qaed was awarded the IIbn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought.[6][11]
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