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Sara Qaed | |
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| Born | 1990 (age 35–36) Bahrain |
| Style | political cartoonist |
| Awards | Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought |
| Website | https://www.saraqaed.com/ |
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
[edit]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]
Career
[edit]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]
Awards
[edit]In 2019, Qaed was awarded the IIbn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought.[6][11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Jackson, Felicity (22 March 2021). "Sara Qaed - Political cartoonist for the modern age". Now Then Sheffield. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- 1 2 Aumüller, Sascha. "Sara Qaed: Karikaturen zur Pandemie". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ NDR (11 April 2022). "Cartoons und Hijab". NDR (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "Sara Qaed". The New Bridge Project. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "Sara Qaed". The Nation. 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- 1 2 3 von Hillauer, Rebecca (10 July 2019). "Karikaturistin Sara Qaed - "Ich halte das Zeichnen für eine großartige Sprache"". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Universal Tolerance (7 March 2015). In the name of god - Sara Qaed. youtube.com. Retrieved 22 March 2025 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "SARA QAED". Cartooning for Peace (in French). 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Sara Qaed / سارة قائد". Toshfesh. Archived from the original on 23 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "Lok Virsa to host fundraiser exhibition for Palestine's victims on Saturday". Radio Pakistan. 25 October 2023.
- ↑ Bushnaq, Abdalla (5 July 2019). "Laudatio: Omézine Ben Chikha". Ibn Rushd Fund Website (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Sara Qaed on Facebook
- Sara Qaed on Instagram
- Cartoons by Sara Qaed at LatAm ARTE
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