Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel Competition

Delighted to tell you that my graphic memoir The Wolf of Baghdad has been long listed for Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel Competition. I am honoured to be on the list of submissions which you can see here. I submitted the first 30 pages of the work in progress earlier in the year and the […]

The Wolf of Baghdad – trailer

Here’s a sneak preview of tomorrow’s event at Laydeez Do Comics. (Turn on your audio to hear the soundtrack.) Booking information here. Monday 11 December from 7pm at the Tea House Theatre in Vauxhall, London.

My Grandmother’s stories

My cousin Jonathan has recently started learning Arabic. He remarked to me that its “more of a nostalgia for the sounds of my childhood. I’m constantly surprised at the words that come back to me and the memories they evoke.” I understand that very well. Listening back to my uncle Nessim Hay’s recordings of my […]

A Room With A View

In the graphic memoir my character explores the house in which she finds herself. The classic Baghdadi house had a room on the second floor called the kabishkan which had glass-fronted walls that looked out onto the inner courtyard. It was used as a living room and sometimes as a storage space for dried food. My aunt Flora […]

The Wolf Of Baghdad

A Memoir Of A Lost Homeland The Finns have a word – kaukokaipuu, which means a feeling of homesickness for a place you’ve never been to. I’ve been living in two places all my life; the England I was born in, and the lost world of my Iraqi-Jewish family’s roots. As a cartoonist and illustrator […]