Tulevaisuuden arabi: Lapsuus Lähi-idässä
WSOY · 2015–present · 3 issues
About the series
Riad Sattouf’s autobiographical graphic novel series, Tulevaisuuden arabi: Lapsuus Lähi-idässä, published by WSOY since 2015, chronicles his childhood in Libya, Syria, and France through a child’s clear-eyed, often bewildered perspective. Across its three issues, Sattouf’s distinctive, warm cartooning captures the clash between his father’s pan-Arab idealism and the harsh realities of 1970s and 1980s Middle Eastern politics. The series stands as a vital, intimate document of a fractured era, told with gentle humor and unflinching honesty.