Zwaluwenspel

In Zwaluwenspel, Zeina Abirached crafts a poignant, single-issue graphic memoir for Oog & Blik, published in 2008. Set against the backdrop of war-torn Beirut, it follows a young girl's nightly ritual of watching swallows fly over her city, weaving a quiet, deeply personal story of resilience and the search for beauty amidst conflict. Abirached's delicate, black-and-white linework captures the tension between the mundane and the extraordinary in a child's wartime experience. This slim volume stands as a striking early work from the acclaimed Lebanese author, offering a subtle yet powerful entry point into her celebrated body of autobiographical comics.