irangreenvoice.com: Four years after he was jailed in Iran for putting the wrong words in the mouth of a talking cockroach, Mana Neyestani was awarded by 2010 award for courage in editorial cartooning by Cartoonists Rights Network International. Neyestani was honored in a Friday night ceremony at the Heathman Hotel, held in conjunction with the 54th annual convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in Portland. In 2006, Neyestani drew a cartoon depicting a cockroach responding to a question with the word, "Namana, a Turkish Azeri slang phrase meaning, "I don't get it." Because the cartoon appeared in a government newspaper, Iranian Azeris decided they were being harassed and classed with cockroaches. In ensuing riots, five people were killed, and Neyestani was jailed for two months. With help from Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI), Neyestani eventually relocated with his wife, Mansoureh, in Malaysia. He is currently working on a graphic depiction of those two months in an Iranian jail.
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He is amazing! Is he Azari? Then, why the protest?
by obama on Sat Jun 19, 2010 09:03 PM PDTWell deserved! Congrats!
Great artist.
by benross on Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:46 AM PDTGreat artist.
I'm glad he got well deserved recognition
by oktaby on Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:05 AM PDTFor his creative activist & meaningful work. I have found his cartoons to best represent the emotions & demands of the Iranian movement.
//www.irancartoon.com/mana/INDEX2.HTM
OKtaby
کارش حرف نداره.
پیامSat Jun 19, 2010 10:53 AM PDT
تبریک میگم.