From Ink to Action
Using Comic Art to Save the Planet
From Ink to Action - Using Comic Art to Save the Planet is a collaboration between The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) and the British Council – MENA.
It brings together twelve talented artists from the Arab region to tackle pressing environmental issues through the compelling medium of comic art.
In this immersive exhibition, you'll have the opportunity to explore the diverse perspectives of these twelve artists, hailing from Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. They have been commissioned to create powerful narratives that address the urgent climate crisis and environmental threats in their own contexts.
Each artist offers a unique lens through which to view these global challenges.
From Ink to Action Comics
The Grand Experiment by The Art of Boo
Don't Expect Anything by Fouad Mezher
Are We Completely Jaded? by Lena Merhej
Dear 2045 by Mai Koraiem
Second Harvest by Mehdi Annassi
Noah's Yacht by Mohamed Salah
Story of a Bee by Noha Habaieb
Coupe du Monde by Salim Zerrouki
Turtles by Seif Nechi
Save Our Seas by Shennawy
A Large Wave Could Be Coming For Us by Tracy Chahwan
Morocco, 2023. by Zainab Fasiki
From Ink to Action Artists
12 talented artists have been commissioned for the From Ink to Action project, chosen by a selection committee after being nominated by two experts Lina Ghaibeh and Georges Khoury (JAD).
Bernard Hage: The Art of Boo (Lebanon), Fouad Mezher (Lebanon), Lena Merhej (Lebanon), Mai Koraiem (Egypt), Mehdi Annassi (Morrocco), Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Noha Habaieb (Tunisia), Salim Zerruki (Algeria), Seif Eddine Nechi (Tunisia), Shennawy (Egypt), Tracy Chahwan (Lebanon) and Zainab Fasiki (Morrocco).
Meet the awesome From Ink to Action artists
About From Ink to Action
This collaborative initiative seeks to inspire environmental consciousness through the power of comic art, inviting artists from the MENA region to explore their languages, rituals, traditions, and unique contexts in order to tell stories about climate change.
In April 2023, twelve talented creators hailing from Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria have been commissioned to produce new comics that address pressing issues related to the climate crisis and environmental threats.