Khalil Bendib

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Khalil Bendib (* in Paris ) is an Algerian visual artist and political cartoonist . He was born during the Algerian Civil War , spent three years in Morocco before returning to Algeria when he was six. After getting his bachelor's degree, he left Algeria at the age of 20. He currently lives in Berkeley ( California ). In 1982 he earned his Masters degree from the University of Southern California .

Bendib became a professional political cartoonist and sculptor / ceramist . In 1995, Bendib resigned from a job he'd held for eight years to work for the Gannett Newspapers (based on the San Bernardino County Sun ).

Bendib mostly distributes his political cartoons via the Internet, acting independently of alternative media companies outside the mainstream media of companies. When his first book in August 2007 Mission Accomplished: Wicked Cartoons by America's Most Wanted Political Cartoonist ( German : running mission: Sassy Cartoons of America's favorite political cartoonists ) appeared Bendibs cartoons were published in more than 1,700 small and medium-sized newspapers.

In addition to his work as a cartoonist Bendib co-host a weekly one-hour radio show called is Voices of the Middle East and Noth Africa (German: Voices of the Middle East and North Africa ) at the transmitter KPFA of Pacifica Radio in Berkeley (California).

In 2008, Bendib ran a satirical campaign for the President of the United States of America calling for him to be the first Mulim-American candidate. However, Randall A. Venson, an actual candidate, overtook him in 2000.

bibliography

  • Mission Accomplished: Wicked Cartoons by America's Most Wanted Political Cartoonist, Olive Branch Press / Interlink Books , 2007.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Internet site of the radio broadcast ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( English , no longer available) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kpfa.org
  2. ↑ [1] (accessed on September 20, 2012)
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated June 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (not available anymore) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / politics1.com

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personal data
SURNAME Bendib, Khalil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris