Today, 29 August, on the 34th anniversary of #NajiAlAli’s death, we honor his life as a Palestinian caricaturist, artist and advocate.

Naji sought refuge in 1948 with his family in Ain Al Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon. He published his caricatures in local & Arab publications.
Naji was known for his advocacy, siding with the poor and the toiling, his strong adherence to the Palestinian cause, and his criticism of regimes, states, parties and people who work against the oppressed and against the Palestinian cause.
On 22 July 1987, Naji Al Ali was shot under his right eye in London. The shot was targeted and meant to assassinate him. Naji lay in the hospital until he passed away on 29 August 987

Sadly, he was buried in London, despite his request to bury his body in the Ain Al Hilweh camp.
He left behind a large volume of drawings, estimated at 40 thousand caricatures, that remain to this day artistic pillars of the Palestinian struggle and liberation. These include:
Naji Al Ali also created the popular Palestinian resistance symbol of #Handala.

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