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Zainab Fasiki, a Moroccan cartoonist and activist for women’s rights, poses with her latest book entitled ‘Hshouma’, in the western Moroccan coastal city of Casabalanca. AFP pic
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CASABLANCA, April 4 Young Moroccan cartoonist Zainab Fasiki draws on a whiteboard in a Casablanca studio where she is holding a workshop that mixes art with a homegrown illustrated #MeToo campaign.
“We are here to change this rape culture, which says the victim deserves what they get while the criminal is innocent,” says Fasiki, 26, her eyes flashing with indignation.
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A Moroccan artist is drawing attention on the #MeToo campaign using comic art.
A dozen students and professionals have joined forces with Zainab Fasiki, a pioneer in comics and illustration to depict women’s real-life ordeals.
As part of the series, Ta ana meaning Me Too in Moroccan Arabic dialect, the artist illustrated the harrowing tales of a 22-year-old woman who was for years raped by her brother, to the indifference of her parents. Recently, we created the series METOO TAANA (Me Too), because it is a project that illustrates real stories of rape of Moroccan women, and I had the honour to execute it with Moroccan artists who are very talented, women and men , Fasiki said.