Do you Remember your First Time? (Corona’s Birthday – Part V)
Do you Remember your First Time? (Corona’s Birthday – Part V)
I continue celebrating the first year of Corona with a series of new-old drawings. After the first lockdown, I was a little bit fed-up with ...
Lebanon is a Death Notice (Corona’s Birthday – Part IV)
Lebanon is a Death Notice (Corona’s Birthday – Part IV)
In the past year the ever-worsening situation in Lebanon had (and is still having) a huge effect on me. I tried several times to address ...
Corona to Go (Corona's Birthday part III)
Corona to Go (Corona’s Birthday part III)
I spoke in the first birthday post about my fear of a paper shortage in the first weeks of the lockdown; this made me more ...
Stage Fright (Corona's Birthday – Part II)
Stage Fright (Corona’s Birthday – Part II)
As i said in my previous post, one of the reasons I drastically slowed down these diaries was the return to normal we experienced in ...
Corona's Birthday
Corona’s Birthday
In a few days, on Saturday 13 March exactly, I will celebrate the first year of the creation of these diaries. One full year of ...
The "A" Trio: Past, Present and Future
The “A” Trio: Past, Present and Future
Yesterday night (Feb. 6) we played the first "A" Trio gig in a year, almost day for day; our last concert was on February 8 ...
One More for Ghédalia Tazartès
One More for Ghédalia Tazartès
My wife was next to me when I was drawing Ghédalia Tazartès' portrait yesterday night, and she pointed out that what I wrote in the ...
So Long Ghédalia
So Long Ghédalia
This drawing is dedicated to Firas, and he knows exactly why ...
"They" Killed Him
“They” Killed Him
In memory of Lokman Slim Two days ago, they killed Lokman Slim. They shot him five times in the head (in case he survived the ...
Back Home!
Back Home!
I've been back home since Monday morning and I am enjoying every minute of it.I did the "drawing" above the day I arrived. I did ...
Diary of an Infection / Day 8: Say it With Music
Diary of an Infection / Day 8: Say it With Music
This self portrait, titled Like a Bird in a Cage, was made late at night on Christmas eve. When I woke up the second morning, ...
Bingooo!
Bingooo!
It's been a week that I receive every day a good number of end-of-year emails and newsletters. They all have two things in common: 1- ...
Mazen Kerbaj in conversation with Hatem Imam
Midlife Crising
I was lucky to do some interviews/talks on various occasions during the first phase of the pandemic; they are all interesting because they show me ...
After the Dress Rehearsal
After the Dress Rehearsal
Wall sign in the RMC music school, Copenhagen Tuesday 23 June 2020I do not know where to start from.It's been more than two weeks that ...
A Subjective History of Lebanon
A Subjective History of Lebanon
In the beginning of July, I was commissioned by the Italian magazine Internazionale to do two pages of comics on the subject of my choice ...