Biography
Lina Ghaibeh is a comics and animation artist living in Beirut, and an associate professor at the American University of Beirut. She is director of the Center for Arab Comics Studies at AUB, and coordinator of the graphic design program at the department of Architecture & Design. Her academic research focuses on Comics in the Arab world as part of contemporary Arab Culture, with her most recent articles Telling Graphic Stories of the Region: Arabic Comics after the Revolution, and From Behind the Doors Into the Streets: Women in Comics from the Arab World. Her animated shorts and comics art explore issues of identity, belonging and human rights, with Beirut as a site of inspiration, and have been screened and exhibited at several international film festivals and comics Salons.
Animated shorts account
AUB academic profile https://www.aub.edu.lb/pages/profile.aspx?memberId=lg00
Publications with AUB Press: