Riad Sattouf

RIAD SATTOUF is a bestselling cartoonist and filmmaker who grew up in Syria and Libya and now lives in Paris. The author of four comics series in France and a former contributor to the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, Sattouf is now a weekly columnist for l’Obs. He also directed the films The French Kissers (winner of a César Award for Best First Film) and Jacky in the Women’s Kingdom. The Arab of the Future – which was awarded the Fauve d’Or Prize for Best Album of the Year at the Angoulême International Comics Festival and has been translated into twenty languages – is his first work to appear in English. riadsattouf.com @RiadSattouf
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