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A cartoon journey through a Middle East childhood

Edit BBC News 06 May 2016
It all began with a portrait of Georges Pompidou when he was a small boy, says French-Syrian cartoonist Riad Sattouf, explaining a career which is now bringing him to international attention ... His wife and the infant Riad went with him ... Sattouf started working for the magazine after being personally invited to do so by the cartoonist Cabu, one of those killed in the January 2015 attack by Islamist extremists on the magazine's offices ... ....

Face to face with a suicide bomber

Edit CNN 30 Mar 2016
(CNN)Bley Mokono was waiting for his son at a restaurant near the Stade de France when he brushed shoulders with a man drenched in sweat. Something seemed off. Moments later, Mokono was thrown to the ground by a blast ... Months later, Mokono asks himself, "Why didn't I stop them?" ... On the way, they made a couple of stops ... JUST WATCHED ... Jean Cabut, also known as Cabu, was one of the well-known Charlie Hebdo cartoonists killed in the attack ... ....

Riad Sattouf: not French, not Syrian… I’m a cartoonist

Edit The Guardian 27 Mar 2016
The bestselling graphic novelist endured a traumatic childhood in Libya, Syria and France. Then he lost 12 of his colleagues in the Charlie Hebdo slaughter. Now he’s telling his life story frame by frame…. @msrachelcooke. Not so long ago, the French cartoonist Riad Sattouf was signing books at a Paris librairie ... Here was someone he could really use ... Cabu [one of those murdered in the 2015 attacks] was one of my favourite cartoonists ... ....

The inside story of the Paris attack

Edit CNN 21 Mar 2016
(CNN)The night that shook Paris started with three rental cars. three cars with three teams of terrorists maneuvering through the Friday evening traffic armed with the weapons of war ... Three men exited the car and headed towards the stands ... The other two were Iraqis who had slipped into Europe weeks before by posing as refugees ... MORE ... Jean Cabut, also known as Cabu, was one of the well-known Charlie Hebdo cartoonists killed in the attack ... ....

Eagles of Death Metal singer apologizes for Bataclan accusations

Edit CNN 12 Mar 2016
(CNN)Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes has apologized to the "people of France" for his "absurd accusations" that guards at Paris' Bataclan theater may have been involved in November's terrorist massacre during a concert by the American rock band ... "It seems rather obvious they had a reason not to show up," he said ... Jean Cabut, also known as Cabu, was one of the well-known Charlie Hebdo cartoonists killed in the attack ... ....

Paris shooting: Conflicting clues to man's identity

Edit CNN 08 Jan 2016
(CNN)Even the fingerprints aren't telling the whole story. Investigators still are trying to determine the identity of a knife-wielding man who Paris police shot dead this week on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, with evidence giving conflicting clues, Paris' prosecutor said Friday ... JUST WATCHED ... Replay. More Videos ... Jean Cabut, also known as Cabu, was one of the well-known Charlie Hebdo cartoonists killed in the attack ... ....

Cartoonists unite against terror

Edit France24 07 Jan 2016
On January 7, 2015, terror struck at the heart of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Cartoonists Jean “Cabu” Cabut, Stéphane “Charb” Charbonnier, Philippe Honoré , Bernard “Tignous” Verlhac and Georges Wolinski were among those killed ... ....

France to Mark Anniversary of Attacks on Defiant Charlie Hebdo

Edit Breitbart 07 Jan 2016
Stencils by French artist Rob.Ink depicting cartoonists (From L) Honore, Wolinski, Cabu, Charb and Tignous painted on a wall near the headquarters of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris   Charlie Hebdo has continued to raise ire, refusing ......

France marks first anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attack

Edit The Times of India 06 Jan 2016
PARIS ... Hollande, flanked by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, inaugurated the first plaque at Charlie Hebdo's former offices, where cartoonists who were household names in France, nicknamed Cabu, Wolinski and Charb, were killed along with nine others ... The massacre at Charlie Hebdo unleashed an outpouring of solidarity for freedom of expression, with the rallying cry "Je Suis Charlie" taken up around the world ... "It's sad... (. ....

Charlie Hebdo attacks: We walked united, but solace was short-lived

Edit CNN 06 Jan 2016
Paris (CNN)I will always remember that Wednesday of January 2015 when I saw, for the first time in my life, Parisians suddenly freezing, right in the middle of street crossings, after a phone call had just told them the news. They all had one thing in common ... Cabu, Wolinski and Honoré in particular, in their 80s, were not only true artists and humanists, they had shaped the political humour of three generations of French people ... Replay....

Charlie Hebdo cartoonist's name misspelled on commemorative plaque unveiled by President Francois Hollande

Edit The Independent 05 Jan 2016
Nicknames for its cartoonists were used, including Charb and Cabu, but onlookers quickly spotted that the name of one victim was misspelled. ....

Plaque to honor Charlie Hebdo victims misspells name

Edit CNN 05 Jan 2016
Read More ... Others killed in the attack were Frederic Boisseau, Jean "Cabu" Cabut, Elsa Cayat, Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier, Philippe Honoré, Bernard Maris, Mustapha Ourrad, Michel Renaud and Bernard "Tignous" Verlhac, along with police officers Franck Brinsolaro and Ahmed Merabet.Follow @Don_Melvin. ....

France begins one-year commemoration of Charlie Hebdo attack

Edit The Times of India 05 Jan 2016
PARIS ... Hollande, flanked by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, unveiled a plaque at Charlie Hebdo's former offices, where cartoonists who were household names in France, nicknamed Cabu, Wolinski and Charb, were killed along with nine others ... The massacre at Charlie Hebdo unleashed an outpouring of solidarity for freedom of expression, with the rallying cry "Je Suis Charlie" taken up around the world ... ....
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