Gina Nakhle Koller's daily comics document Gaza war

Lebanese-Palestinian cartoonist Gina Nakhle Koller, born in 1982, released a book titled "Mentre il mondo guarda" (While the World Watches) with Eris Edizioni, presented at the Turin Book Fair (running until May 19, 2025). The volume collects around one hundred black-and-white comics drawn daily for a year after October 7, 2023, documenting the consequences of Israeli attacks on Gaza and Palestine. Koller started the project in mid-November 2023 as an emotional outlet, later evolving into a testimony. A turning point came when a drawing of journalist Motaz Azaiza went viral after he shared it. The comics have been used in protests as stickers in London and Berlin, posters in Belgium, Finland, and the US, and displayed outside embassies in Germany. Koller donated them freely for protests. She has faced hostile comments but emphasizes that the violence is not symmetrical. The book covers only the first year of the genocide, and she continues to draw.