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Cartooning in the Arab World Today: A Presentation and Conversation

Image of TV prisoners | by khalid Albaih, CC 2.0, via Flickr
October 27, 2017
All Day
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, 1813 N. High Street, Columbus, OH, 43210

2:00pm Presentation by Guest Artists, followed by Exhibit and Open House until 5:00. 
 
The Ohio State University is featuring Political Cartooning, a project focusing on the Near East and North Africa. The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum will be hosting an open house to honor special guest cartoonists visiting from the Middle East. There will be a special presentation on "Cartooning in the Arab World Today". After the presentations, attendees are welcome to enjoy the open house and exhibit until the end of the event. 
 
SPONSORS
 
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and the OSU Middle East Library will be co-sponsoring this event with the Middle East Studies Center. Special thanks go the U.S. State Department for bringing these artists to the United States. 
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
For more information about this or other activities, please get in contact with the Middle East Studies Center, (614) 292-5897  To support our programs please go to our development page or consider joining our team! 
 
Parking and Accessibility
 
Public parking for the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is available in the Ohio Union South Garage just South of Sullivant Hall and North of the Ohio Union with access from High Street and College Road. Additional parking is available during off-peak hours at the Ohio Union North Garage just north of the Ohio Union South Garage. Visitors may utilize this garage from 4 pm – 3 am Monday through Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. Payment for parking can be made by meters or through the CampusParc smartphone app (note that any visitor spot can be made into a disability spot if paid for through the app). Further parking accessibility information is located here.
 
Please let us know if you have questions concerning access, or need to request accommodations for a disability. We will either direct you to the event organizers, or, if we are the organizer, make arrangements for any necessary accommodations. Early requests are encouraged, and a week will generally allow OSU units to provide seamless access.