Saturday, January 29, 2011

Arab Dictators: Give Up the Controller!

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Asalamu Alaikum All! 

Well this is my first comic. Hope you enjoy it!

I drew this one in response to the revolutions going on all over the Middle East. It is truly remarkable how people from all kinds of ethnic and religious backgrounds can come together to support a common cause. 

What is more remarkable is how these dictators just wont just step down. They have become so addicted to power and so out of touch with their people that they just cant imagine that they are
finally being held accountable for their actions.

At first I was surprised how much Hosni Mubarak resisted stepping down. First he said that he would replace the government (everyone except him lol) and then he said that he would stay in power until September, before finally giving what the people wanted by giving up. But now we have something more serious. A man named Muammar Al-Gaddafi is so in love with power that he is ordering his mercenaries to fire on and kill his own people, while blaming the revolution on drugs, alcohol and Al Qaeda. May Allah make it easier on the people of Libya and give them success.

These dictators are like those annoying people who refuse give up the controller after losing in video games, which inspired this comic.