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news twenty-four l]Olll'S a
Tla1reecaardaoinioli1isarosfigSiIiat"roor day, eitlier tlirougli tlie
newspaper readers ii Intemet, news agencies oi-
Lebanon and tlie Arab TV-but not newspapers
world. For more tlian foity becarise tliey con'ie orit later.
years, Stavro Jabra, better I never buy newspapers, but
l<nown simply as STAVRO, I read all tlie press releases,
lias been there reflectiiig on either fi'om local news-
tlie events in Lebanon. tlie agencies, Reuters, AFP, etc.,
Middle East and tlie world witliout forgetting intex'na-
in general. His political cari- tional TV cliannels, sucli as
catiires liave been and are (2.NN, BBC and Euronews.
still priblislied in most
Lebanese newspapers, but Tlie most difficrilt part
also in the intei'national consists of picl<ing the sub-
and Arabic. I am the only to malce it clear: I work for
press. ject tliat will be tomoi'ow's
caitoonist who priblislies one daily newspaper and
caitoons in tliese three Jan- one TV l'ieadliiie. At one tiine, I rised
We liad tlie cliance to meet to liave qriite a number of

guages eveiy day, in addi- channel - all tlie otliers are
witli Mr Stavro dui'iitg liis "scoops", because I tended
tion to doing tlie caiicature weeUy magaziiies. I work in
slioit visit to Calviii's city to send my drawing late. For
for tlie daily 8 0'ClOCk eve- Frencli for La Revue dri
during tlie exliibition instance, if tlie newspaper
niiig news on a TV cliaiuiel. Liban wliere for tlie last
"Caitooiig for Peace" at goes to press at i'i'ffdiuglit, I
twenty years I liave liad my
the Ui'iited Nations. would send my drawing fif-
Q: How many hours a day own page entitled "Jeux de
do you work? marix". teen minutes before. I
Q: How did it all start? always wait until tl'ie veiy
I stgt vvorking in the after- Q: Where does the last moment to send my dra-
I staited to draw at the age of wiitg while I keep on follo-
noon, and honestly I do not inspiration come from?
8 or 10, and I was drawing wiiig tlie news.

know until when-10 or 11
tlie wliole time, even in
p.m. However, I would like Tlie news. I live witli tlie

SCIIOOI SO I was offen prmis- For more than fifteen years I
lied. On Saturday, after rised to edit my own maga-
SCIIOOI finisbed I worild ziite called Scoop. I do so
liave to stay belmid for a like to do "scoops". I also
coriple of liours. The reason- rised to be a war repoiter and
I liad made a drawiiig of tlie pliotogi'aplier. During tlie
teacher 011 tlie blackboard. day I was a war repoiter and
at niglit a caitoonist.
At tlie age of 18, I staited to
worlc in tlie press. So ii'i Dtu'iiig tlie day I would be
1973, before the outbreak of dressed lil<e a tran'ip and at
tlie war I liad already staited niglit neatly dressed in order
at L'Orient le Jour. I liave to be an aitist. Yori liave to
worked for most of tlie be able to cliange yorir liat in
Lebanese press; I liave liad order to be at tlie top iii yorir
several exhibits and priblis- cormtiy, even if I'm liviiig in
tied twenty books. Tlie last a small corinti'y like
one lias just been priblislied Lebanon. I simply adore
in Lebanon. It is entitled Lebanon, but tmfoitimately
Vivre Liban en dessins and we are expei'iei'icing qriite a
it is beiitg priblislied iii tlnee mnnber of n'iajor problems
lai'iguages - Englisl'i, Frencli riglit ]'10W.

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