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The Syrian journalist Samar Yazbek describes us the situation in Damascus in the months preceding the outbreak of the Syrian revolution – a situation which was distorted by the regime-controlled media. Her account is combined with the ones of some of the most important Syrian and Egyptian cartoonists, who continue with their work even when their contents may lead to their persecution, arrest or death. The evocative power of a cartoon published on a widely circulated newspaper is considered dangerous by those in power – hence the strict censorship.