As you can imagine, there are many different kinds of government, many different cultures, ethnicities, and religions. If you’ve ever looked at guidebooks of this area or visited, you know what a breathtaking area it can be; full of history, relics, and communities. But it can also be a tumultuous region. These comics/graphic novels show the joy, the history, the complexity, and the heartbreak of the region in a variety of ways. This is by no means a complete list — in fact, it merely scratches the surface of graphic novels available and the myriad stories that are out there. There are so many graphic novels and memoirs of this region from which to choose, and these are a great place to start. What’s first on your reading list? For more on the Middle East, check out this post on nonfiction, and if you want some suggestions for novels by Middle Eastern writers, this post can help.
