Algerian Artist and Activist - Khalil Bendib

www.It was my pleasure to have a conversation with my friend, Khalil Bendib: artist, sculptor, author, political cartoonist and radio host.

Khalil and I met as participants in a dialogue group in Berkeley that included, Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians and I learned to deeply respect his candor, sense of humor and intelligent take on the nuanced reality in which we live.

Khalil Bendib is an Algerian, born in Paris during the Algerian Revolution. In our conversation he shared his feeling that he carries the trauma of the Algerian people from his time in the womb forward. He describes his parents’ escape from almost certain execution by the French forces as the first imprint of his understanding and empathy for all oppressed people.

For more information about Khalil’s work, see
Links:

Political cartoons: keybey.com

Sculpture and other art work. http://studiobendib.com/inside.html

Voices of the Middle East & North Africa radio show: https://kpfa.org/program/voices-of-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/