Samandal Association
Lebanon
Visual Arts
Samandal is a volunteer-based Lebanese non-profit organization that was founded in 2007. It is dedicated to the advancement of the art of comics. The organization has created a variety of books and events at both the national and international scales.
Between 2007 and 2021, Samandal published 16 open-call magazines, 6 thematic anthologies, "Murabba w Labban" and "Salam" by Lena Merhej, "Utopia" by Omar Khoury, and 3 chapters of "Antoine" by Mazen Kerbaj.
In 2019, Samandal created "Watwat", an online platform of comics for the youth.
Samandal has implemented over 15 workshops, 5 residency projects; and 19 exhibitions.
It has also co-organized Beirut Animated (2009, 2011, 2013) and conducted comics workshops with Amel Association (2017), Oxfam (2018), BeMA (2019) and Assabil (2019-2020).
Samandal received several awards such as the Unesco-Sharjah for Arab Culture and "Fauve d'Or" for Alternative Comics at Angoulême International Comics Festival (2019).
To expand its activities, Samandal received funding from different sources, including the French Ministry of Culture, AFAC, Culture Resource, Goethe Institute, the Swiss embassy of Beirut and CFI.
Between 2007 and 2021, Samandal published 16 open-call magazines, 6 thematic anthologies, "Murabba w Labban" and "Salam" by Lena Merhej, "Utopia" by Omar Khoury, and 3 chapters of "Antoine" by Mazen Kerbaj.
In 2019, Samandal created "Watwat", an online platform of comics for the youth.
Samandal has implemented over 15 workshops, 5 residency projects; and 19 exhibitions.
It has also co-organized Beirut Animated (2009, 2011, 2013) and conducted comics workshops with Amel Association (2017), Oxfam (2018), BeMA (2019) and Assabil (2019-2020).
Samandal received several awards such as the Unesco-Sharjah for Arab Culture and "Fauve d'Or" for Alternative Comics at Angoulême International Comics Festival (2019).
To expand its activities, Samandal received funding from different sources, including the French Ministry of Culture, AFAC, Culture Resource, Goethe Institute, the Swiss embassy of Beirut and CFI.
Samandal Association
Lebanon
Visual Arts
Samandal is a volunteer-based Lebanese non-profit organization that was founded in 2007. It is dedicated to the advancement of the art of comics. The organization has created a variety of books and events at both the national and international scales.
Between 2007 and 2021, Samandal published 16 open-call magazines, 6 thematic anthologies, "Murabba w Labban" and "Salam" by Lena Merhej, "Utopia" by Omar Khoury, and 3 chapters of "Antoine" by Mazen Kerbaj.
In 2019, Samandal created "Watwat", an online platform of comics for the youth.
Samandal has implemented over 15 workshops, 5 residency projects; and 19 exhibitions.
It has also co-organized Beirut Animated (2009, 2011, 2013) and conducted comics workshops with Amel Association (2017), Oxfam (2018), BeMA (2019) and Assabil (2019-2020).
Samandal received several awards such as the Unesco-Sharjah for Arab Culture and "Fauve d'Or" for Alternative Comics at Angoulême International Comics Festival (2019).
To expand its activities, Samandal received funding from different sources, including the French Ministry of Culture, AFAC, Culture Resource, Goethe Institute, the Swiss embassy of Beirut and CFI.
Between 2007 and 2021, Samandal published 16 open-call magazines, 6 thematic anthologies, "Murabba w Labban" and "Salam" by Lena Merhej, "Utopia" by Omar Khoury, and 3 chapters of "Antoine" by Mazen Kerbaj.
In 2019, Samandal created "Watwat", an online platform of comics for the youth.
Samandal has implemented over 15 workshops, 5 residency projects; and 19 exhibitions.
It has also co-organized Beirut Animated (2009, 2011, 2013) and conducted comics workshops with Amel Association (2017), Oxfam (2018), BeMA (2019) and Assabil (2019-2020).
Samandal received several awards such as the Unesco-Sharjah for Arab Culture and "Fauve d'Or" for Alternative Comics at Angoulême International Comics Festival (2019).
To expand its activities, Samandal received funding from different sources, including the French Ministry of Culture, AFAC, Culture Resource, Goethe Institute, the Swiss embassy of Beirut and CFI.
Grantee
Lebanon Solidarity Fund
In support of arts and culture institutions and spaces
2021
Grantee
Lebanon Solidarity Fund
Solidarity Fund for Arts and Culture Structures in Lebanon
2020
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