Thursday 19 March, 12:30

Hazara Blues: A Graphic Novel Conversation

Reza Sahibdad, author born in 1980 in Mashhad and a member of the Hazara community, and illustrator Yann Damezin bring the graphic novel to life through testimony and images.

This conversation examines Sahibdad’s migratory journey from Iran/Afghanistan as a Hazara, addressing exclusion, racial prejudice, camp settlements around Stalingrad and his asylum claim. Through illustrated testimony, it explores identity, belonging and the role of graphic narrative in documenting migration and exposing systemic racism.

In French.

Av. de Chatelaine,
5 1203 Genève
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Photo Credit: Yann Damezin

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