Faire le mur (lit.'Make the wall', figuratively 'Sneak out') is a 2010 French comic book by Maximilien Le Roy. It is about the 22-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Abu Srour who lives in the Aida Camp in the West Bank, where his family runs a small grocery store. He meets a French female student and agrees to accompany her to her sister in Israeli territory, for which he needs to cross the West Bank Wall.[1][2][3][4][5]

Faire le mur
Date21 April 2010
Page count103 pages
PublisherCasterman
Creative team
WritersMaximilien Le Roy
ArtistsMaximilien Le Roy
Original publication
LanguageFrench
ISBN9782203028791

Le Roy visited Palestine in 2008 and 2009 and Faire le mur was one of three comic books about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict he published in 2009–2010.[6][7] In 2014, he tried to visit Israel for a comics festival, but was stopped at the airport, interrogated for four hours and told he was not allowed to enter the country for the next ten years.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Roure, Benjamin (5 May 2010). "Faire le mur ***". BoDoï [fr] (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ Vanier, Jean-Bernard (26 April 2010). "Faire le mur". Planète BD (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ Taugis, David (19 April 2010). "Faire le mur - Par Maximilien Le Roy - Casterman". ActuaBD [fr] (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  4. ^ Pramstaller, Christopher (25 March 2012). "Comic-Reportagen aus Israel:"Alltag wie chinesische Wasserfolter"". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Palestijn". De Standaard (in Dutch). 11 May 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  6. ^ Le Saux, Laurence (29 March 2010). "Maximilien Le Roy retrace la vie de Nietzsche". BoDoï [fr] (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  7. ^ Henry, Vincent (25 May 2010). "Interview de Maximilien Le Roy". BDTheque.com (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  8. ^ "L'auteur BD Maximilien Leroy interdit de séjour en Israël". ActuaLitté [fr] (in French). 20 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2023.