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Editorial Cartoonist Shadi Offers Takes on Global News

Cartoonist Shadi drew commentary on seven major international and technology stories in a collection published for September 5, 2026.

By Middle East Affairs
September 5, 2026
An editorial cartoon showing military jets flying over water with a coffin labeled "Trump Strait" floating below them.
Political cartoonist Shadi's commentary on the Trump Strait, depicted as a coffin surrounded by military aircraft, appears in a collection of editorial cartoons addressing global events. (The National — Opinion)
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Cartoonist Shadi produced seven editorial drawings published on September 5, 2026, offering visual commentary on major news events. The cartoons addressed a U.S.-Venezuela oil deal, cuts to World Food Programme aid to the West Bank, whistleblower financial incentives in Iraq, and a NASA space telescope launch.

Shadi's other cartoons tackled a stalled Gaza ceasefire plan, Meta's settlement of a lawsuit over child addiction to social media, and the dissolution of Syria's Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

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