Mohammad Saba’aneh is a Palestinian caricaturist from Qabatiya in the Jenin area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 
He was born in 1978. He has been an active member in the Cartoon Movement since August 24, 2009.
Saba’aneh’s cartoons are widespread in the Arab world. He is well-known for his criticism through his artwork, which focus mainly on the Palestinian people’s problems and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Saba’aneh is a cartoonist for Al-Hayat al-Jadida. He also works at the Arab American University in Jenin on the West Bank. His cartoons are decidedly political, frequently criticizing Israel, the Palestinian Authority and mainstream Palestinian political parties.
He was detained by Israeli authorities on February 16th, 2013 while crossing back into the West Bank from Jordan, where he had been on a four-day trip. He spent five months in prison after being arrested by Israeli occupation forces .After two months of internment without charge, Israel charged him with drawing cartoons in a book they alleged had some association with Hamas.
During his incarceration, he was inspired and Saba’aneh began drawing day and night. Many of the pictures and sketches he produced during this period now make up the Cell 28 exhibition.
The photographs on display deal solely with issues regarding Palestinian political prisoners. The themes include family visits, longing, loneliness, solitary confinement, prisoner transfers, education in prisons and healthcare in prisons.
With this exhibition he wanted to explain to people what exactly is happening inside Israeli jails. He wanted to deal with Palestinian prisoners as a human case and not as heroes. The real purpose of the exhibition for him was to resist Israel´s jails.
Saba’aneh’s cartoons have been displayed in exhibitions in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Jordan and elsewhere.
On top of publications and exhibitions, Saba’aneh also gives cartooning lessons to youth to raise awareness and spread the profession.
Mohammad Saba’aneh artwork
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Further reading:
-Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh sentenced to 5 months in prison
http://mondoweiss.net/2013/04/palestinian-cartoonist-sentenced
-Palestinian cartoonist sketches inspiration
