Works from 40 Countries Submitted to Int’l Aylan Cartoon Contest
On September 2, the body of Aylan Kurdi was washed up on a Turkish beach near the port city of Bodrum, located some 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of the city of Antalya.
Aylan was one of the 12 Syrian refugees, including eight children, who drowned that day after their boat sank en route to the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
The image showing his dead body lying face-down on the Turkish beach riveted millions across the world, and drew attention to the plight of refugees fleeing conflicts.
The cartoon contest has been organized by Iran’s Association of Islamic Revolution and Sacred Defense for Visual Arts with the aim of drawing attention to the plight of refugees who have fled the atrocities committed by Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri group in Syria and Iraq.
The competition’s secretariat has so far received works by cartoonists from 40 countries, including Russia, Thailand, Turkey, Romania, the US, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Zambia, Brazil, China, Cuba, India, and Algeria.
The competition is part of the International Arts Festival of Resistance.
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