A graphic novelist and filmmaker, Barrack Zailaa Rima was born in 1972 in Tripoli, Lebanon, and has lived in Brussels for more than 30 years. A former member of the Beirut-based Samandal collective, she is the author of several graphic novels, editorial cartoons and compelling works of comics journalism including Le conteur du Caire, Beyrouth and Sociologia. Her latest graphic novel, Dans le taxi, published by Alifbata Editions, received the prestigious Mahmoud Kahil Award for the best graphic novel from the MENA region (Lebanon, 2022) and the Grenades Literary Prize (Belgium, 2022).

Barrack Zailaa Rima’s Festival appearance is generously supported by Consulate General of France at Toronto.