The award-winning graphic memoir about Israel that offers more questions than answers about identity and politics

Sarah Glidden is a progressive Jewish American twentysomething who is both vocal about and critical of Israeli politics in the Holy Land. When a debate with her mother prods her to sign up for a Birthright Israel tour, Glidden expects to find objective facts to support her strong opinions. During her two weeks in Israel, Glidden takes advantage of the opportunity to ask the people she meets about the fraught and complex issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...

"Sarah Glidden s remarkable Rolling Blackouts adds a new twist to the graphic journalism] form. Glidden accompanies a team of journalists through Syria and Iraq and her muted watercolours record not only the lives of people in war zones but the way the media interacts with them. Highly recommended." The Guardian

Cartoonist Sarah Glidden accompanies her two friends reporters and founders of a journalism non-profit as they research potential stories on the effects of the Iraq War on the Middle East and, specifically, the war s refugees. Joining the trio is a...