Art Spiegelman: Maus and my family's Holocaust story
Art Spiegelman's epic work Maus, about his parents' terrible experiences during the Holocaust, started a revolution in the comic book world.
Art Spiegelman's epic work Maus started a revolution in the comic book world. Depicting his parents' terrible experiences during the Holocaust and became the only graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Sahil Shaikh lives in the Indian city of Pune. As a boy, he dreamed of being an accountant but six years ago everything changed when he lost his arms after a bad accident. He discusses how he overcame the experience.
In Malaysia there's a group of bikers called "The Brotherhood" who save lives by riding around to fix the terrible potholes in the road that can often kill. Outlook's Nat Zhai Yun went to meet them in Kuala Lumpur.
Ahmed Hareb is an amateur actor and director from Syria. He currently lives in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan where he's using his skills to film a soap opera with a cast and crew.
(Picture: Art Spiegelman. Photo credit: Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty Images.)
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