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<\/a>\nGeorgia native son Martin Luther King continues to inspire\nnon-violent resistance to oppression,\n<\/a>\nGeorgia native son Martin Luther King continues to inspire\nnon-violent resistance to oppression,\n\nnow in Arabic comic book form in Egypt.<\/a>\nEgyptian activist Dalia Ziada obtained rights to translate\n\nThe Montgomery Story<\/a> from 1958 into Arabic.\n\nShe says:<\/a>\n\nWhen, at first, we went to print the comic book, a security officer\nblocked publication. So we called him and demanded a meeting. He agreed,\nand we read through the comic book over coffee to address his concerns. At\nthe end, he granted permission to print and then asked: “Could I have\na few extra copies for my kids?”\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe comic book has been credited with\n\ninspiring young activists<\/a> in Egypt\nand the larger region (we have a Farsi version as well). Last week I\ndistributed copies in Tahrir Square. Seeing the scene in the square\nfirsthand is amazing. Despite violent attacks and tanks in the street,\nyoung people from all walks of life are coming together, organizing\nfood and medical care, and offering a living model of free civil society\nin action.\n<\/blockquote>\n\nHAMSA, Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance,<\/a> notes:\n\nThe comic book ends with a section on \u201chow the Montgomery Method\nworks,\u201d outlining essential techniques of nonviolence.\n<\/blockquote>\nThey also have a Farsi edition for Persian speakers, such as in Iran.\n\nMLK, still working for peace today.\n
\nDalia Ziada says why she did it:\n
\n“The main message I hope that Arabic readers will take from the MLK comic\nbook is that: change is not impossible. It is time to stop using our\nmuscles blindly. Let’s try using our intellect in innovative, creative\nways to pressure decision makers and end dictatorship, tyranny and the\nsuppression practiced against us.”\n<\/blockquote>\nChange is not impossible.\n\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Georgia native son Martin Luther King continues to inspire non-violent resistance to oppression, now in Arabic comic book form in Egypt. Egyptian activist Dalia Ziada obtained rights to translate The Montgomery Story from 1958 into Arabic. She says: When, at first, we went to print the comic book, a security officer blocked publication. So we […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[97,16,2,19,88,1867,32,54,178],"tags":[5027,5026,5025,5028,5031,5029,5030,1873,8845,5033,5032],"class_list":["post-2393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-environment","category-government","category-history","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-mlk","category-pollution","category-valdosta-city-council","category-vlcia","tag-arabic","tag-dalia-ziada","tag-egypt","tag-farsi","tag-fellowship-of-reconciliation","tag-hamsa","tag-hands-across-the-mideast-support-alliance","tag-martin-luther-king","tag-mlk","tag-montgomery","tag-non-violence"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-CB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}