Lebanon’s female graphic designers draw battle lines

Women dominate the graphic design scene in Lebanon, but their work is more valued abroad than at home.
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"Assassins," by Rana Zaher, one of the four graphic designers whose posters were displayed in the "Critical Mass: Women in Graphic Design" exhibition during the Beirut Design Week on May 19-26. - Rana Zaher - Instagram photo
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Florence Massena (Lebanon Pulse)
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Powerful female figures of cinema and television, from cruel Cersei Lannister in "Game of Thrones" to unyielding Ellen Ripley in "Alien," take striking poses in the posters by Samar Haddad, one of the new generation of women graphic designers in Lebanon.

“Sadly, women still must fight for their place in a patriarchal society,” Haddad told Al-Monitor.

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