Biography dr z

Tunisian caricaturist and activist

Z (often stylized as _Z_) is the nom de plume of an anonymous Tunisianpolitical cartoonist and online activist whose humorous cartoons and writings have appeared on his online blog DébaTunisie, which he launched in 2007, and have targeted the government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and the administrations that followed the Tunisian Revolution of 2011.

History

Z, an architect, launched his blog on August 28, 2007. He first began criticizing government development projects in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, and the fact that residents had no say on the matter. Z believed that the government's plans threatened the natural habitat of the city's local flamingo population.

A signature pink flamingo later became his blog's mascot, and appeared in many of his future drawings.^[1] In 20