Moroccan illustrator uses comics for #MeToo campaign


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Fasiki, a Moroccan cartoonist and activist for women's rights, poses with her latest book entitled 'Hshouma'. Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP

Young Moroccan cartoonist Zainab Fasiki draws on a whiteboard in a Casablanca studio where she is holding a workshop that mixes art with a homegrown illustrated #MeToo campaign.

"We are here to change this rape culture, which says the victim deserves what they get while the criminal is innocent," says Fasiki, 26, her eyes flashing with indignation.

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