Gaza in My Phone collects all the drawings made by Berlin-based Lebanese artist Mazen Kerbaj in response to the ongoing genocidal campaign on Gaza. As early as the 9th of October 2023, Kerbaj started drawing in reaction to the horrors that all of us were, and still are, seeing daily on our screens, and posting the images on his Instagram page. On the one hand, he draws to bear witness and raise awareness, and on the other hand as a coping mechanism, in an attempt to remain sane amidst the unfolding madness. The straight-to-the-point high-contrast black and white images are often accompanied by striking slogans or a few words describing the events in a personal way, making them easy to grasp, print at home, and stick on walls. The works have been widely shared on social media, allowing tens of thousands of people worldwide to express their own solidarity and to identify with the artist's feelings and positions.
 From Berlin, a city where the repression against any kind of solidarity with the Palestinians has been particularly violent since the beginning of the war, Kerbaj has been chronicling and responding to the harrowing day-to-day news and testimonies capturing the destructive capacity and monumental pain that humans are capable of inflicting on each other. They ask us to stop, look, mourn and cry so that we can go out and continue once again to fight for the living and for life.

Razor sharp … impeccably articulate.
[The Wire]

Kerbaj’s takes are quick and shocking, but his message rings clear: The enormity of the crisis is not a reason to give way, but to lean into resistance.
[Publishers Weekly]

Kerbaj's output is prolific, and it floods social media. Simple comics, simple ideas and simple text, they’re powerful and provoking.
[This Is Yung]

An accomplished cartoonist.
[Chicago Reader]

Kerbaj interroge l'horreur qui se déroule en direct sous les yeux de la planète mais aussi le rôle de l'artiste et les limites de sa capacité à influer sur le cours de l'histoire. [...] 
[Le monde diplomatique]

Les illustrations et les mots de Kerbaj nous transportent tout d’un coup au milieu du cauchemar de Gaza.
[L'orient-le-jour]

L’ampleur du massacre actuel semble imposer une nouvelle grammaire de la représentation. [...] le texte est prépondérant, et les images épurées au minimum de signes, souvent très graphiques, presque toutes au même format et toujours en noir et blanc. Des affiches faites de symboles et d’icônes, à placarder sur les murs électroniques.
[Les blogs du "Diplo"]