Kais al-Hilali (1979 – 20 March 2011) was a Libyan political cartoonist shot and killed on 20 March 2011 during the Libyan Civil War minutes after painting one of the political street murals for which he was locally famous. According to witnesses, he had just drawn a caricature of Muammar Gaddafi on a wall in Benghazi when the bullet hit.[1]
When the uprising began, al-Hilali and his friends started drawing caricatures on paper and distributing them around the city for people to show at demonstrations or hang on walls.[2]
- ^ "Cartoonists Honor a Fallen Libyan Street Artist". 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Writing on wall for street artist". The Australian. 25 March 2011.
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