Asia is a British Libya artist and graphic novelist. She has won several national and international manga awards with short stories, earning her a position in London’s acclaimed 2014 ‘Comics Unmasked’ exhibition under the banner of ‘names to look out for’. She has also spoken both nationally and internationally on the importance of graphic storytelling in bridging gaps between different communities and given workshops addressing youth and comics enthusiasts. Her work for PositiveNegatives includes ‘Amnesty International: I Welcome’, ‘Into Our Own Hands’, ‘Nadia’s Story’ and ‘Ola’.
Asia Alfasi
Amnesty International: I Welcome
Many women are forced to cope with fear and violence in Greece’s overcrowded refugee camps. Approximately 60,000 refugees and migrants are stranded there because EU leaders have made it impossible…
Into Our Own Hands
Private: Nadia’s Story
Commissioned by CARE International UK, ‘Nadia’s Story’ is a first person illustrated testimony about the difficulties that a Yazidi refugee mother faced on her long difficult journey to Serbia, fleeing ISIS controlled Iraq. Nadia…
Ola
Webcomic ‘Ola' is now being developed into a year-long commission. Along with our accompanying animation the stories were co-created with: Let us Learn, youth migrants advocates Kids in Need of Defense…