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"To have your beliefs and worldviews challenged and questioned ultimately leads to widening of horizons; and its my hope that readers and visitors will take that message away with them after visiting the exhibition"
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Asia Alfasi
Asia Alfasi is a Libyan-British manga-influenced comic writer and artist. She was born in Libya and moved to Scotland at the age of 7. She lives in Birmingham, England. Her works synthesise Islamic, Libyan, British, and Japanese influences. She first gained notoriety when she was the first female to participate in and win the Hi8us Midlands Stripsearch competition with a portfolio based on her cha
"To have your beliefs and worldviews challenged and questioned ultimately leads to widening of horizons; and its my hope that readers and visitors will take that message away with them after visiting the exhibition"
"ones own experiences are the ones affecting judgments and perceptions"
"And ultimately, the more you allow yourself to be present outside of your comfort zone and open up to varying experiences and people, the richer and more informed your views and perceptions become"
"Its all a matter of perspective. Three-point perspective will always have more depth than the flat one point."
"The stigma of women in comics and it not being a thing has largely become a factually debunked myth and I daresay were almost entering a golden age"
"With the political and social landscape, being what it is today. I decided to take a leaf out of Osamu Tezukas book and turn my fears, hopes and dreams of THIS era into a philosophical adventure Manga"