Stavro Jabra, (February 18, 1947 – March 12, 2017), was a Lebanese

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and

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, better known as Stavro. His work reflected the current events in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

, the

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and the world in general. For forty years, his cartoons about topical news in Lebanon and the Middle East were printed in Lebanese

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s. His work was also published in international newspapers such as in ''

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'' and ''the

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''.

Cartoons books

* 1971 : CARICATURES STAVRO * 1974: LA GUERRE DU PETROLE * 1978: STAVROSCOPE 1975 – 76 – 77 * 1979: STAVROSCOPE 78 * 1979: DES SEINS CON LIT * 1980: LIBAN MON HUMOUR * 1982: VIE ET MORT SANS LEGENDE (LIBAN) * 1982: COLOMBES DE GUERRE (LIBAN) * 1982 : MUR DU SANG * 1985: DOLLARMES * 1987: STARFACE * 1989: SOURIEZ A LA SYRIE NOIRE * 1989: SAM SUFFIT LA SYRIE * 1991: LES SAIGNEURS DE LA GUERRE * 1992: RAQUEL MADE IN LEBANON * 1992: L'AN PIRE' 92 * 1993: YA SALAM * 1996: STAVRO TRAIT SPECIAL * 1997: FEMMES A CROQUER * 2007: VIVRE LEBNAN IN CARTOONS

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jabra, Stavro 1947 births 2017 deaths Lebanese cartoonists Lebanese caricaturists Lebanese editorial cartoonists Lebanese illustrators