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Meet Zahra, The Fictional Comic Book Character Running For President of Iran

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Zahra is the protagonist of a graphic novel called Zahra's Paradise. You can read it in print here or as a webcomic here published by First Second.

Written and drawn by Amir and Khalil from Iran, the lead character of Zahra, a mother who lost her son in the 2009 Iranian protests, is currently standing for election as president. Somehow.

This also makes her the first woman to stand for Iranian presidential election. Shame she has to be fictional.

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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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