What is Naji al-Ali?
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox writer | name = Naji al-Ali<br />{{Nobold|{{lang|ar|ناجي العلي}}}} | image = Naji al Ali Graffiti, Ramallah, 2012 AmerShomali.jpg | caption =[[Graffiti]] portrait of the famous Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al Ali, in [[Ramallah]] down town in 2012 | birth_date = {{circa|1938}} | birth_place = [[Al-Shajara, Palestine|Al-Shajara]], [[Mandatory Palestine]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1987|08|29|1938| | }} | death_place = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] | occupation = [[Cartoonist]] | nationality = [[Palestinian]] | period = 1960–1987 | genre = | imagesize = |notablework=[[Handala]]|spouse=Widad al-Ali|resting_place=Brookwood cemetery}} '''Naji Salim Hussain Al-Ali''' (c. 1938 – 29 August 1987) was a Palestinian [[cartoonist]] known for his political cartoons criticizing Arab regimes and [[Israel]]. He created [[Handala]], a symbol of the [[Palestinian people]] and their [[Resistance movement|resistance]], which became the most famous of Al-Ali's characters.<ref>{{Cite web|last=kristel|date=2021-07-25|title=The history behind Handala a cartoon by Naji al Ali|url=https://storiesfrompalestine.info/2021/07/25/handala/|access-date=|website=Kristel|language=en-US}}</ref> Al-Ali was a famous cartoonist in the [[Arab world]], drawing over 40,000 cartoons that reflected public opinions on Palestinian and Arab politics. He often criticized political leaders. On 22 July 1987, he was shot in the neck outside [[Al-Qabas]] ([[Kuwait]]i newspaper) office in [[London]], where he worked. He died five weeks later on 29 August 1987, in [[Charing Cross hospital]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naji al-Ali remembered: A Palestinian cartoonist gunned down in London|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/palestine-naji-ali-handala-creator-remembered|access-date=2023-09-21|website=Middle East Eye|language=en}}</ref> He was buried in the Brookwood Islamic cemetery in London.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suzan Quitaz|first=|date=2017-08-29|title=Naji al-Ali, P