Ali Dorani: Iranian cartoonist on the drawings that saved his life
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I liked to keep my surroundings clean at all times - but I couldn't control it anymore because I was in a room with several other people. I didn't want to take medication because I was worried the Australian government would call me crazy and blacklist me from entering. Because I only had a limited supply of paper I couldn't make mistakes in my drawings - that also helped me improve my skills.But I started showing my drawings to other detainees, and some of the immigration officers, and people got interested in my cartoons.
So I kept cartooning - drawing diaries about daily life in the detention centre - and getting lots of positive and negative comments. Some of the guards tried to reassure me - they could see the shock on my face. They told me:"Don't worry, everything is going to be fine."
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