Seminars & Lectures

Karl Sharro (aka Karl reMarks) at AUB

Wednesday, Apr 1, 2015
2:00pm -> 5:00pm
American University of Beirut (AUB)
AUB Media Studies Present: Karl Sharro (aka Karl reMarks) at AUB

Karl Sharro is an architect and leading satirist and commentator on the Middle East. He has written for a number of international publications such as The Independent, The Sunday Times, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, Open Democracy, Vice and many others.

He blogs at Karl reMarks where his satirical pieces are published. The blog has been featured in The Guardian, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, the BBC, Public Radio International, Al-Jazeera, and others.

He has spoken on a range of issues such as art, architecture, urbanism and politics, at MoMA, the Barbican, Internazionale Ferrara and others. He presented his argument for open borders in a TedX talk in London in 2011. He is also an extremely bad cartoonist.

Location: College Hall B1