Mohammed A. Al-Suwaidi — @WisdomSeven. Sixteen years of pencil work behind an electrical engineering degree: comics in Al Sharq, a TV series on air, a film in production with the Doha Film Institute.
Everything else on this page is proof. These three are where the work is going next — and where you can join in.
Sahtot is the neighbour who says out loud what everyone is thinking. A weekly caricature strip about how we actually live — and a community of readers who get each new drawing first.
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An Arabic literacy world for children: letters, then reading, then writing. Started in 2018 as a sketch and now runs as books, a family board game, a website and school workshops.
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An animated short backed by the Qatari Film Grant. A warrior from an old tale wakes inside a modern city — I am directing and designing the cast.
Get to know more about the Concept Story →On-screen moments from the journey so far — festival premieres, media appearances and glimpses behind the curtain. Pick a title from the list and hit play.
Drawings, frames, products and press, in no particular order. Shuffle it, filter it, or open anything full size.
One family of characters, drawn on a forum in 2009, ended up on television. The order matters.
Comics posted on internet forums about everyday community life. Picked up as a weekly page in Al Sharq and a regular stand at the Doha book fair.
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The family was acquired and rebranded by Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children in the UAE, produced with Lammtara and directed by Mohammed Harib of Freej. I designed the main cast.
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My first credited animation job: an adaptation of a regional folktale directed by Rehab Al Ewaily, scored by Nitin Sawhney — the first animated film fully produced by DFI.
Watch the trailer →Stickers, enamel pins, books, games, cushions and cards from the Sahtot and Harf Esem worlds, printed in short runs since 2018. Four items from the 2024 run are still available in limited stock — the rest are sold out and shown for reference.
Learn the Arabic letters with the Harf Esem characters.
The full-size Harf Esem dice game for family play.
A coloring book of the characters, for young hands.
The travel-size edition of the dice game.
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