Sara Qaed

Sara Qaed (; born 1990) is a Bahraini political cartoonist. She was awarded the Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2019.

Early life Qaed was born in Bahrain in 1990. She studied interior design and fine arts at the Faculty of Arts, Sciences and Education in Bahrain.

Career Quad began publishing cartoons in 2009. Her political caricatures focus on the oppression of women, refugees, religious violence, corruption, power and war. In 2010, she worked as a cartoonist for a local weekly newspaper and also worked illustrating children's stories for Anas Magazine. Between 2012 and 2014 she taught art at the School of International Dialogue. In 2021, Qaed collaborated with the worldwide Universal Basic Income Lab Network to create a series of four illustrations for a project called Freeing Your Feet. in Gaza, Palestine;

Awards In 2019, Qaed was awarded the IIbn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought.