Five extended comic strips by different artists have been published as part of a project to give the wider public an insight into the severe and unforgiving lives of Syrian refugees living across Lebanon.
"Meantime", the name given to the collection by French NGO Solidarites International (SI), produced in partnership with the EU and UNICEF, is available online in English, Arabic and French.
The New Arab spoke to the lead instigator of the project, which saw five different artists spend weeks speaking to refugees in north Lebanon.
Pauline Gregoire, SI's communication officer in Lebanon, said the idea was motivated by a desire to reach out to people in Europe and elsewhere to raise awareness about the living conditions of Syrian refugees.
"I really wanted to do something original, something that people can relate to and can interest them" without thinking it is an advert for an NGO, Gregoire told The New Arab.
"With graphic novels, people can relate to characters a lot more and they can get into the story quickly" she said.
To create the novels, five different cartoon artists were chosen to give their own unique view on the realities of refugee life.
"I felt that working with different artists can bring different outlooks to each story," Gregoire said, "Each artist tackled the daily issues faced by the refugees, such as access to shelter, water, food, medical supplies and so on."
The comic "Goings-on in Lebanon" was created by Lisa Mandel. An award-winning French-comic artist who had previously spent time with migrants in Calais, Mandel in her piece seeks to depict the status and overall context of refugee life in the country.
In "Where there is life, there is love" Lebanese artist Lena Merhej tells of the life and hopes of Syrian refugees living in tents through the eyes of her characters Abu Khaled, Fawzia and Najwa.
Merhej, who teaches at the Lebanese International University and has had work exhibited both in Lebanon and internationally, had earlier tackled the vagaries of life in the Lebanese civil-war.
The grind and daily obstacles faced by 58 refugee families who have lived in a tower block for the past 4 years are subject of Lebanese artist Kamal Hakim's Aassoun Tower. Like Merhej, Hakim had too treated in an earlier graphic novel the Lebenase civil-war.
Above all for Gregoire, the novels seek to depict the struggles of Syrian refugees as well as highlight the small details that make up their daily life.
"It is about how to keep living when you are a refugee really. I asked the artists to pay attention to show solidarity with these people," Gregoire said, "To tell stories about everything that makes their daily lives a struggle - from when they first arrive, to how they sleep, how they wash and so on."
For the time being the graphic novels are only available online but the NGO hopes to publish print editions in the near future.
"We are hoping to produce a more complete series soon, which can then be printed and available in stores," Gregoire said.
Since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, more than 1.5 million Syrians fled their country seeking refuge in neighbouring Lebanon.