Original and rebellious, his non-conformist attitude and creativity have earned him powerful enemies, including Iraq's Saddam Hussein, who threatened to have him killed after an exhibition of his cartoons in Paris in 1989.
Original y rebelde, su espíritu inconformista y su creatividad le valieron rápidamente enemigos de gran talla, como Saddam Hussein, en Irak, quien lo amenazó de muerte en 1989 tras una exposición de sus caricaturas en París.