It was Ghanem's former employer, La Voix de l'Oranie (Voice of Oran), a daily newspaper known for its pro-regime editorial line, who sued him for the cartoon which was never published in the media.
Alikuwa ni mwajiri wa zamani wa Ghanem, La Voix de l'Oranie (Sauti Oran), gazeti la kila siku linalofahamika kwa tahariri zenye mrengo wa kuipamba serikali, ndilo lililomshitaki kwa katuni yake hiyo ambayo hata hivyo haijawahi kuchapishwa kwenye vyombo vya habari.