Khalid AlBaih is a Sudanese artist and political cartoonist, born in Bucharest, Romania, raised in Doha, Qatar and living in Copenhagen, Denmark. Khalid publishes his cartoons on social media under Khartoon!, a word play on cartoon and Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.

Khalid is taking part in a month-long Freedom residency in New York with ArtX and the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC). He considers himself a virtual revolutionist, publishing his political cartoons about life in the Arab world on international blogs and websites. He is currently resident in Copenhagen as part of the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN). His work champions freedom of expression in the Arab world and beyond. Khalid, like many other artists and world influencers have been pushing for #BlueforSudan social media campaign to show solidarity with pro- democracy protesters in Sudan.