I’m Diana Alabbadi, widely known by my penname dee Juusan, a manga artist from Jordan.
My main body of work is the manga series: Grey is… which has been ongoing since 2010 with 10 self-published volumes and 6 art books.

The Spin-off: Grey is Clippings was in 2020 selected by the Jury of the Japan Media Arts Festival as a notable work in its 23rd round.

In 2025, Grey is… won the bronze award (out of 716 entries) in the 18th International Manga Award.

dee Juusan: dee (D) is the first letter of my name, and Juusan is 13 in Japanese, my favorite number.

Beyond the Mirage (Est. November 2019) is the independent studio and publishing label of manga artist dee Juusan.
Through this label, I create and release original manga, visual storytelling projects, and related works.
The name reflects the core themes of my stories, looking past illusions and confronting the deeper truths behind identity, perception, and reality.

Themes&

Messages

In my work, I like to focus on friendship, family and other platonic bonds with their mundane but important interactions as well as writing about the duality of the human soul.
Usually, the tone in my work is realistic with its share of heartwarming, funny and realistically bittersweet depictions of life.
The stories show raw states of the human condition with visual narration and metaphors that makes it easy to relate to, in an attempt to deliver messages of hope and positivity to and audience of teens, older teens and grownups.

I believe stories don’t need to be loud to be powerful. The quiet bonds between people, friendships, siblings, found family, are often the most transformative. Through my work, I aim to create characters that feel real, flawed, and deeply human.