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Stencil of Arafat, Damascus
Arafat Stencil ( Syria, 2006 )
graffiti political leaders public space
Collection : wall communications

"Streetart" in the sense of using techniques like stencils and fonts known from US HipHop culture slowly began to appear in Damascus around 2005. However, a stencil portrait of Ararafat seems to be a rare find. It might be connected to the 2006 Lebanon war that gave a boost to political messages in public space.
While streetart is a rather new phenomenon, writing on walls has a long history in the Damascene communication system.

  • Uploaded by : Alina Kokoschka| © Alina Kokoschka
  • License :Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
  • Date :13/03/2017
  • Link :http://hawass.org/image/468