{"id":14154,"date":"2017-04-14T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T16:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=14154"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T16:49:19","slug":"arabic-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/arabic-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabic Graffiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graffiti (\u0627\u0644\u063a\u0631\u0627\u0641\u064a\u062a\u064a) is the art of writing and drawing on walls. It usually serves to deliver a social or political message. The art is very common in the Arab world where social and political problems affect the lives of millions and where the freedom of expression margin is very narrow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14156\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beautifuldecay.com\/2012\/08\/30\/arabic-graffiti-from-tunisian-artist-el-seed\/\" aria-label=\"Arabs Agreed To Disagree W 0 565x288 350x178\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14156\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14156\"  alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"178\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/arabs-agreed-to-disagree_w_0-565x288-350x178.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/arabs-agreed-to-disagree_w_0-565x288-350x178.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/arabs-agreed-to-disagree_w_0-565x288.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graffiti by el Seed<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I remember as a child in my hometown Alexandria in Egypt, the walls\u00a0mainly had messages written not drawn. One of the messages that I still remember until now read: &#8220;How much a meter of homeland costs?&#8221; (\u0645\u062a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646 \u0628\u0643\u0627\u0645\u061f).<\/p>\n<p>In the following video, a Tunisian Calligraffiti artist talks about one of his experiences doing calligraphy and graffiti in his hometown.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Street Art for Hope and Peace | eL Seed | TED Talks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E0k4IQ8fDCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/arabs-agreed-to-disagree_w_0-565x288-350x178.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/arabs-agreed-to-disagree_w_0-565x288-350x178.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/arabs-agreed-to-disagree_w_0-565x288.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Graffiti (\u0627\u0644\u063a\u0631\u0627\u0641\u064a\u062a\u064a) is the art of writing and drawing on walls. It usually serves to deliver a social or political message. The art is very common in the Arab world where social and political problems affect the lives of millions and where the freedom of expression margin is very narrow. 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