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2015-10-15 10:40:00

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2015-10-15 10:40:00

Arabic street artists subvert Homeland

This is marvellous: apparently the graffiti artists hired to decorate the "Syrian refugee camp" set for Homeland took the opportunity to write their opinions of Homeland on the walls:

(SPOILER: they don't like it.)

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/15/homeland-is-racist-artists-subversive-graffiti-tv-show?CMP=fb_gu

I am not sure whether the photos in the article are just screenshots from the existing series, or whether they show some of the subversive graffiti. Can any Arabic readers check?

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Arabic street artists subvert Homeland

Three one-hundredths of a second

Helena and Penelope, HISTOS (a large web, tapestry) and HISTORY that was not written, but embroided

EUROPA, etymology

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