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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

Languages as the 'Parallel Worlds'

Il donne sa langue au chat

'oeka A, oeka B, oeka D, oeka E...' - on a Venetic teaching bronze sheet

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