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The Little Match Sales Girl
بائعة القهر
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
This painting shows the level of poverty and humiliation that the children of Syria are subjected to since the war.
Children are selling items on the street like the famous story of the little match girl.
(قولوا لعين الشمس ماتحماشي )
هذه اللوحة تعبر عن التشرد والفقر والقهر التي وصلت اليها اطفال بلادي من فعل الحرب القذرة
(بائعة محارم كما كانت بائعة الكبريت)
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
The Little Match Sales Girl
بائعة القهر
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
This painting shows the level of poverty and humiliation that the children of Syria are subjected to since the war.
Children are selling items on the street like the famous story of the little match girl.
(قولوا لعين الشمس ماتحماشي )
هذه اللوحة تعبر عن التشرد والفقر والقهر التي وصلوا اليه اطفال بلادي من فعل الحرب القذرة
(بائعة محارم كما كانت بائعة الكبريت)
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Emigration number… ?
الهجرة رقم... ؟
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
This painting expresses "forced displacement" by the Syrian regime and moving from one country to another during the Syrian war. There is no escape other than the Syrian north, i.e. Idlib governorate.
هذه اللوحة تعبر عن "التهجير القسري" من قبل النظام السوري ومن بلد الى بلد أثناء الحرب السورية. ولايوجد مفر غير الشمال السوري نحو محافظة إدلب
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Emigration number… ?
الهجرة رقم... ؟
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
This painting expresses "forced displacement" by the Syrian regime and moving from one country to another during the Syrian war. There is no escape other than the Syrian north, i.e. Idlib governorate.
هذه اللوحة تعبر عن "التهجير القسري" من قبل النظام السوري ومن بلد الى بلد أثناء الحرب السورية. ولايوجد مفر غير الشمال السوري نحو محافظة إدلب
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Holiday
عيد
Oil Painting on Canvas
2021
About the Artwork
The painting is about the buildings that were destroyed as a result of the war due to the bombardments of the Syrian regime's war planes and its supporters against Syria (or any place where there is war).
Here we see how Eid (feast) came and joy was built to give a light of hope to live again.
اللوحة عبارة عن الأبنية التي تم تهديمها بفعل الحرب بفعل إجرام طائرات ذاك النظام المعتوه وأعوانه على سورية (أو اي مكان فيه حرب)
هنا نرى كيف أتى العيد وتم بناء الفرح
إذاً الأمل موجود لنحيا من جديد
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Holiday
عيد
Oil Painting on Canvas
2021
About the Artwork
The painting is about the buildings that were destroyed as a result of the war due to the bombardments of the Syrian regime's war planes and its supporters against Syria (or any place where there is war).
Here we see how Eid (feast) came and joy was built to give a light of hope to live again.
اللوحة عبارة عن الأبنية التي تم تهديمها بفعل الحرب بفعل إجرام طائرات ذاك النظام المعتوه وأعوانه على سورية (أو اي مكان فيه حرب)
هنا نرى كيف أتى العيد وتم بناء الفرح
إذاً الأمل موجود لنحيا من جديد
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Ya Beirut
يا بيروت
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
The idea of the painting came from two paintings embraced in each other:
The large painting represents the explosion of the port of Beirut on that fateful day, on 4 August 2020, and how the father emerged from the rubble, carrying his young daughter, who represents the hope of Lebanon.
The little girl was painted in her white dress in order to give hope and life because young girls and women represent the earth and the continuation of life.
Many Syrians escaped to Lebanon to find a peaceful place and new home, however troubles seems to be everywhere they go.
فكرة اللوحة أتت من لوحتين داخل بعضهم. اللوحة الكبيرة تمثل انفجار مرفأ بيروت في ذاك اليوم المشؤوم وكيف تم خروج الأب من بين الإنقاض بقوة حاملاً ابنته الصغيرة وهي أمل لبنان
رسمتُ الصغيرة بزيها الأبيض ليعطي الأمل والحياة (لأن الفتيات والنساء يمثلن الأرض واستمرار الحياة)
هرب العديد من السوريين إلى لبنان بحثًا عن مكان آمن ومسكن جديد ، ولكن يبدو أن المشاكل موجودة في كل مكان
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Ya Beirut
يا بيروت
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
The idea of the painting came from two paintings embraced in each other:
The large painting represents the explosion of the port of Beirut on that fateful day, on 4 August 2020, and how the father emerged from the rubble, carrying his young daughter, who represents the hope of Lebanon.
The little girl was painted in her white dress in order to give hope and life because young girls and women represent the earth and the continuation of life.
Many Syrians escaped to Lebanon to find a peaceful place and new home, however troubles seems to be everywhere they go.
فكرة اللوحة أتت من لوحتين داخل بعضهم. اللوحة الكبيرة تمثل انفجار مرفأ بيروت في ذاك اليوم المشؤوم وكيف تم خروج الأب من بين الإنقاض بقوة حاملاً ابنته الصغيرة وهي أمل لبنان
رسمتُ الصغيرة بزيها الأبيض ليعطي الأمل والحياة (لأن الفتيات والنساء يمثلن الأرض واستمرار الحياة)
هرب العديد من السوريين إلى لبنان بحثًا عن مكان آمن ومسكن جديد ، ولكن يبدو أن المشاكل موجودة في كل مكان
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Pain
وجع
Oil Painting on Canvas
2021
About the Artwork
This artwork symbolizes prisons, human oppression, and human pain during arrests.
هذا العمل الفني يرمز إلى السجون وقهر الإنسان ووجعه أثناء الإعتقالات
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Pain
وجع
Oil Painting on Canvas
2021
About the Artwork
This artwork symbolizes prisons, human oppression, and human pain during arrests.
هذا العمل الفني يرمز إلى السجون وقهر الإنسان ووجعه أثناء الإعتقالات
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Patience of the hearts
صبر القلوب
Mixed Media with different material and soil from Syria
2021
About the Artwork
They are patient over what has come to them from their Lord
They are patient living their tragedies, because relief will inevitably come
And they have confidence that relief comes from the warmth of their hearts that is clear from the smoke rising from their tent
So there is warmth, there is life, and the clock at the door of the last tent indicates that this unfortunate time will pass, so that the most beautiful time will come in its place
(Hope exists in their patience)
صابرون على ما أتاهم من ربهم
صابرون على مآسيهم لأن الفرج سيأتي لا محال
وعندهم ثقة أن الفرج آتي من دفء قلوبهم الواضح من الدخان الصاعد من الخيمة
إذاً هناكَ دفء هناكَ حياة والساعة على باب الخيمة الأخيرة تشير إلى أن الزمن البشع سيمضي ليأتي مكانه الزمن الأجمل
(الأمل موجود بصبرهم)
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Patience of the hearts
صبر القلوب
Mixed Media with different material and soil from Syria
2021
About the Artwork
They are patient over what has come to them from their Lord
They are patient living their tragedies, because relief will inevitably come
And they have confidence that relief comes from the warmth of their hearts that is clear from the smoke rising from their tent
So there is warmth, there is life, and the clock at the door of the last tent indicates that this unfortunate time will pass, so that the most beautiful time will come in its place
(Hope exists in their patience)
صابرين على ما أتاهم من ربهم
صابرون على مآسيهم لأن الفرج أتي لا محال
وعندهم ثقة أن الفرج آتي من دفء قلوبهم الذي يوضح ذلك من الدخان الصاعد من الخيمة
إذاً هناكَ دفء هناكَ حياة والساعة على باب الخيمة الأخيرة تشير إلى أن الزمن البشع سيمضي ليأتي مكانه الزمن الأجمل
(الأمل موجود بصبرهم)
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Salam Hamed
Tragedy and Deprivation
Realistic Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The painting depicts the suffering and feelings of children: Those who were let down by the world and those who were scattered between poverty, hunger and need ... They were forced to work and stay away from technology, science and education.
About the Artist
Salam Hamed is a student at Tishreen University at Faculty of Arts and the Department of Sociology. He is a painter, works in oil paintings, murals and cartoon drawings as well as calligraphy.
In terms of other activities and business: he establisehd a center for training in arts and human development, participated in awareness campaigns about COVID-19 and campaigns for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
He held many exhibitions and participated in collectitve exhibitions.
Artist’s page
Salam Hamed
Tragedy and Deprivation
Realistic Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The painting depicts the suffering and feelings of children: Those who were let down by the world and those who were scattered between poverty, hunger and need ... They were forced to work and stay away from technology, science and education.
About the Artist
Salam Hamed is a student at Tishreen University at Faculty of Arts and the Department of Sociology. He is a painter, works in oil paintings, murals and cartoon drawings as well as calligraphy.
In terms of other activities and business: he establisehd a center for training in arts and human development, participated in awareness campaigns about COVID-19 and campaigns for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
He held many exhibitions and participated in collectitve exhibitions.
Artist’s page
Salam Hamed
Soliloquy
Realistic Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The victims of the chemical massacre’s soliloquy to the creator of heaven. This work is a documentation of these crimes committed against civilians by the criminal gangs and their allies, which claimed the lives of hundreds of children and women.
About the Artist
Salam Hamed is a student at Tishreen University at Faculty of Arts and the Department of Sociology. He is a painter, works in oil paintings, murals and cartoon drawings as well as calligraphy.
In terms of other activities and business: he establisehd a center for training in arts and human development, participated in awareness campaigns about COVID-19 and campaigns for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
He held many exhibitions and participated in collectitve exhibitions.
Artist’s page
Salam Hamed
Soliloquy
Realistic Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The victims of the chemical massacre’s soliloquy to the creator of heaven. This work is a documentation of these crimes committed against civilians by the criminal gangs and their allies, which claimed the lives of hundreds of children and women.
About the Artist
Salam Hamed is a student at Tishreen University at Faculty of Arts and the Department of Sociology. He is a painter, works in oil paintings, murals and cartoon drawings as well as calligraphy.
In terms of other activities and business: he establisehd a center for training in arts and human development, participated in awareness campaigns about COVID-19 and campaigns for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
He held many exhibitions and participated in collectitve exhibitions.
Artist’s page
Tiny Hand by Hadeel Arja
The Story of Sham
Motion Graphic
2020
About the Artwork
Every tiny hand tells a story.
The goal is to document 1.000,000 stories of tiny hands from all over the world.
The project started with providing a worldwide audience with feature stories from Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Morocco, Bangladesh, India. The Story of Sham is based on a real story of a refugee girl, her name was Sham.
About the Artist
Hadeel Arja is a Syrian journalist with more than 15 years of experience.
Founder of Tinyhand, co-founder of Frontline in Focus, an independent media agency that covers human interest stories in war and conflict zones.
Previous chief reporter in Huffpost Arabia. Worked as freelancer for BCC, Asharq Al Awsat, Huffington post, IJNET, Alhayat Newspaper, Alaan radio station.
Tiny Hand is an independent digital media platform that uses visual storytelling to relate the stories of children in conflict and crisis zones.
Artist’s page
Tiny Hand by Hadeel Arja
The Story of Sham
Motion Graphic
2020
About the Artwork
Every tiny hand tells a story.
The goal is to document 1.000,000 stories of tiny hands from all over the world.
The project started with providing a worldwide audience with feature stories from Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Morocco, Bangladesh, India. The Story of Sham is based on a real story of a refugee girl, her name was Sham.
About the Artist
Hadeel Arja is a Syrian journalist with more than 15 years of experience.
Founder of Tinyhand, co-founder of Frontline in Focus, an independent media agency that covers human interest stories in war and conflict zones.
Previous chief reporter in Huffpost Arabia. Worked as freelancer for BCC, Asharq Al Awsat, Huffington post, IJNET, Alhayat Newspaper, Alaan radio station.
Tiny Hand is an independent digital media platform that uses visual storytelling to relate the stories of children in conflict and crisis zones.
Artist’s page
Tiny Hand by Hadeel Arja
Layla and Mr. Elephant
Motion Graphic
2021
About the Artwork
Every tiny hand tells a story.
The goal is to document 1.000,000 stories of tiny hands from all over the world.
The project started with providing a worldwide audience with feature stories from Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Morocco, Bangladesh, India. Layla and Mr. Elephant is based on a real story about a girl who lives in Idleb.
About the Artist
Hadeel Arja is a Syrian journalist with more than 15 years of experience.
Founder of Tinyhand, co-founder of Frontline in Focus, an independent media agency that covers human interest stories in war and conflict zones.
Previous chief reporter in Huffpost Arabia. Worked as freelancer for BCC, Asharq Al Awsat, Huffington post, IJNET, Alhayat Newspaper, Alaan radio station.
Tiny Hand is an independent digital media platform that uses visual storytelling to relate the stories of children in conflict and crisis zones.
Artist’s page
Tiny Hand by Hadeel Arja
Layla and Mr. Elephant
Motion Graphic
2021
About the Artwork
Every tiny hand tells a story.
The goal is to document 1.000,000 stories of tiny hands from all over the world.
The project started with providing a worldwide audience with feature stories from Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Morocco, Bangladesh, India. Layla and Mr. Elephant is based on a real story about a girl who lives in Idleb.
About the Artist
Hadeel Arja is a Syrian journalist with more than 15 years of experience.
Founder of Tinyhand, co-founder of Frontline in Focus, an independent media agency that covers human interest stories in war and conflict zones.
Previous chief reporter in Huffpost Arabia. Worked as freelancer for BCC, Asharq Al Awsat, Huffington post, IJNET, Alhayat Newspaper, Alaan radio station.
Tiny Hand is an independent digital media platform that uses visual storytelling to relate the stories of children in conflict and crisis zones.
Artist’s page
The Day After
Surviving after detention
Docuseries
2021
About the Artwork
As part of its project to support survivors of detention in Syria, TDA produced a docuseries entitled “Surviving“, which presents testimonies by male and female survivors of Syrian regime prisons.
Through this video series, TDA aims to raise awareness on the hardships that survivors of detention endure and to urge a more sensitive handling of their cases, by shedding light on their experiences and suffering during detention and after their release.
About the Artist
The Day After (TDA) is an independent, Syrian-led civil society organization, working on supporting the democratic transition, justice, and sustainable peace in Syria. TDA believes in universal human rights and equal citizenship for all Syrians.
Artist’s page
The Day After
Surviving after detention
Docuseries
2021
About the Artwork
As part of its project to support survivors of detention in Syria, TDA produced a docuseries entitled “Surviving“, which presents testimonies by male and female survivors of Syrian regime prisons.
Through this video series, TDA aims to raise awareness on the hardships that survivors of detention endure and to urge a more sensitive handling of their cases, by shedding light on their experiences and suffering during detention and after their release.
About the Artist
The Day After (TDA) is an independent, Syrian-led civil society organization, working on supporting the democratic transition, justice, and sustainable peace in Syria. TDA believes in universal human rights and equal citizenship for all Syrians.
Artist’s page
The Day After
Thoughts in detention
Docuseries
2021
About the Artwork
As part of its project to support survivors of detention in Syria, TDA produced a docuseries entitled “Surviving"", which presents testimonies by male and female survivors of Syrian regime prisons.
Through this video series, TDA aims to raise awareness on the hardships that survivors of detention endure and to urge a more sensitive handling of their cases, by shedding light on their experiences and suffering during detention and after their release.
About the Artist
The Day After (TDA) is an independent, Syrian-led civil society organization, working on supporting the democratic transition, justice, and sustainable peace in Syria. TDA believes in universal human rights and equal citizenship for all Syrians.
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The Day After
Thoughts in detention
Docuseries
2021
About the Artwork
As part of its project to support survivors of detention in Syria, TDA produced a docuseries entitled “Surviving"", which presents testimonies by male and female survivors of Syrian regime prisons.
Through this video series, TDA aims to raise awareness on the hardships that survivors of detention endure and to urge a more sensitive handling of their cases, by shedding light on their experiences and suffering during detention and after their release.
About the Artist
The Day After (TDA) is an independent, Syrian-led civil society organization, working on supporting the democratic transition, justice, and sustainable peace in Syria. TDA believes in universal human rights and equal citizenship for all Syrians.
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Samera Birawi
I will live
سوف أحيا
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
This painting depicts the child martyr from the Syrian city of Jericho, who was on her way to school, with her red hair tie and her school bag on a cold day. A stray barrel came down from the planes of the Syrian regime, killing dozens of children while they were going to their school.
هذه اللوحة وفيها الشهيدة الطفلة من مدينة أريحا السورية التي ارتقت الى السماء بربطة شعرها الحمراء وحقيبة مدرستها اثناء ذهابها الى المدرسة في ذاك اليوم الباكر البارد... ليأتي برميل طائش نزل من طائرات النظام السوري على المدينة أودت بحياة عشرات الأطفال وهم ذاهبون الى مدرستهم
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
I will live
سوف أحيا
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
This painting depicts the child martyr from the Syrian city of Jericho, who was on her way to school, with her red hair tie and her school bag on a cold day. A stray barrel came down from the planes of the Syrian regime, killing dozens of children while they were going to their school.
هذه اللوحة وفيها الشهيدة الطفلة من مدينة أريحا السورية التي ارتقت الى السماء بربطة شعرها الحمراء وحقيبة مدرستها اثناء ذهابها الى المدرسة في ذاك اليوم الباكر البارد... ليأتي برميل طائش نزل من طائرات النظام السوري على المدينة أودت بحياة عشرات الأطفال وهم ذاهبون الى مدرستهم
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Prayer
صلاة
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
This painting is a prayer for the daily bread.
A prayer to the country.
هنا اللوحة صلاة إلى الرغيف
كما تتم صلاة الاستسقاء
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Samera Birawi
Prayer
صلاة
Oil Painting on Canvas
2020
About the Artwork
This painting is a prayer for the daily bread.
A prayer to the country.
هنا اللوحة صلاة إلى الرغيف
كما تتم صلاة الاستسقاء
About the Artist
Samera Birawi was born in Idlib. She started drawing from a young age, participating in school fairs until she studied arts in the Department of Women’s Arts and graduated to directly work as an assistant instructor at the Intermediate Institute, Department of Women’s Arts covering the topics of drawing and decoration, then in secondary school at the Department of Women’s Arts for various topics: drawing, decoration, fashion design, sewing and embroidery.
She participated in several group exhibitions at the city level, then at the national level, and through her participation with the Teachers Syndicate, she received an appreciation award in Syria.
She participated in several exhibitions in Damascus through the Syndicate of Fine Arts, while continuing her work as an art teacher at Damascus High School.
In 2017 many paintings were completed as oil colors on canvas, which were displayed in Antakya, Turkey.
Recently, she participated in an international festival in Istanbul and received several certificates of appreciation with the Shield of Creativity and Excellence.
Artist’s page
Anis Hamdoun
A girl among the rubble
Painting
2021
About the Artwork
The drawing shows the child Islam Hussein Al Habra who was trying to get out of the rubble left by the bombing of his family's house by Syrian regime forces with warplanes, as she was screaming in pain and trying to keep the iron and stones away from her delicate body.
This child is an example of the suffering of the children of Syria. A realistic drawing of a true story.
About the Artist
Muhammad Anis Saleh Hamdoun, from the city of Binnish, obtained his academic degree in 1996 at the Center for Fine Arts in Idlib Governorate.
He is experienced in sculpting, home decoration design, drawing and also teaching drawing.
A trainer at Starting Point Organization, he trained women survivors of detention and provided them with psychological support by helping them express their innermost thoughts through drawing.
He participated in the Art exhibition at the Idlib City Museum with painting and sculpture, and in the art exhibition at the Turkish Cultural Center "Younis Emra" in the city of Azaz in the countryside of Aleppo.
Artist’s page
Anis Hamdoun
A girl among the rubble
Painting
2021
About the Artwork
The drawing shows the child Islam Hussein Al Habra who was trying to get out of the rubble left by the bombing of his family's house by Syrian regime forces with warplanes, as she was screaming in pain and trying to keep the iron and stones away from her delicate body.
This child is an example of the suffering of the children of Syria. A realistic drawing of a true story.
About the Artist
Muhammad Anis Saleh Hamdoun, from the city of Binnish, obtained his academic degree in 1996 at the Center for Fine Arts in Idlib Governorate.
He is experienced in sculpting, home decoration design, drawing and also teaching drawing.
A trainer at Starting Point Organization, he trained women survivors of detention and provided them with psychological support by helping them express their innermost thoughts through drawing.
He participated in the Art exhibition at the Idlib City Museum with painting and sculpture, and in the art exhibition at the Turkish Cultural Center "Younis Emra" in the city of Azaz in the countryside of Aleppo.
Artist’s page
Linda Zahra
The Day I Left my Home!
Artistic Photography
2020
About the Artwork
This artwork is from the collection “Escape”, Vienna 2020
The artist shares:
"I have never imagined that one day I would have been forced to leave my country.
I just packed a little bag and I left my new home in Damascus in June 2012. I thought it is going to be for a short time, summer time! But I never came back again since then!
The moment I left the Syrian border towards Lebanon is still there in mind, it simply stuck there, I was afraid, desperate, confused and hesitant.
When the officer finally put the departure stamp on my passport, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
Escaping home is the most difficult thing in life!"
About the Artist
Linda Zahra was born in Salamiyah, Syria. She attended courses in Make-up Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Republic of Moldova. Since 2004 She works as a make-up designer, photographer and executive producer on several films: A Little Sun, Damascus City Symphony, Faraway, so Close to the Homeland and Wooden Rifle.
Since her arrival in Vienna, Linda participated in several exhibitions, among them a digital photo exhibition at Hauptbahnhof, a photography exhibition at Eyes On – European Month of Photography – Vienna, a joint exhibition "The Others Story" which was realized with the collaboration of Künstlerhaus Wien, a joint exhibition at Salon de kultur, gallery Educult in Museum Quartier, a joint exhibition "Traces & Masks" at the State Museum of Krems, Austria 2020, and she participated in the event "Melk Memorial 2020".
Her works have been received a wide critical acclaim. She lives and works in Vienna.
Artist’s page
Linda Zahra
The Day I Left my Home!
Artistic Photography
2020
About the Artwork
This artwork is from the collection “Escape”, Vienna 2020
The artist shares:
"I have never imagined that one day I would have been forced to leave my country.
I just packed a little bag and I left my new home in Damascus in June 2012. I thought it is going to be for a short time, summer time! But I never came back again since then!
The moment I left the Syrian border towards Lebanon is still there in mind, it simply stuck there, I was afraid, desperate, confused and hesitant.
When the officer finally put the departure stamp on my passport, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
Escaping home is the most difficult thing in life!"
About the Artist
Linda Zahra was born in Salamiyah, Syria. She attended courses in Make-up Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Republic of Moldova. Since 2004 She works as a make-up designer, photographer and executive producer on several films: A Little Sun, Damascus City Symphony, Faraway, so Close to the Homeland and Wooden Rifle.
Since her arrival in Vienna, Linda participated in several exhibitions, among them a digital photo exhibition at Hauptbahnhof, a photography exhibition at Eyes On – European Month of Photography – Vienna, a joint exhibition "The Others Story" which was realized with the collaboration of Künstlerhaus Wien, a joint exhibition at Salon de kultur, gallery Educult in Museum Quartier, a joint exhibition "Traces & Masks" at the State Museum of Krems, Austria 2020, and she participated in the event "Melk Memorial 2020".
Her works have been received a wide critical acclaim. She lives and works in Vienna.
Artist’s page
Zeina Talha
Forced Disappearances
Digital Illustration
2020
About the Artwork
Tens of thousands of people in Syria have vanished without a trace, cut off from the outside world and packed into overcrowded cells, the state denies that they’re being held and conceals their whereabouts, placing them outside the protection of law. Their families are forced to live in desperation with few, if any, safe ways of finding their loved ones, they alternate between hope and despair, wondering and waiting, sometimes for years, for news that may never come.
About the Artist
Zeina Talha is an architecture graduate and self-taught illustrator based in London, UK.
Artist’s page
Zeina Talha
Forced Disappearances
Digital Illustration
2020
About the Artwork
Tens of thousands of people in Syria have vanished without a trace, cut off from the outside world and packed into overcrowded cells, the state denies that they’re being held and conceals their whereabouts, placing them outside the protection of law. Their families are forced to live in desperation with few, if any, safe ways of finding their loved ones, they alternate between hope and despair, wondering and waiting, sometimes for years, for news that may never come.
About the Artist
Zeina Talha is an architecture graduate and self-taught illustrator based in London, UK.
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Sarah Khayat
Reclaim the Night
Digital Art
2019
About the Artwork
Reclaim the night until the street becomes for us and the darkness stops scaring any one anymore.
The idea behind this illustration is to gather women from different backgrounds and with different experiences, to reclaim public spaces and reaffirm the need for such spaces to be safe.
Against street harassment, violence, and assaults this work has been chosen published in 'event to dameh' calendar 2020: A year of revolution.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Reclaim the Night
Digital Art
2019
About the Artwork
Reclaim the night until the street becomes for us and the darkness stops scaring any one anymore.
The idea behind this illustration is to gather women from different backgrounds and with different experiences, to reclaim public spaces and reaffirm the need for such spaces to be safe.
Against street harassment, violence, and assaults this work has been chosen published in 'event to dameh' calendar 2020: A year of revolution.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Anis Hamdoun
The Demand for Freedom
Painting
2021
About the Artwork
The painting shows a drawing of a map of Syria in which prisons are hung with chains from which blood flows, and on top of them are birds leaving them to denote immigrants and those looking for warmth.
On both sides of the map condemns holding on to the chains with the aim of breaking them and liberating the Syrian people, a symbol of the Syrian people's resistance through their revolution.
About the Artist
Muhammad Anis Saleh Hamdoun, from the city of Binnish, obtained his academic degree in 1996 at the Center for Fine Arts in Idlib Governorate.
He is experienced in sculpting, home decoration design, drawing and also teaching drawing.
A trainer at Starting Point Organization, he trained women survivors of detention and provided them with psychological support by helping them express their innermost thoughts through drawing.
He participated in the Art exhibition at the Idlib City Museum with painting and sculpture, and in the art exhibition at the Turkish Cultural Center "Younis Emra" in the city of Azaz in the countryside of Aleppo.
Artist’s page
Anis Hamdoun
The Demand for Freedom
Painting
2021
About the Artwork
The painting shows a drawing of a map of Syria in which prisons are hung with chains from which blood flows, and on top of them are birds leaving them to denote immigrants and those looking for warmth.
On both sides of the map condemns holding on to the chains with the aim of breaking them and liberating the Syrian people, a symbol of the Syrian people's resistance through their revolution.
About the Artist
Muhammad Anis Saleh Hamdoun, from the city of Binnish, obtained his academic degree in 1996 at the Center for Fine Arts in Idlib Governorate.
He is experienced in sculpting, home decoration design, drawing and also teaching drawing.
A trainer at Starting Point Organization, he trained women survivors of detention and provided them with psychological support by helping them express their innermost thoughts through drawing.
He participated in the Art exhibition at the Idlib City Museum with painting and sculpture, and in the art exhibition at the Turkish Cultural Center "Younis Emra" in the city of Azaz in the countryside of Aleppo.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Istanbul
Digital Art
2020
About the Artwork
The Artist makes some reflections about Istanbul and the question: What is the meaning of "home" for a Syrian refugee woman in exile?
"I was small in the middle of a big city, Istanbul. I thought that this city would hold me, unfortunately its high walls and crowded streets did not do it. People's faces were without features, hasty heels, their eyes open, but they could not see. Their hearts were closed, I knocked but no one opened, and no matter how much it was crowded around me, I was alone.
Istanbul is a big prison for me or for any Syrian. Your hands are tied to your passport or your protection card, which is supposed to protect you as a refugee and to preserve your rights, but the truth is it is useless specially under a law which changes every day and not to your advantage.
It's a prison, regardless of how long you lived in it and no matter how sweet it is, it will not be a home."
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Istanbul
Digital Art
2020
About the Artwork
The Artist makes some reflections about Istanbul and the question: What is the meaning of "home" for a Syrian refugee woman in exile?
"I was small in the middle of a big city, Istanbul. I thought that this city would hold me, unfortunately its high walls and crowded streets did not do it. People's faces were without features, hasty heels, their eyes open, but they could not see. Their hearts were closed, I knocked but no one opened, and no matter how much it was crowded around me, I was alone.
Istanbul is a big prison for me or for any Syrian. Your hands are tied to your passport or your protection card, which is supposed to protect you as a refugee and to preserve your rights, but the truth is it is useless specially under a law which changes every day and not to your advantage.
It's a prison, regardless of how long you lived in it and no matter how sweet it is, it will not be a home."
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Salam Hamed
Syrian Story
Realistic Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
A painting that tells the whole story from ten years until today, about the suffering of the Syrian population: from bombing, arrest, displacement and camps. It also shows the humanitarian work that represents the Syrian Civil Defense and embodies the hope and dream of the Syrians to gain freedom.
About the Artist
Salam Hamed is a student at Tishreen University at Faculty of Arts and the Department of Sociology. He is a painter, works in oil paintings, murals and cartoon drawings as well as calligraphy.
In terms of other activities and business: he establisehd a center for training in arts and human development, participated in awareness campaigns about COVID-19 and campaigns for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
He held many exhibitions and participated in collectitve exhibitions.
Artist’s page
Salam Hamed
Syrian Story
Realistic Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
A painting that tells the whole story from ten years until today, about the suffering of the Syrian population: from bombing, arrest, displacement and camps. It also shows the humanitarian work that represents the Syrian Civil Defense and embodies the hope and dream of the Syrians to gain freedom.
About the Artist
Salam Hamed is a student at Tishreen University at Faculty of Arts and the Department of Sociology. He is a painter, works in oil paintings, murals and cartoon drawings as well as calligraphy.
In terms of other activities and business: he establisehd a center for training in arts and human development, participated in awareness campaigns about COVID-19 and campaigns for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
He held many exhibitions and participated in collectitve exhibitions.
Artist’s page
Salam Hamed
Detainees
Realistic Drawing
2019
About the Artwork
A work that embodies the suffering of detainees who have been in prison for years. The flower symbolizes hope, and the yellow color is the color of the sun and its rays, which represents the detainee’s dream (the awaited dream).
About the Artist
Salam Hamed is a student at Tishreen University at Faculty of Arts and the Department of Sociology. He is a painter, works in oil paintings, murals and cartoon drawings as well as calligraphy.
In terms of other activities and business: he establisehd a center for training in arts and human development, participated in awareness campaigns about COVID-19 and campaigns for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
He held many exhibitions and participated in collectitve exhibitions.
Artist’s page
Salam Hamed
Detainees
Realistic Drawing
2019
About the Artwork
A work that embodies the suffering of detainees who have been in prison for years. The flower symbolizes hope, and the yellow color is the color of the sun and its rays, which represents the detainee’s dream (the awaited dream).
About the Artist
Salam Hamed is a student at Tishreen University at Faculty of Arts and the Department of Sociology. He is a painter, works in oil paintings, murals and cartoon drawings as well as calligraphy.
In terms of other activities and business: he establisehd a center for training in arts and human development, participated in awareness campaigns about COVID-19 and campaigns for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
He held many exhibitions and participated in collectitve exhibitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Traitorous compass
البوصلة الخائنة
Cartoon Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The artist compared the boat of emigrants, which aspires to reach the north, with a compass, but drowning prevents it from reaching the desired destination.
يقارن الفنان مركب مهاجرين والذي يصبو للوصول الى للشمال ببوصلة ولكنه يخضع للغرق دون وصوله للشمال المنشود
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Traitorous compass
البوصلة الخائنة
Cartoon Drawing
2020
About the Artwork
The artist compared the boat of emigrants, which aspires to reach the north, with a compass, but drowning prevents it from reaching the desired destination.
يقارن الفنان مركب مهاجرين والذي يصبو للوصول الى للشمال ببوصلة ولكنه يخضع للغرق دون وصوله للشمال المنشود
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
War and child marriage
الحرب وزواج القاصرات
Cartoon Drawing
2019
About the Artwork
The miserable conditions that afflicted people in the shadow of the Syrian war pushed parents to let their daughters marry at an early age because they were unable to provide for their families.
دفعت الظروف البائسة التي عانى منها الناس في ظل الحرب السورية الآباء إلى السماح لبناتهم بالزواج في سن مبكرة لأنهم لم يتمكنوا من إعالة أسرهم
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
War and child marriage
الحرب وزواج القاصرات
Cartoon Drawing
2019
About the Artwork
The miserable conditions that afflicted people in the shadow of the Syrian war pushed parents to let their daughters marry at an early age because they were unable to provide for their families.
دفعت الظروف البائسة التي عانى منها الناس في ظل الحرب السورية الآباء إلى السماح لبناتهم بالزواج في سن مبكرة لأنهم لم يتمكنوا من إعالة أسرهم
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Forced Emigration
النظام والتهجير الممنهج
Cartoon Drawing
2018
About the Artwork
The regime transforming the Syrian map into successive batches of forced migrations.
يقوم النظام هنا بتحويل الخريطة السورية الى دفعات متتالية من الهجرات القسرية
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Forced Emigration
النظام والتهجير الممنهج
Cartoon Drawing
2018
About the Artwork
The regime transforming the Syrian map into successive batches of forced migrations.
يقوم النظام هنا بتحويل الخريطة السورية الى دفعات متتالية من الهجرات القسرية
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Emigration Cemetery
مقبرة مهاجرين
Cartoon Drawing
2019
About the Artwork
The artist borrowed a detail from the story of Sinbad the Sailor and the island on the back of the whale, and replaced the island with a cemetery with some of the Syrian emigrants who drowned in the search of a better life in Europe.
مقبرة مهاجرين
حيث استعرت تفصيل من قصة السندباد البحري والجزيرة على ظهر الحوت وبدلت الجزيرة بمقبرة تضم رفات مهاجرين سوريين غرقو في طريق البحث عن حياة افضل في اوروبا
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Emigration Cemetery
مقبرة مهاجرين
Cartoon Drawing
2019
About the Artwork
The artist borrowed a detail from the story of Sinbad the Sailor and the island on the back of the whale, and replaced the island with a cemetery with some of the Syrian emigrants who drowned in the search of a better life in Europe.
مقبرة مهاجرين
حيث استعرت تفصيل من قصة السندباد البحري والجزيرة على ظهر الحوت وبدلت الجزيرة بمقبرة تضم رفات مهاجرين سوريين غرقو في طريق البحث عن حياة افضل في اوروبا
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Destructive Experience
اختبار تدميري
Cartoon Drawing
2021
About the Artwork
The artwork shows Russia’s presence in Syria through the experience of its destructive military arsenal in the Syrian body.
عنوان اللوحة اختبار تدميري
حيث يظهر العمل الفني الوجود الروسي في سوريا من خلال تجربة ترسانتها العسكرية المدمرة في الجسد السوري
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Destructive Experience
اختبار تدميري
Cartoon Drawing
2021
About the Artwork
The artwork shows Russia’s presence in Syria through the experience of its destructive military arsenal in the Syrian body.
عنوان اللوحة اختبار تدميري
حيث يظهر العمل الفني الوجود الروسي في سوريا من خلال تجربة ترسانتها العسكرية المدمرة في الجسد السوري
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Migration over Barrels of Guns
هجرة فوق فوهات البنادق
Cartoon Drawing
2016
About the Artwork
A picture that speaks louder than words ...
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
Yaser Ahmad
Migration over Barrels of Guns
هجرة فوق فوهات البنادق
Cartoon Drawing
2016
About the Artwork
A picture that speaks louder than words ...
About the Artist
Yaser Ahmed was born in 1977 in Syria. He is a graduate of the Institute of Teacher Education.
Recipient of many international and regional awards: more than 15 awards, including the Arab Journalism Award in Dubai in 2015 and 2019 and two special awards from the World Press Prize in Portugal for the years 2018-2019.
He further was a jury member for many international competitions.
Artist’s page
WELCOME TO
THE REIGNING SHADES OF SYRIA
VIRTUAL EXHIBTION
WELCOME TO
THE REIGNING SHADES OF SYRIA
VIRTUAL EXHIBTION
About The Expo
The Reigning Shades of Syria
In light of the dictatorial reign in Syria, and the uprising that started in 2011, this virtual exhibition conveys the revolution of the artists, and their will to contribute to a political change through art. It’s time for colors and shades to make a stand by translating a message of hope to the people of Syria while expressing an SOS, so that the world takes notice of their pain and despair. The artworks illustrate the ongoing rebellion against the Syrian regime for suppression, and inducing terror and fear among its people.
The exhibition space consists of two rooms: one for “Conflict” and another for “Revolution”. The “Conflict” room features art pieces expressing the challenges that the people and country are going through whereas the “Revolution” room exhibits artworks reflecting on the demonstrations, the civil activities and the events that the people are subject to on the streets.
Exhibiting Artists
Abdul Aziz Alasmar | Abu Malik Al Shami | Ammar Abd Rabbo | Anis Hamdoun | Dominic Madden | Linda Zahra | Muhammad Najdat | Haj Kadour | Omar Ibrahim-Levant | Saad Hajo | Salam Hamed | Samera Birawi | Sarah Khayat | Yaser Ahmad | Zeina Talha
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About The Expo
The Reigning Shades of Syria
In light of the dictatorial reign in Syria, and the uprising that started in 2011, this virtual exhibition conveys the revolution of the artists, and their will to contribute to a political change through art. It’s time for colors and shades to make a stand by translating a message of hope to the people of Syria while expressing an SOS, so that the world takes notice of their pain and despair. The artworks illustrate the ongoing rebellion against the Syrian regime for suppression, and inducing terror and fear among its people.
The exhibition space consists of two rooms: one for “Conflict” and another for “Revolution”. The “Conflict” room features art pieces expressing the challenges that the people and country are going through whereas the “Revolution” room exhibits artworks reflecting on the demonstrations, the civil activities and the events that the people are subject to on the streets.
Exhibiting Artists
Abdul Aziz Alasmar | Abu Malik Al Shami | Ammar Abd Rabbo | Anis Hamdoun | Dominic Madden | Linda Zahra | Muhammad Najdat | Haj Kadour | Omar Ibrahim-Levant | Saad Hajo | Salam Hamed | Samera Birawi | Sarah Khayat | Yaser Ahmad | Zeina Talha
Videos by The Day After | Tiny Hand by Hadeel Arja
Important Disclaimer:
The artworks and descriptions represent each artist by himself and do not represent a collective opinion from all artists or a personal opinion from the organizers, partners or collaborators.
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Sarah Khayat
Zainab’s Trill
Digital Art
2019
About the Artwork
“So I’m Not Kept in the Shadows”: Oral Memories of Syrian Women Survivors of Detention.
Zainab says: "I was arrested on October 14, 2011 by the Syrian air force intelligence.
I wanted to document my story because I am proud of what I have done and I do not want to be forgotten. I participated in the revolution because I believed in it, and I am not sad for anything that I have been through and what happened with me. In the future, God willing, we will take our rights. God willing. If I do not trust my daughter and sister, how will people know about the crimes committed by the regime against the country?
I have many stories that I did not tell, because I was under siege and raids, and I thank God that my daughter and son are with me now, and my son is working and I also work, but lately I stopped working because of pain in my joints, due to the extreme cold I suffered in prison."
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Zainab’s Trill
Digital Art
2019
About the Artwork
“So I’m Not Kept in the Shadows”: Oral Memories of Syrian Women Survivors of Detention.
Zainab says: "I was arrested on October 14, 2011 by the Syrian air force intelligence.
I wanted to document my story because I am proud of what I have done and I do not want to be forgotten. I participated in the revolution because I believed in it, and I am not sad for anything that I have been through and what happened with me. In the future, God willing, we will take our rights. God willing. If I do not trust my daughter and sister, how will people know about the crimes committed by the regime against the country?
I have many stories that I did not tell, because I was under siege and raids, and I thank God that my daughter and son are with me now, and my son is working and I also work, but lately I stopped working because of pain in my joints, due to the extreme cold I suffered in prison."
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Abu Malik Al Shami
Hope
أمل
Graffiti Artwork
2014
About the Artwork
This Graffiti was drawn in 2014 in Daraya, in Damascus countryside, on a ruined roof. It is the sixth mural of the collection. The painting is a message to the world and the Western community to raise awareness for the status of rebels
in Syria. Their situation is being depicted as a young and beautiful girl standing on a heap of skulls and soldiers' helmets after heavy fighting, writting the word "hope" on her ruined house wall.
جدارية بعنوان أمل،
هي جدارية رسمت بتاريخ 2014 في مدينة داريا في ريف دمشق على احد السقف المدمرة وهي الجدارية السادسة لي. اللوحة هي رسالة للعالم والمجتمع الغربي تضيء الضوء على وضع الثوار في سوريا. فتمّ تصوير وضعهم كطفلة صغيرة وجميلة تتصف بالبراءة تقف على كومة من الجماجم وخوذات الجنود بعد قتال عنيف، وتكتب كلمة "أمل" على جدار منزلها المدمر
About the Artist
Abu Malik Al Shami is a graffiti artist who draws as a hobby. The artist paints mostly about the Syrian revolution and issues of truth and justice. He is independent and not affiliated with any governmental or political institution. He tries to support the revolution by drawing protests' ideas on the walls and ceilings that were destroyed due to the bombing of Syrian cities.
Artist’s page
Abu Malik Al Shami
Hope
أمل
Graffiti Artwork
2014
About the Artwork
This Graffiti was drawn in 2014 in Daraya, in Damascus countryside, on a ruined roof. It is the sixth mural of the collection. The painting is a message to the world and the Western community to raise awareness for the status of rebels
in Syria. Their situation is being depicted as a young and beautiful girl standing on a heap of skulls and soldiers' helmets after heavy fighting, writting the word "hope" on her ruined house wall.
جدارية بعنوان أمل
هي جدارية رسمت بتاريخ 2014 في مدينة داريا في ريف دمشق على احد السقف المدمرة وهي الجدارية السادسة لي. اللوحة هي رسالة للعالم والمجتمع الغربي تضيء الضوء على وضع الثوار في سوريا. فتمّ تصوير وضعهم كطفلة صغيرة وجميلة تتصف بالبراءة تقف على كومة من الجماجم وخوذات الجنود بعد قتال عنيف، وتكتب كلمة "أمل" على جدار منزلها المدم
About the Artist
Abu Malik Al Shami is a graffiti artist who draws as a hobby. The artist paints mostly about the Syrian revolution and issues of truth and justice. He is independent and not affiliated with any governmental or political institution. He tries to support the revolution by drawing protests' ideas on the walls and ceilings that were destroyed due to the bombing of Syrian cities.
Artist’s page
Abu Malik Al Shami
Scream of Freedom
صرخة حريّة
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
This is one out of 10 murals drawn on one long wall in Idlib. It was painted on the 10th anniversary of the revolution in Syria 2011-2021. It shows the scream of a mummy who woke up from the dead calling for freedom, indicating the status of people who were numb before the revolution began to revive their spirit. Consequently, they demanded their rights, such as freedom, justice and dignity.
صرخة حريّة
هو عنوان رسمة من اصل 10 رسومات على حدار واحد طويل في مدينة ادلب رسمت لمناسبة الذكرى العاشرة لانطلاقة الثورة في سوريا 2011-2021 وتعبّر اللوحة عن صرخة لمومياء استفاقة من الموت مطالبة للحرية وهي تدل على حالة الشعب الذي كان يشبه الميت قبل ان تنطلق الثورة وتحي فيه هذه الروح المطالبة بحق الشعب بالحرية والعدل والكرامة
About the Artist
Abu Malik Al Shami is a graffiti artist who draws as a hobby. The artist paints mostly about the Syrian revolution and issues of truth and justice. He is independent and not affiliated with any governmental or political institution. He tries to support the revolution by drawing protests' ideas on the walls and ceilings that were destroyed due to the bombing of Syrian cities.
Artist’s page
Abu Malik Al Shami
Scream of Freedom
صرخة حريّة
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
This is one out of 10 murals drawn on one long wall in Idlib. It was painted on the 10th anniversary of the revolution in Syria 2011-2021. It shows the scream of a mummy who woke up from the dead calling for freedom, indicating the status of people who were numb before the revolution began to revive their spirit. Consequently, they demanded their rights, such as freedom, justice and dignity.
صرخة حريّة
هو عنوان رسمة من اصل 10 رسومات على حدار واحد طويل في مدينة ادلب رسمت لمناسبة الذكرى العاشرة لانطلاقة الثورة في سوريا 2011-2021 وتعبّر اللوحة عن صرخة لمومياء استفاقة من الموت مطالبة للحرية وهي تدل على حالة الشعب الذي كان يشبه الميت قبل ان تنطلق الثورة وتحي فيه هذه الروح المطالبة بحق الشعب بالحرية والعدل والكرامة
About the Artist
Abu Malik Al Shami is a graffiti artist who draws as a hobby. The artist paints mostly about the Syrian revolution and issues of truth and justice. He is independent and not affiliated with any governmental or political institution. He tries to support the revolution by drawing protests' ideas on the walls and ceilings that were destroyed due to the bombing of Syrian cities.
Artist’s page
Abu Malik Al Shami
Learn to love first
Graffiti Artwork
2014
About the Artwork
A message for every soldier and anyone who carries a weapon, coming from an innocent child that teaches them the meaning of love and its importance before using weapons and following the orders of war leaders.
About the Artist
Abu Malik Al Shami is a graffiti artist who draws as a hobby. The artist paints mostly about the Syrian revolution and issues of truth and justice. He is independent and not affiliated with any governmental or political institution. He tries to support the revolution by drawing protests' ideas on the walls and ceilings that were destroyed due to the bombing of Syrian cities.
Artist’s page
Abu Malik Al Shami
Learn to love first
Graffiti Artwork
2014
About the Artwork
A message for every soldier and anyone who carries a weapon, coming from an innocent child that teaches them the meaning of love and its importance before using weapons and following the orders of war leaders.
About the Artist
Abu Malik Al Shami is a graffiti artist who draws as a hobby. The artist paints mostly about the Syrian revolution and issues of truth and justice. He is independent and not affiliated with any governmental or political institution. He tries to support the revolution by drawing protests' ideas on the walls and ceilings that were destroyed due to the bombing of Syrian cities.
Artist’s page
Abdul Aziz Alasmar
Veto
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
The drawing shows the Bab al-Hawa crossing with Turkey, which is the only "artery" through which humanitarian aid enters northern Syria for the displaced and the people afflicted by war.
Russia and the Syrian regime want to close this last humanitarian UN corridor. Russia threatened several times to use its veto in the UN Security Council in order to block the border crossing.
About the Artist
Abdul Aziz Alasmar is a Graffiti painter.
He drew paintings that support the Syrian revolution and the freedoms of people.
He drew different graffiti murals that address important local, regional and international issues.
He drew graffiti murals that support the medical campaign and contribute to spreading awareness among peoples, including paintings on the spread of the Corona Virus.
He made many drawings that support children and boost their self-confidence.
Many of his paintings support women and their rights in society.
He is also a drawing trainer, he taught drawing and crafts at the "Yes Institute" for young children, he is a lecturer at the "Binnish Coordination" and a coach for more than a year.
He participated in many exhibitions: Azaz Exhibition 2021, Exhibition of the Cultural Center in Idlib 2020, Punch Exhibition 2019.
Artist’s page
Abdul Aziz Alasmar
Veto
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
The drawing shows the Bab al-Hawa crossing with Turkey, which is the only "artery" through which humanitarian aid enters northern Syria for the displaced and the people afflicted by war.
Russia and the Syrian regime want to close this last humanitarian UN corridor. Russia threatened several times to use its veto in the UN Security Council in order to block the border crossing.
About the Artist
Abdul Aziz Alasmar is a Graffiti painter.
He drew paintings that support the Syrian revolution and the freedoms of people.
He drew different graffiti murals that address important local, regional and international issues.
He drew graffiti murals that support the medical campaign and contribute to spreading awareness among peoples, including paintings on the spread of the Corona Virus.
He made many drawings that support children and boost their self-confidence.
Many of his paintings support women and their rights in society.
He is also a drawing trainer, he taught drawing and crafts at the "Yes Institute" for young children, he is a lecturer at the "Binnish Coordination" and a coach for more than a year.
He participated in many exhibitions: Azaz Exhibition 2021, Exhibition of the Cultural Center in Idlib 2020, Punch Exhibition 2019.
Artist’s page
Abu Malik Al Shami
Syrian regime elections 2021
انتخابات النظام السوري 2021
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
This mural was drawn on the wall of a ruined house devastated by air strikes on the town of Areha, in north Syria. It describes the system of electing a criminal president who killed more than 500 thousand Syrians, arrested million people, displaced over 10 million Syrians and destroyed many cities to secure his position.
"Electing a criminal after 10 years of revolution is like participating in his crimes. Voting for him is just like directing a missile on miserable people."
انتخابات النظام السوري 2021
هذه اللوحة رسمت في مدينة اريحا شمال سوريا على جدار منزل مدمر بسب قصف الطيران على هذه المدينة وتعبر عن آلية انتخاب الرئيس المجرم الذي قتل نصف مليون سوري كما اعتقل مليون اخر وهجّر 10 مليون سوري ودمّر كل المدن للحفاظ على منصبه
وان المشاركة بانتخابات هذا المجرم بعد 10 سنين من انطلاقة الثورة هو مشاركة له في جميع جرائمه وان ادلاء التصويت له يعتبر بمثابة القاء صاروخ على هذا الشعب المنكوب
About the Artist
Abu Malik Al Shami is a graffiti artist who draws as a hobby. The artist paints mostly about the Syrian revolution and issues of truth and justice. He is independent and not affiliated with any governmental or political institution. He tries to support the revolution by drawing protests' ideas on the walls and ceilings that were destroyed due to the bombing of Syrian cities.
Artist’s page
Abu Malik Al Shami
Syrian regime elections 2021
انتخابات النظام السوري 2021
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
This mural was drawn on the wall of a ruined house devastated by air strikes on the town of Areha, in north Syria. It describes the system of electing a criminal president who killed more than 500 thousand Syrians, arrested million people, displaced over 10 million Syrians and destroyed many cities to secure his position.
"Electing a criminal after 10 years of revolution is like participating in his crimes. Voting for him is just like directing a missile on miserable people."
انتخابات النظام السوري 2021
هذه اللوحة رسمت في مدينة اريحا شمال سوريا على جدار منزل مدمر بسب قصف الطيران على هذه المدينة وتعبر عن آلية انتخاب الرئيس المجرم الذي قتل نصف مليون سوري كما اعتقل مليون اخر وهجّر 10 مليون سوري ودمّر كل المدن للحفاظ على منصبه
وان المشاركة بانتخابات هذا المجرم بعد 10 سنين من انطلاقة الثورة هو مشاركة له في جميع جرائمه وان ادلاء التصويت له يعتبر بمثابة القاء صاروخ على هذا الشعب المنكوب
About the Artist
Abu Malik Al Shami is a graffiti artist who draws as a hobby. The artist paints mostly about the Syrian revolution and issues of truth and justice. He is independent and not affiliated with any governmental or political institution. He tries to support the revolution by drawing protests' ideas on the walls and ceilings that were destroyed due to the bombing of Syrian cities.
Artist’s page
Abdul Aziz Alasmar
A gentle voice in the diaspora
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
The graffiti shows a Syrian child refugee in Denmark pointing his finger at the oppression experienced by civilians in Syria, for instance, bombardment, displacement and killing. After the Danish authorities decided to return Syrian refugees to their country the child points out the danger of that decision, and that the dire conditions the refugees once fled from do still exist.
The artist's child, Mohammed Alasmar, participated in the drawing to indicate the seriousness of this decision.
About the Artist
Abdul Aziz Alasmar is a Graffiti painter.
He drew paintings that support the Syrian revolution and the freedoms of people.
He drew different graffiti murals that address important local, regional and international issues.
He drew graffiti murals that support the medical campaign and contribute to spreading awareness among peoples, including paintings on the spread of the Corona Virus.
He made many drawings that support children and boost their self-confidence.
Many of his paintings support women and their rights in society.
He is also a drawing trainer, he taught drawing and crafts at the "Yes Institute" for young children, he is a lecturer at the "Binnish Coordination" and a coach for more than a year.
He participated in many exhibitions: Azaz Exhibition 2021, Exhibition of the Cultural Center in Idlib 2020, Punch Exhibition 2019.
Artist’s page
Abdul Aziz Alasmar
A gentle voice in the diaspora
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
The graffiti shows a Syrian child refugee in Denmark pointing his finger at the oppression experienced by civilians in Syria, for instance, bombardment, displacement and killing. After the Danish authorities decided to return Syrian refugees to their country the child points out the danger of that decision, and that the dire conditions the refugees once fled from do still exist.
The artist's child, Mohammed Alasmar, participated in the drawing to indicate the seriousness of this decision.
About the Artist
Abdul Aziz Alasmar is a Graffiti painter.
He drew paintings that support the Syrian revolution and the freedoms of people.
He drew different graffiti murals that address important local, regional and international issues.
He drew graffiti murals that support the medical campaign and contribute to spreading awareness among peoples, including paintings on the spread of the Corona Virus.
He made many drawings that support children and boost their self-confidence.
Many of his paintings support women and their rights in society.
He is also a drawing trainer, he taught drawing and crafts at the "Yes Institute" for young children, he is a lecturer at the "Binnish Coordination" and a coach for more than a year.
He participated in many exhibitions: Azaz Exhibition 2021, Exhibition of the Cultural Center in Idlib 2020, Punch Exhibition 2019.
Artist’s page
Omar Ibrahim-Levant
On this earth what is worth living
Mixed media on cardboard
2019
About the Artwork
A reflection on the same piece of the poem of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish "On this earth what is worth living" presented by Ibrahim-Levant in a different style.
About the Artist
Omar Ibrahim-Levent. A visual communication artist, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University - Department of Sculpture in 2002. Since then, he has been working in artistic research and using his creative experience. He worked in many countries from Syria to Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, until he moved to France in 2014 where he continued his artistic career and worked in cooperation with many organizations in Europe in the field of culture and art research. He also studied arts in Paris and at the University of Higher Arts in the Basque Country, and he is a lecturer at many other universities, including the University of Languages in the Italian city of Trieste and the University of Political Science in Pavia, Italy. He now resides in Bayonne, Basque Country in France, dedicated to cultural and artistic productions. His artworks are shown in many countries of the world. He has also published a collection of research and articles on art, revolution, exile, immigration and the question of borders in magazines including "Lebanese Cities, The Damascus Office's Journal of the European Union's War and Peace Organization, and the French Libération magazine.
Artist’s page
Omar Ibrahim-Levant
On this earth what is worth living
Mixed media on cardboard
2019
About the Artwork
A reflection on the same piece of the poem of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish "On this earth what is worth living" presented by Ibrahim-Levant in a different style.
About the Artist
Omar Ibrahim-Levent. A visual communication artist, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University - Department of Sculpture in 2002. Since then, he has been working in artistic research and using his creative experience. He worked in many countries from Syria to Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, until he moved to France in 2014 where he continued his artistic career and worked in cooperation with many organizations in Europe in the field of culture and art research. He also studied arts in Paris and at the University of Higher Arts in the Basque Country, and he is a lecturer at many other universities, including the University of Languages in the Italian city of Trieste and the University of Political Science in Pavia, Italy. He now resides in Bayonne, Basque Country in France, dedicated to cultural and artistic productions. His artworks are shown in many countries of the world. He has also published a collection of research and articles on art, revolution, exile, immigration and the question of borders in magazines including "Lebanese Cities, The Damascus Office's Journal of the European Union's War and Peace Organization, and the French Libération magazine.
Artist’s page
Omar Ibrahim-Levant
In Exile
Collage and different materials on canvas
2020
About the Artwork
The work was produced during the first Covid-19 related quarantine period in France, the artist describes the idea of exile by matching his voluntary exile from his country Syria, and the idea of exile in which people are forced to abandon their normal lives and stay in their homes. The work is inspired by a poem by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.
About the Artist
Omar Ibrahim-Levent. A visual communication artist, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University - Department of Sculpture in 2002. Since then, he has been working in artistic research and using his creative experience. He worked in many countries from Syria to Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, until he moved to France in 2014 where he continued his artistic career and worked in cooperation with many organizations in Europe in the field of culture and art research. He also studied arts in Paris and at the University of Higher Arts in the Basque Country, and he is a lecturer at many other universities, including the University of Languages in the Italian city of Trieste and the University of Political Science in Pavia, Italy. He now resides in Bayonne, Basque Country in France, dedicated to cultural and artistic productions. His artworks are shown in many countries of the world. He has also published a collection of research and articles on art, revolution, exile, immigration and the question of borders in magazines including "Lebanese Cities, The Damascus Office's Journal of the European Union's War and Peace Organization, and the French Libération magazine.
Artist’s page
Omar Ibrahim-Levant
In Exile
Collage and different materials on canvas
2020
About the Artwork
The work was produced during the first Covid-19 related quarantine period in France, the artist describes the idea of exile by matching his voluntary exile from his country Syria, and the idea of exile in which people are forced to abandon their normal lives and stay in their homes. The work is inspired by a poem by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.
About the Artist
Omar Ibrahim-Levent. A visual communication artist, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University - Department of Sculpture in 2002. Since then, he has been working in artistic research and using his creative experience. He worked in many countries from Syria to Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, until he moved to France in 2014 where he continued his artistic career and worked in cooperation with many organizations in Europe in the field of culture and art research. He also studied arts in Paris and at the University of Higher Arts in the Basque Country, and he is a lecturer at many other universities, including the University of Languages in the Italian city of Trieste and the University of Political Science in Pavia, Italy. He now resides in Bayonne, Basque Country in France, dedicated to cultural and artistic productions. His artworks are shown in many countries of the world. He has also published a collection of research and articles on art, revolution, exile, immigration and the question of borders in magazines including "Lebanese Cities, The Damascus Office's Journal of the European Union's War and Peace Organization, and the French Libération magazine.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
View with a room
Photography
2013
About the Artwork
The shelling of civilian areas give a direct access to the inside and intimacy of the inhabitants, like this living room, in the district of Izaa, on March 16, 2013.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
View with a room
Photography
2013
About the Artwork
The shelling of civilian areas give a direct access to the inside and intimacy of the inhabitants, like this living room, in the district of Izaa, on March 16, 2013.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
On the way from school
Photography
2014
About the Artwork
In the area of Qadi Askar, two little girls walk back from school in Aleppo, Syria, on June 16, 2014.
About the Artist
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
On the way from school
Photography
2014
About the Artwork
In the area of Qadi Askar, two little girls walk back from school in Aleppo, Syria, on June 16, 2014.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Freedom Loves Hama
Photography
2007
About the Artwork
A young man dives from one of Hama’s noria (waterwheel). The norias of Hama are an old and sustainable irrigation system, aged more than 15 centuries for some of them. Young people in the area use them for fun, as seen in August 2007.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Freedom Loves Hama
Photography
2007
About the Artwork
A young man dives from one of Hama’s noria (waterwheel). The norias of Hama are an old and sustainable irrigation system, aged more than 15 centuries for some of them. Young people in the area use them for fun, as seen in August 2007.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Abdul Aziz Alasmar
Crime is the enemy of man
Graffiti Artwork
2020
About the Artwork
The drawing shows a fetus killed in its mother's womb by a shrapnel fired by the Syrian regime's artillery.
It also depicts the hands of paramedics who are trying to save the baby, but in vain.
The Syrian regime's crimes did not even spare women, children and babies. The drawing describes the so called "War on Terrorism" as the Syrian regime labels it as a false slogan. Through this painting he seeks to tell a true story.
About the Artist
Abdul Aziz Alasmar is a Graffiti painter.
He drew paintings that support the Syrian revolution and the freedoms of people.
He drew different graffiti murals that address important local, regional and international issues.
He drew graffiti murals that support the medical campaign and contribute to spreading awareness among peoples, including paintings on the spread of the Corona Virus.
He made many drawings that support children and boost their self-confidence.
Many of his paintings support women and their rights in society.
He is also a drawing trainer, he taught drawing and crafts at the "Yes Institute" for young children, he is a lecturer at the "Binnish Coordination" and a coach for more than a year.
He participated in many exhibitions: Azaz Exhibition 2021, Exhibition of the Cultural Center in Idlib 2020, Punch Exhibition 2019.
Artist’s page
Abdul Aziz Alasmar
Crime is the enemy of man
Graffiti Artwork
2020
About the Artwork
The drawing shows a fetus killed in its mother's womb by a shrapnel fired by the Syrian regime's artillery.
It also depicts the hands of paramedics who are trying to save the baby, but in vain.
The Syrian regime's crimes did not even spare women, children and babies. The drawing describes the so called "War on Terrorism" as the Syrian regime labels it as a false slogan. Through this painting he seeks to tell a true story.
About the Artist
Abdul Aziz Alasmar is a Graffiti painter.
He drew paintings that support the Syrian revolution and the freedoms of people.
He drew different graffiti murals that address important local, regional and international issues.
He drew graffiti murals that support the medical campaign and contribute to spreading awareness among peoples, including paintings on the spread of the Corona Virus.
He made many drawings that support children and boost their self-confidence.
Many of his paintings support women and their rights in society.
He is also a drawing trainer, he taught drawing and crafts at the "Yes Institute" for young children, he is a lecturer at the "Binnish Coordination" and a coach for more than a year.
He participated in many exhibitions: Azaz Exhibition 2021, Exhibition of the Cultural Center in Idlib 2020, Punch Exhibition 2019.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
The Souk of Aleppo
Photography
2013
About the Artwork
Coppersmiths market with traces of fire and bullets and destruction in Aleppo on July 8, 2013.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
The Souk of Aleppo
Photography
2013
About the Artwork
Coppersmiths market with traces of fire and bullets and destruction in Aleppo on July 8, 2013.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Rainbow
Photography
2013
About the Artwork
A man biking at Hawooz roundabout, in Aleppo on May 12, 2013.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Ammar Abd Rabbo
Rainbow
Photography
2013
About the Artwork
A man biking at Hawooz roundabout, in Aleppo on May 12, 2013.
About the Artist
Born in Damascus in 1966, Ammar Abd Rabbo lived in Libya and Lebanon prior to ultimately living in France since he was 12.
As one of the Arab world’s most important photographers, his work has been published in the world’s most widely circulated publications, from Time Magazine to Paris Match, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Asharq Al Awsat. His photos appeared on more than 60 magazine covers, and his virtual gallery on the photo-sharing website Flickr has had more than three million visitors.
From almost a thirty-year career, his portfolio amassed intimate portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, world-renowned celebrities like the late ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson, as well as high society events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.
Abd Rabbo’s first solo Art exhibition, ‘Coming Soon’ was held in Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in early 2012. More recently, many of his works addressed issues like censorship, body freedom, nudity, women empowerment, gay rights only to name few.
His work on Aleppo in wartime (2013-2014) was widely published and exhibited. Curated by world-known (and anonymous) graffiti artist Banksy, one of his photos was displayed at “Dismaland” theme park near Bristol, England, in August and September 2015. He has been named “Knight of Arts and Letters” in a ceremony in Paris in 2018.
Artist’s page
Saad Hajo
State weapon and childhood dreams
Digital painting
2021
About the Artwork
Childhood dreams just flying away like a balloon ...
About the Artist
Saad Hajo is an independent Syrian-Swedish cartoonist and animator. Born in Damascus in 1968, based in Norrköping, Sweden, since 2005.
Working more than two decades as editorial cartoonist. His cartoons are published on a daily basis mostly in Arabic or Arabic-speaking journals as well as in Folkbladet newspaper, Norrköping, Sweden and Courrier International, Paris, France.
He organized and/or participated in many international exhibitions.
He won the EWK-AWARD from Sweden in 2015, a prize named after the famous Swedish political cartoonist Ewert Karlsson and is awarded by the EWK Society. Saad also was multiple times a jury member for various competitions and initiatives.
Artist’s page
Saad Hajo
State weapon and childhood dreams
Digital painting
2021
About the Artwork
Childhood dreams just flying away like a balloon ...
About the Artist
Saad Hajo is an independent Syrian-Swedish cartoonist and animator. Born in Damascus in 1968, based in Norrköping, Sweden, since 2005.
Working more than two decades as editorial cartoonist. His cartoons are published on a daily basis mostly in Arabic or Arabic-speaking journals as well as in Folkbladet newspaper, Norrköping, Sweden and Courrier International, Paris, France.
He organized and/or participated in many international exhibitions.
He won the EWK-AWARD from Sweden in 2015, a prize named after the famous Swedish political cartoonist Ewert Karlsson and is awarded by the EWK Society. Saad also was multiple times a jury member for various competitions and initiatives.
Artist’s page
Abdul Aziz Alasmar
No to restrict the press
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
The drawing on the World Press Freedom Day, in which the camera that documents the events and the pens that write the truth are shown in chains, and in the corner a small bird flies with a bleeding heart. In solidarity with the freedom of the press and a rejection of its suppression.
About the Artist
Abdul Aziz Alasmar is a Graffiti painter.
He drew paintings that support the Syrian revolution and the freedoms of people.
He drew different graffiti murals that address important local, regional and international issues.
He drew graffiti murals that support the medical campaign and contribute to spreading awareness among peoples, including paintings on the spread of the Corona Virus.
He made many drawings that support children and boost their self-confidence.
Many of his paintings support women and their rights in society.
He is also a drawing trainer, he taught drawing and crafts at the "Yes Institute" for young children, he is a lecturer at the "Binnish Coordination" and a coach for more than a year.
He participated in many exhibitions: Azaz Exhibition 2021, Exhibition of the Cultural Center in Idlib 2020, Punch Exhibition 2019.
Artist’s page
Abdul Aziz Alasmar
No to restrict the press
Graffiti Artwork
2021
About the Artwork
The drawing on the World Press Freedom Day, in which the camera that documents the events and the pens that write the truth are shown in chains, and in the corner a small bird flies with a bleeding heart. In solidarity with the freedom of the press and a rejection of its suppression.
About the Artist
Abdul Aziz Alasmar is a Graffiti painter.
He drew paintings that support the Syrian revolution and the freedoms of people.
He drew different graffiti murals that address important local, regional and international issues.
He drew graffiti murals that support the medical campaign and contribute to spreading awareness among peoples, including paintings on the spread of the Corona Virus.
He made many drawings that support children and boost their self-confidence.
Many of his paintings support women and their rights in society.
He is also a drawing trainer, he taught drawing and crafts at the "Yes Institute" for young children, he is a lecturer at the "Binnish Coordination" and a coach for more than a year.
He participated in many exhibitions: Azaz Exhibition 2021, Exhibition of the Cultural Center in Idlib 2020, Punch Exhibition 2019.
Artist’s page
Saad Hajo
Revolution - find the way
Digital painting
2020
About the Artwork
This artwork is a satire digital painting about the revolution in Syria.
About the Artist
Saad Hajo is an independent Syrian-Swedish cartoonist and animator. Born in Damascus in 1968, based in Norrköping, Sweden, since 2005.
Working more than two decades as editorial cartoonist. His cartoons are published on a daily basis mostly in Arabic or Arabic-speaking journals as well as in Folkbladet newspaper, Norrköping, Sweden and Courrier International, Paris, France.
He organized and/or participated in many international exhibitions.
He won the EWK-AWARD from Sweden in 2015, a prize named after the famous Swedish political cartoonist Ewert Karlsson and is awarded by the EWK Society. Saad also was multiple times a jury member for various competitions and initiatives.
Artist’s page
Saad Hajo
Revolution - find the way
Digital painting
2020
About the Artwork
This artwork is a satire digital painting about the revolution in Syria.
About the Artist
Saad Hajo is an independent Syrian-Swedish cartoonist and animator. Born in Damascus in 1968, based in Norrköping, Sweden, since 2005.
Working more than two decades as editorial cartoonist. His cartoons are published on a daily basis mostly in Arabic or Arabic-speaking journals as well as in Folkbladet newspaper, Norrköping, Sweden and Courrier International, Paris, France.
He organized and/or participated in many international exhibitions.
He won the EWK-AWARD from Sweden in 2015, a prize named after the famous Swedish political cartoonist Ewert Karlsson and is awarded by the EWK Society. Saad also was multiple times a jury member for various competitions and initiatives.
Artist’s page
Muhammad Najdat Haj Kadour
To be or not to be
Photography
2012
About the Artwork
The photo shows a demonstration in the city of Binnish, Idlib governorate, Northern Syria, against the Syrian regime in 2011, in which peaceful demonstrators carry letters that form the word "to be or not to be, a martyr or free" and other signs directed to Arab and Western countries.
About the Artist
Professional photographer and videographer, Muhammad worked with many media around the world independently, including news agencies such as the French Press Agency and many television channels, local and international. He also worked in many newspapers as a photographer.
Artist’s page
Muhammad Najdat Haj Kadour
To be or not to be
Photography
2012
About the Artwork
The photo shows a demonstration in the city of Binnish, Idlib governorate, Northern Syria, against the Syrian regime in 2011, in which peaceful demonstrators carry letters that form the word "to be or not to be, a martyr or free" and other signs directed to Arab and Western countries.
About the Artist
Professional photographer and videographer, Muhammad worked with many media around the world independently, including news agencies such as the French Press Agency and many television channels, local and international. He also worked in many newspapers as a photographer.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Mother's Day in Syria
Digital Art
2021
About the Artwork
A tribute for of all Syrian mothers - those still in Syria and those across the world.
Those who are with their children, and those who can't be.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Mother's Day in Syria
Digital Art
2021
About the Artwork
A tribute for of all Syrian mothers - those still in Syria and those across the world.
Those who are with their children, and those who can't be.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Muhammad Najdat Haj Kadour
Untitled Look
Photography
2013
About the Artwork
The picture shows a child standing in front of his tent holding a piece of sweets in his hand, meters from the border strip in the village of Atma in the Idlib governorate. Behind the child is the flag of the Syrian revolution and other displaced people who have set up their tents on the border strip in very poor living conditions and without the necessities of life such as electricity, running water, education, etc. The picture shows the lands of the Turkish state behind the displaced and the barbed wire that prevents them from entering Turkey.
About the Artist
Professional photographer and videographer, Muhammad worked with many media around the world independently, including news agencies such as the French Press Agency and many television channels, local and international. He also worked in many newspapers as a photographer.
Artist’s page
Muhammad Najdat Haj Kadour
Untitled Look
Photography
2013
About the Artwork
The picture shows a child standing in front of his tent holding a piece of sweets in his hand, meters from the border strip in the village of Atma in the Idlib governorate. Behind the child is the flag of the Syrian revolution and other displaced people who have set up their tents on the border strip in very poor living conditions and without the necessities of life such as electricity, running water, education, etc. The picture shows the lands of the Turkish state behind the displaced and the barbed wire that prevents them from entering Turkey.
About the Artist
Professional photographer and videographer, Muhammad worked with many media around the world independently, including news agencies such as the French Press Agency and many television channels, local and international. He also worked in many newspapers as a photographer.
Artist’s page
Muhammad Najdat Haj Kadour
Stop oppression
Photography
2012
About the Artwork
The photo shows the residents of Taftanaz town in Idlib countryside performing a mass burial of nearly sixty civilian victims whom the Syrian army killed when it stormed the town following demonstrations calling for the departure of the regime politicians.
About the Artist
Professional photographer and videographer, Muhammad worked with many media around the world independently, including news agencies such as the French Press Agency and many television channels, local and international. He also worked in many newspapers as a photographer.
Artist’s page
Muhammad Najdat Haj Kadour
Stop oppression
Photography
2012
About the Artwork
The photo shows the residents of Taftanaz town in Idlib countryside performing a mass burial of nearly sixty civilian victims whom the Syrian army killed when it stormed the town following demonstrations calling for the departure of the regime politicians.
About the Artist
Professional photographer and videographer, Muhammad worked with many media around the world independently, including news agencies such as the French Press Agency and many television channels, local and international. He also worked in many newspapers as a photographer.
Artist’s page
Omar Ibrahim-Levant
For love or for the country
Mixed media on cardboard
2019
About the Artwork
The artist bases the creation of this work, customized as in many of his artworks, on the idea of hand embroideries that his grandmother used to do in his hometown in southern Syria. He presents it in a contemporary framework, a work that raises subjective and existential questions by the artist, such as the concepts of love and country.
About the Artist
Omar Ibrahim-Levent. A visual communication artist, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University - Department of Sculpture in 2002. Since then, he has been working in artistic research and using his creative experience. He worked in many countries from Syria to Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, until he moved to France in 2014 where he continued his artistic career and worked in cooperation with many organizations in Europe in the field of culture and art research. He also studied arts in Paris and at the University of Higher Arts in the Basque Country, and he is a lecturer at many other universities, including the University of Languages in the Italian city of Trieste and the University of Political Science in Pavia, Italy. He now resides in Bayonne, Basque Country in France, dedicated to cultural and artistic productions. His artworks are shown in many countries of the world. He has also published a collection of research and articles on art, revolution, exile, immigration and the question of borders in magazines including "Lebanese Cities, The Damascus Office's Journal of the European Union's War and Peace Organization, and the French Libération magazine.
Artist’s page
Omar Ibrahim-Levant
For love or for the country
Mixed media on cardboard
2019
About the Artwork
The artist bases the creation of this work, customized as in many of his artworks, on the idea of hand embroideries that his grandmother used to do in his hometown in southern Syria. He presents it in a contemporary framework, a work that raises subjective and existential questions by the artist, such as the concepts of love and country.
About the Artist
Omar Ibrahim-Levent. A visual communication artist, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University - Department of Sculpture in 2002. Since then, he has been working in artistic research and using his creative experience. He worked in many countries from Syria to Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, until he moved to France in 2014 where he continued his artistic career and worked in cooperation with many organizations in Europe in the field of culture and art research. He also studied arts in Paris and at the University of Higher Arts in the Basque Country, and he is a lecturer at many other universities, including the University of Languages in the Italian city of Trieste and the University of Political Science in Pavia, Italy. He now resides in Bayonne, Basque Country in France, dedicated to cultural and artistic productions. His artworks are shown in many countries of the world. He has also published a collection of research and articles on art, revolution, exile, immigration and the question of borders in magazines including "Lebanese Cities, The Damascus Office's Journal of the European Union's War and Peace Organization, and the French Libération magazine.
Artist’s page
Omar Ibrahim-Levant
On this earth
Mixed media on cardboard
2019
About the Artwork
The cultural and popular memory of the artist is inherent in his works, and his stock of memories inspires him to deal with his formations and works. The poem of the poet Mahmoud Darwish (on this earth what is worth living) is one of the memories on which the artist built this work.
About the Artist
Omar Ibrahim-Levent. A visual communication artist, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University - Department of Sculpture in 2002. Since then, he has been working in artistic research and using his creative experience. He worked in many countries from Syria to Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, until he moved to France in 2014 where he continued his artistic career and worked in cooperation with many organizations in Europe in the field of culture and art research. He also studied arts in Paris and at the University of Higher Arts in the Basque Country, and he is a lecturer at many other universities, including the University of Languages in the Italian city of Trieste and the University of Political Science in Pavia, Italy. He now resides in Bayonne, Basque Country in France, dedicated to cultural and artistic productions. His artworks are shown in many countries of the world. He has also published a collection of research and articles on art, revolution, exile, immigration and the question of borders in magazines including "Lebanese Cities, The Damascus Office's Journal of the European Union's War and Peace Organization, and the French Libération magazine.
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Omar Ibrahim-Levant
On this earth
Mixed media on cardboard
2019
About the Artwork
The cultural and popular memory of the artist is inherent in his works, and his stock of memories inspires him to deal with his formations and works. The poem of the poet Mahmoud Darwish (on this earth what is worth living) is one of the memories on which the artist built this work.
About the Artist
Omar Ibrahim-Levent. A visual communication artist, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University - Department of Sculpture in 2002. Since then, he has been working in artistic research and using his creative experience. He worked in many countries from Syria to Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, until he moved to France in 2014 where he continued his artistic career and worked in cooperation with many organizations in Europe in the field of culture and art research. He also studied arts in Paris and at the University of Higher Arts in the Basque Country, and he is a lecturer at many other universities, including the University of Languages in the Italian city of Trieste and the University of Political Science in Pavia, Italy. He now resides in Bayonne, Basque Country in France, dedicated to cultural and artistic productions. His artworks are shown in many countries of the world. He has also published a collection of research and articles on art, revolution, exile, immigration and the question of borders in magazines including "Lebanese Cities, The Damascus Office's Journal of the European Union's War and Peace Organization, and the French Libération magazine.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Meaculpa
Acrylic paint on wall
2012
About the Artwork
Images of destroyed buildings in Syria are depicted breaking through the walls of this east London exhibition space.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Meaculpa
Acrylic paint on wall
2012
About the Artwork
Images of destroyed buildings in Syria are depicted breaking through the walls of this east London exhibition space.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
So I'm not kept in the shadows - Oral Memory
Digital Art
2019
About the Artwork
This artwork is the cover of the book "So I'm not kept in the shadows - Oral Memories of Syrian Women Survivors of Detention".
History based on narration and oral testimony gains importance during revolutions, armed conflicts and wars, bearing witness to history and forming a basis for documentation to confront falsifications by a tyrannical authority seeking to obscure the facts of its tyranny and multiple violations of human rights. Therefore, it is essential to be aware of the importance of spoken histories as a complementary source that identifies or corrects facts documented by traditional sources in the absence of documents for various reasons, which sometimes necessitates the reliance on testimonies and oral accounts as a main source of historical documentation, achieved with the efforts of documenters of verbal accounts and the insistence of witnesses on reporting and bringing facts into the open, shedding light on women's struggles for freedom, equality and social justice.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
So I'm not kept in the shadows - Oral Memory
Digital Art
2019
About the Artwork
This artwork is the cover of the book "So I'm not kept in the shadows - Oral Memories of Syrian Women Survivors of Detention".
History based on narration and oral testimony gains importance during revolutions, armed conflicts and wars, bearing witness to history and forming a basis for documentation to confront falsifications by a tyrannical authority seeking to obscure the facts of its tyranny and multiple violations of human rights. Therefore, it is essential to be aware of the importance of spoken histories as a complementary source that identifies or corrects facts documented by traditional sources in the absence of documents for various reasons, which sometimes necessitates the reliance on testimonies and oral accounts as a main source of historical documentation, achieved with the efforts of documenters of verbal accounts and the insistence of witnesses on reporting and bringing facts into the open, shedding light on women's struggles for freedom, equality and social justice.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Rejected
Digital Art
2020
About the Artwork
It is easy to feel neglected and rejected when the whole world is against you and your only fault is that you were born in this region and hold this passport.
When the visa that she had applied for to attend her own exhibition in Amsterdam was declined, it was based on the fear of seeking asylum in the country afterwards. At that sort of a moment, "you feel like you are being looked at as some sort of a canibal. As if getting to their countries needs to be through a devastating process, to then prove that you are worthy of being there; as if we cannot make it somewhere safe while still having some fight left in us. We have to be completely broken", she says.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Rejected
Digital Art
2020
About the Artwork
It is easy to feel neglected and rejected when the whole world is against you and your only fault is that you were born in this region and hold this passport.
When the visa that she had applied for to attend her own exhibition in Amsterdam was declined, it was based on the fear of seeking asylum in the country afterwards. At that sort of a moment, "you feel like you are being looked at as some sort of a canibal. As if getting to their countries needs to be through a devastating process, to then prove that you are worthy of being there; as if we cannot make it somewhere safe while still having some fight left in us. We have to be completely broken", she says.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
These walls must fall
Digital Art
2021
About the Artwork
من قصيدة الرجل السيء
سأل صديقتي
لماذا، للمرة الألف، نباد؟
منقطعان عن الحب
ممتلئان بالخنادق كامتلاء دمية بالقش
و بعد قليل يغطي الغبار جسدينا
بعد قليل نتشبث بغصن التعب.
متعبان اليوم
و ربما غدًا، أيضًا، نكون متعبين
فمي مباد و لذا لا أستطيع أن أسرقك
رياض الصالح الحسين
لذكرى غياب جسد لا روح البسيط كالماء والواضح كطلقة مسدس
الى روح الشاعر رياض الصّالح الحسين
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
These walls must fall
Digital Art
2021
About the Artwork
من قصيدة الرجل السيء
سأل صديقتي:
لماذا، للمرة الألف، نباد؟
منقطعان عن الحب
ممتلئان بالخنادق كامتلاء دمية بالقش
و بعد قليل يغطي الغبار جسدينا
بعد قليل نتشبث بغصن التعب.
متعبان اليوم
و ربما غدًا، أيضًا، نكون متعبين
فمي مباد و لذا لا أستطيع أن أسرقك
رياض الصالح الحسين
لذكرى غياب جسد لا روح البسيط كالماء والواضح كطلقة مسدس
الى روح الشاعر رياض الصّالح الحسين
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Muhammad Najdat Haj Kadour
Syrian Alienation
Photography
2020
About the Artwork
The picture shows large numbers of displaced people on Bab al-Hawa Road in Idlib Governorate, going towards the border with Turkey, due to the advance of the Syrian regime forces and Iranian and Russian militias to their villages in the Saraqib, Maarat al-Numan and Khan Sheikhoun area, south and east of Idlib, where those cities and towns were completely evacuated due to the fear of the brutality and crimes of the Syrian regime forces. This displacement process constituted the largest internal displacement in the history of Syria, where more than three million people gathered near the border strip.
About the Artist
Professional photographer and videographer, Muhammad worked with many media around the world independently, including news agencies such as the French Press Agency and many television channels, local and international. He also worked in many newspapers as a photographer.
Artist’s page
Muhammad Najdat Haj Kadour
Syrian Alienation
Photography
2020
About the Artwork
The picture shows large numbers of displaced people on Bab al-Hawa Road in Idlib Governorate, going towards the border with Turkey, due to the advance of the Syrian regime forces and Iranian and Russian militias to their villages in the Saraqib, Maarat al-Numan and Khan Sheikhoun area, south and east of Idlib, where those cities and towns were completely evacuated due to the fear of the brutality and crimes of the Syrian regime forces. This displacement process constituted the largest internal displacement in the history of Syria, where more than three million people gathered near the border strip.
About the Artist
Professional photographer and videographer, Muhammad worked with many media around the world independently, including news agencies such as the French Press Agency and many television channels, local and international. He also worked in many newspapers as a photographer.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Bombed out building
Spraypainted graffiti on wall
2012
About the Artwork
The artwork shows a collapsed facade of a Syrian apartment block, painted under a North London underpass.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Bombed out building
Spraypainted graffiti on wall
2012
About the Artwork
The artwork shows a collapsed facade of a Syrian apartment block, painted under a North London underpass.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Screams of Ahlam
Digital Art
2019
About the Artwork
30-years old Ahlam was stoned to death by her father as she attempted to escape years of domestic abuse from her family. Her father then proceeded to drink his tea near her bloodied corpse, as her family and the rest of the witnesses watched silently.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Sarah Khayat
Screams of Ahlam
Digital Art
2019
About the Artwork
30-years old Ahlam was stoned to death by her father as she attempted to escape years of domestic abuse from her family. Her father then proceeded to drink his tea near her bloodied corpse, as her family and the rest of the witnesses watched silently.
About the Artist
Sara Khayat is a graphic designer and visual artist from Damascus. Her work primarily centers women’s issues, identities and matters related to forced disappearance in Syrian prisons, as well as children in devastated areas in Syria. She fights for her causes and explores herself and her identity through drawing personal experiences and visually documenting memories.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Syrian Street Scene
Mixed Media Painting
2012
About the Artwork
An amalgamation of images taken from the Syrian conflict and photos the artist took of Deir Ez Zur in 2006.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page
Dominic Madden
Syrian Street Scene
Mixed Media Painting
2012
About the Artwork
An amalgamation of images taken from the Syrian conflict and photos the artist took of Deir Ez Zur in 2006.
About the Artist
Dominic Madden is an artist from the UK. He makes drawings and paintings with a range of media, including images from newspapers, ink and spray paint. Disparate images and discordant patterns are often layered to create poetic landscapes. Travels in the Middle and Far East have had an enduring impact on his work. His paintings are often a mediation between conflicting cultural forces at play in a given landscape, real or imagined, and seek to raise questions of occupation and displacement.
Artist’s page