Poster art propaganda in Lebanon

Arstworld asks if the ubiquitous political posters in Lebanon are art or propaganda.

Plus we hear some magical sounds coming out of the forests of Finland.

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• News

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• art
• culture
• artsworld
• al
• jazeera
• lebanon
• hezbollah
• posters
• finland
• music

[ashahashi]

as muslim god forbid us to draw portraits of human i understand this portraits mean a lot to them but the dead shud alwyz life thru mouth saying good things thy did telling thier stories or heroic not by puting them on posters. dont get me wrong just islamic view portraits are forbiding or any kind of human drawing

[PeaceSalaam]

The same kind of arts is all over walls in the West Bank/Palestine... anywhere there is war you will see this kind of art after all the arts reflect the reailty & life of the artists... long live peace in Lebanon , Palestine, Iraq & all over this crazy world!

[slobomotion]

Oh, that was awhile ago that I made that comment. The clip moved me. I had no idea this form of artwork existed!

[weisstbescheid]

what do you mean by it changed you? why? what did u understand that i dedn't see?

[slobomotion]

I am completely astonished by the martyr art in Lebanon. I have never seen anything quite like this. It left me speechless. Thank you for posting this. I am a different person after seeing this.  Greetings from France.

[Ssaya]

nice video thank you