Begin forwarded message: From: steven wachlin Date: December 5, 2010 6:07:58 AM EST To: Dan Walsh Subject: Re: Afghanistan? this is a poster (16x14 inches). again the islamist students. left side defeat of the ussr in afganistan, right side Hama (Syria) before it's destruction during the 1982 revolt of the Muslim Brothers. center, break the chains of the oppresors and get Jerusalem under the banner of islam. recieved a copy at Najah in 1986, and another at Bir Zeit in 1987. Steven On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Dan Walsh wrote: Steve, So what's the deal with this poster? It has a hammer, sickle, and the outline of the map of Afghanistan... It also has the Star of David, the Dome of the Rock...so it COULD be said to have Zionist/Palestinian references. Is it a poster or a painting? What can you tell me about it? Dan
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Arabic translation:
To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because they are wronged; and verily, Allah is most powerful for their aid
Curator's Note: This is Quranic text from Chapter 22 "al-Hajj," verse 39
According to Steven Wachlin this poster's iconography references three contemporary geopolitical flashpoints of militant Islam:
(Left side) the defeat of the USSR in Afganistan
(Right side) The crushing of the 1982 uprising of the Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Hama (Syria)
(Center) The breaking of the Israeli/Zionist occupation of Jerusalem and its restoration to Islamic control
Acquired by SW at Al Najah University, 1986
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Year
Circa 1986
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The PPPA has only the low resolution digital version of this poster featured
Dimensions
16" x 14"
Arabic
English
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