shuf ya ustaz....al an enta mash hoor...dan
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Dan Walsh
6:56 AM (5 hours ago)
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http://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/memorabilia
ps: can u read the Arabic text in the VERY BOTTOM right hand side?
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From: Adel Iskandar
Date: Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: Hey habeeby...can you tell me and R what the HELL is going on in this poster? Gharib! Dan
To: Dan Walsh
hey ya Dan,
So basically it is a completely dehistoricized and augmented image of the original Palestinian painting. Here Sisi is depicted as carrying Egypt's burdens and history--pyramids, Al-Azhar, the shantytowns in the background etc. It is not a spoof but rather a sympathetic image suggesting that his load is so heavy and requires a herculean effort. Ironically, Al-Aqsa is in the image as if to imply that he is a guardian of Jerusalem as well. But given the majority of Egyptian's unfamiliarity of the original painting, this can be easily pitched as a novel art form.
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Dan Walsh wrote:
http://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/memorabilia
Adel Iskandar
8:26 AM (3 hours ago)
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Perfect. Thanks for crediting my explanation. Cheers
Dan Walsh
11:18 AM (52 minutes ago)
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You forgot to answer the question. I am giving you another opportunity :)
Adel Iskandar
11:31 AM (39 minutes ago)
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Hhehe It reads مع تحيات With the best wishes of.....the first name is scratched off and the last name is Amin. I imagine that's either the designer of the poster or the person who commissioned it.
hard to get my brain around this one -- sighting
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Rochelle Davis
10:35 AM (10 hours ago)
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This sighting was sent in by Meir Walters. (GU phD student
It is of Sisi in Egypt. He took it on a wall in Gamaliyya in Cairo.
Translation top: Memorabilia
Bottom right: It is not easy to carry the trust.
Here's one of the originals.