• Title: Arab Graffiti 
•  Author(s): Pascal Zoghbi and Don Karl 
•  Publisher(s): EYROLLES
•  Number of pages: 208 pages
•  Format : 21 x 29 cm
• Product type: book 

Whether on trucks in Lebanon, in the streets of villages in Bahrain, or on the bullet-riddled walls of Palestine, graffiti is booming and is even being displayed on the walls of Western cities or on fashion accessories such as handbags. Relayed by many graffiti artists who practice Arabic calligraphy in public spaces and at exhibitions, and young designers who create fonts for printing, Arab graffiti expresses sometimes the suffering of a nation, sometimes a search for identity. In Beirut, Gaza, Tehran, Paris, London, Berlin or Montreal, it translates a political, social or personal thought in a very expressive calligraphic and typographic style.

A true reference in the field, Le graffiti arabe brings together many artists, graffiti artists and typographers from around the world who have associated Arabic calligraphy with graffiti, street art and urban culture. The iconography, very rich and varied, testifies to the vigor of this revival.

Renowned authors and specialists offer their analysis of the traditional elements, the new approaches, and the socio-cultural and political contexts that have shaped the Arab graffiti movements in the Middle East. A chapter on the Arab Spring completes this rich panorama.

Elaborated by Pascal Zoghbi and Don Karl, the book includes many major personalities and artists: Huda Smitshuijzen, Rana Jarbou, Tala F. Saleh, Houda Kassatly, William Parry, Hassan Massoudy, Malik Anas AIRajab, eL Seed, Hestl, Julien Breton, the LightCraff collective, Sun7, Sadhu, L'ATLAS, Native and ZenTwO, Zepha alias Vincent Abadie Hafez, Monsieur Cana alias Askar, etc.