GRAFFITI IN IRAQ: FOCUS ON SULAYMANIYAH
GRAFFITI IN IRAQ: FOCUS ON SULAYMANIYAH
Author(s): Mohammad Sedigh Javanmiri, David NovakSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Philology, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: graffiti; traditional graffiti; graffiti art; Ramadi; Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI); Bahman Salah; RAGE;
Summary/Abstract: The present study on the subject of graffiti in Iraq shows that there are limited resources available on his topic. Therefore, this research paper represents one of the early exploratory studies on graffiti in Iraq. The paper firstly elaborates on various forms of graffiti. Secondly, principal reports on graffiti from Iraq are summarized. Thirdly, a YouTube video clip from 2007Ramadi, Iraq is analyzed in detail. Fourthly, graffiti from Sulaymaniyah in northeast Iraq, Kurdistan region, is discussed. There is a focus on one mural from the Aqqari district and an analysis of graffiti expressions on the walls of the secondary school in Shaqami Saholaka, Salim Street, and at Cafe 11 in Aqqari district, Bexud Street. There is also a focus on one Iraqi Kurdish graffiti artists –Bahman Salah (born 1994) aka RAGE. It is concluded that various forms of graffiti seem to be rather new in Iraq.
Journal: Romano-Arabica
- Issue Year: XV/2015
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 113-131
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English, Arabic
