This is very cool. Lots of people, including the erstwhile staff at local English daily The National, have run stories on the graffiti and street art scene in Dubai. It can’t hold a candle to other places in the world, but the fact that it remains a jail-worthy – and worse, a deportation-worthy- act, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Satwa’
Graffiti…
Posted: 01/02/2012 in Arts and Culture, Community, Life & StyleTags: desert springs, Dubai, Graffiti, Satwa, street art, UAE
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A visual journey by Jalal Abuthina through Al Badaa, District 333
Posted: 28/03/2011 in Arts and Culture, Community, Life & Style, Sociopolitical piff paffTags: Al Badaa, District 333, Dubai, Graffiti, Jalal Abuthaina, Satwa, United Arab Emirates
Walls. Not the sort that divide, but the ones that bring us together. Convergence. Expression. Street art. That’s what Jalal Abuthina’s new book deals with. District 333 - beyond the surface, whispers the title. A municipality map of the approximate area adorns the otherwise plain white cover. Al Badaa near Satwa, or District 333 in Dubai [...]
