Art bridging the gap between age and the Arab spring
By Emb Hashmi
eL Seed is a artist based in Tunisia specialising in Graffit art, he is a 31-year-old French Tunisian artist and is using his art for to try and fight intolerance. He has in the past painted the tallest minaret in Tunisia. The Artist work combines Arabic calligraphy and street art to form his distinctive “calligraffiti”
el Seed Said “Street art has boomed in Tunisia since the Arab spring revolution”.
eL Seed, has named his distinctive style of Arabic street art, calligraffiti.
el Seed biggest artwork to date is the mural, on the Jara Mosque in his hometown of Gabes is 47 meters tall, 10 meters wide and covers two sides of the minaret.
This form of art can be viewed as a new form of communication not just between the young and old but also the different political groups and faiths and try and unite people to achieve a single successful goal that works for everyone.
