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epa05595530 A picture made available on 21 October 2016 shows a Yemeni artist spraying a graffiti on a wall in protest against the ongoing conflict and the worsening economic situation in the war-affected country, in Sana’a, Yemen, 20 October 2016. According to reports, since March 2015, ongoing conflict and the Saudi-led airstrike campaign in Yemen have left 21.2 million - 82 percent of Yemen’s population - in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 9.9 million children.  EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
 A picture made available on 21 October 2016 shows a Yemeni artist spraying a graffiti on a wall in protest against the ongoing conflict and the worsening economic situation in the war-affected country, in Sana’a, Yemen, 20 October 2016. According to reports, since March 2015, ongoing conflict and the Saudi-led airstrike campaign in Yemen have left 21.2 million – 82 percent of Yemen’s population – in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 9.9 million children. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“رضاعة الموت” “Death Feeding Bottle”

 

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جدارية الفنان ذي يزن العلوي، ضمن حملة “حُطام” في النشاط العاشر بعنوان “الموت بالجوع والمرض”، على جدار في تقاطع شارع الزبيري مع شارع بغداد، 20 إكتوبر 2016.

Artist Thi Yazan’s mural “Death Feeding Bottle” within “Ruins” campaign in its tenth activity entitled “Death by Hunger and Disease”. He painted the mural on a wall at the intersection of Zubairi St and Baghdad St. 20.Oct.2016

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“الموت بالجوع والمرض” “Death by Hunger and Disease”

يعيش اليمنيون أوضاع معيشية وصحية قاهرة تتزايد وتيرتها مع كل لحظة تمر دون أن ينهي اطراف الصراع الحرب التي أدخلوا فيها الشعب اليمني، والذي اتت على الكثير وبكلفة باهضه جاذبة معها كوارث على جميع الأصعدة من مجاعة وسوء تغذية و انتشار للأمراض والتي كان أخرها الكوليرا، والقائمة تطول.
جداريتي ضمن حملة “حُطام”، في النشاط العاشر والذي كان عن “الموت بالجوع والمرض”، على جدار نقابة على تقاطع شارع الزبيري مع شارع بغداد، 20 أكتوبر 2016.
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Yemenis are facing devastating living and health conditions, and the deterioration of these increases with every passing moment in this war. Whether it is starvation, severe malnutrition, epidemics spread and so on, the ongoing conflict along with its extremely heavy costs on Yemenis is tugging with it catastrophes upon the living conditions and health system in Yemen.
My mural within “Ruins” campaign in its tenth activity entitled “Death by hunger and disease”. I painted the mural on a wall at the intersection of Zubairi St and Baghdad St. 20.Oct.2016
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葉門世界遺產 「會呼吸的歷史城市」

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葉門世界遺產 「會呼吸的歷史城市」

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Souq al-Melh市集保留傳統特色。(取材自英國衛報)
Souq al-Melh市集保留傳統特色。(取材自英國衛報)
塗鴉藝術家Murad Subay透過街頭塗鴉傳遞和平訊息。(歐新社資料照片)
塗鴉藝術家Murad Subay透過街頭塗鴉傳遞和平訊息。(歐新社資料照片)
2011年葉門爆發反政府示威,成功讓前總統沙雷下台。(路透資料照片)
2011年葉門爆發反政府示威,成功讓前總統沙雷下台。(路透資料照片)
薩里赫清真寺是葉門最具伊斯蘭特色的建築物。(路透資料照片)

葉門首都沙那老城區於1986年列入聯合國教科文組織世界遺產名錄,被譽為是「會呼吸的歷史城市」。不過由於葉門政治動盪不安,當地居民說:「我們在長期戰區生活。」

★觀賞老城區 必訪「總統清真寺」

2008年完工薩里赫清真寺(Al Saleh Mosque)是葉門最大的建築物,也是最具特色的伊斯蘭建築。由前總統沙雷(Ali Abdullah Saleh)建造,也以他的名字命名,所以又稱為「總統清真寺」。屋頂設計六座喚拜塔,光是正廳面積就達1萬3500平方米,可容納超過4萬4000人, 這裡也是觀賞老城區的最佳地點。

★塗鴉悼死者 讓倖存者看見希望

由於葉門戰火不斷,因此人民格外渴望和平的到來。葉門街頭塗鴉藝術家Murad Subay便找了朋友與當地孩子一起在街頭塗鴉,傳達人民對於和平的訴求。每當戰火將城市變成斷壁殘垣,他們就在街頭畫上美麗的圖樣,且廣邀其他民眾一起 加入。Subay希望藉由這些畫作紀念死去的百姓,也讓倖存者能看見希望。2014年他獲得義大利Veronese頒發的藝術和平獎。

★赴傳統市場 吃全沙那最棒早餐

進入沙那舊城的Souq al-Melh市集便能發現這個城市獨特的魅力,小街道上保留了許多傳統特色,有各式各樣具民族風味的手工藝品和飾品以及傳統小吃,這裡還有全沙那最棒的早餐。

★10歲嫁13歲 童婚惹議震驚國際

2010年3月沙那因幾樁童婚案招致爭議,其中包括10歲的Sally Al-Sabahi被迫嫁給13歲的Ilham,並遭到丈夫強暴及毆打,內出血4天後傷重不治。這則新聞引起國際震驚,聯合國及婦權組織「立即平等」 (Equality Now)皆嚴厲譴責,在強大的壓力下,葉門政府似乎有終結童婚傳統的趨勢。

★人民的願望 「和平…還在路上」

2011年起許多年輕的社會活動家和大學生由於不滿失業和貪汙等現象,聚集在沙那街頭展開反政府示威,期間發生暴力衝突,也遭到政府武力鎮壓,最後成功讓前總統沙雷下台。雖然如此,和平的願望卻還是沒有實現,2015年葉門爆發內戰,使人民繼續生活在動盪之中。

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Artist Murad Subay worries about the future for Yemen’s children\ Article by: Ryan McChrystal

 

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Artist Murad Subay worries about the future for Yemen’s children

By Ryan McChrystal / 22 September 2016

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Credit: Ruins campaign. Bani Waleed, September 2016

On 3 September 2016, a group of Houthi rebels convened a meeting at al-Najah School in the al-Haima district of Bani Waleed, a local witness told Murad Subay, street artist and winner of the 2016 Index on Censorship award for arts, that the men entered the school without permission.

“We are not with any of the warring parties – we are caught in the middle,” the witness said.

Soon after, the school was destroyed in an airstrike carried out by the Saudi Arabian-led military coalition, killing one disabled student and adding 1,200 to the more than 3.4 million already forced out of education in the country as over 3,600 schools have been forced to close in the course of the war.

“Can you imagine? These are the soldiers of the wars to come,” Subay told Index. “Without education, these children could become tomorrow’s fighters and tools in the hands of extremists.”

At dawn on 4 September Subay travelled to Bani Waleed to create a mural on what remained of al-Najah.

Credit: Ruins campaign. Bani Waleed, September 2016

“When we got there I asked some of the students what they were going to do now that their school was destroyed and some told me they will go to Sanaa while others said they will travel to surrounding villages,” Subay said. “But it will be much more difficult for the 400 girls who attended the school because traditions in Yemen mean they will not be able to travel alone, making it impossible for them to go to other villages to study.”


2016 Freedom of Expression Fellow Murad Subay

Murad Subay is the 2016 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Arts Award-winner and fellow. His practice involves Yemenis in creating murals that protest the country’s civil war. Read more about Subay’s work.


Destroying schools isn’t a big deal for the warring parties, the artist added. “Some of the children of those leaders who shout ‘death to America’ are studying at the best universities in the world, including in the USA, while each bombed school in Yemen – especially big ones like al-Haima – will take years to rebuild.”

The situation is made even more difficult in a time of war when resources and building materials are almost impossible to come by. “Even if the West stopped supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia today and patted themselves on the back saying ‘we are doing good’, Saudi Arabia already has enough to wage wars for another 150 years if it wants.”

If there is any hope for peace to prevail and schools, hospitals and other buildings belonging to the people are to be rebuilt, countries like Britain and America should take a step further and tell Saudi Arabia “to show restraint”, Subay said.

“While Saudi Arabia is doing the majority of the destruction, all sides of the war in Yemen must take responsibility.”

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Credit: Ruins campaign. Bani Waleed, September 2016

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Credit: Ruins campaign. Bani Waleed, September 2016

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Credit: Ruins campaign. Bani Waleed, September 2016

The mural completed on 4 September depicts a child holding a hand grenade in place of a book, with the words “Children without schools” painted in English and Arabic.

When painting with fellow artists from the Ruins campaign – set up in May 2015 in collaboration with fellow artist Thi Yazen to paint on the walls of buildings damaged by the war – on 25 August,  the group were arrested and interrogated by a local militia.

“They asked us to sign a letter with our fingerprints promising that we would not return again without permission,” Subay explains. “I actually did have permission from a local tribal leader but they wouldn’t listen.”

The artists were told if they returned they would be punished.

“My friends were very afraid and some of them said even with permission they would not return,” Subay said. “It was a strange situation for them.”

Subway himself isn’t put off and is already looking forward the next Ruins campaign, wherever that may be.

 

The last time he spoke with Index, Ruins had just completed a series of murals in front of the Central Bank of Yemen to represent the country’s economic collapse. Soon after the murals were finished, Houthi rebels defaced two out of the three works of art, writing “Samidoon” (صامدون), meaning “steadfast”, which is one of their slogans.

Assessing the situation in Yemen and the many different sides of the conflict, Subay said: “It is very difficult. Every night we hear airstrikes here and there, but we go on with our lives.”

“But any day when I can paint is a good one.”

Nominations are now open for 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards and will remain open until 3 October. You can make yours here.

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Art@Home فن في البيت

إعلان: فن في البيت

الأعزاء والعزيزات جميعا،
يسعدني أن أعلن لكم عن انطلاق مبادرتي (فن في البيت).
تهدف المبادرة إلى اتاحة الفرصة لوصول الأعمال الفنية التي تدعو إلى السلام والتعايش ونبذ التطرف إلى بيوت اليمنيين من مختلف فئات المجتمع، فلربما يستطيع الفن المساهمة في تحقيق التعايش والأمن والسلم الأهلي خاصة في وقت الحرب والاحتقان والشدائد الإنسانية  التي نمر بها جميعا.

كما يسعدني أن أقدم لكم الإصدار رقم (1) لـ فن في البيت، واليكم التفاصيل.
الإصدار (1):
– اسم الإصدار: أطفال بدون مدارس، من حملة حطام (2015)
– التقنية: ستنسل على ورق مقوى 1200جم، ألوان بخاخ واكليريك.
– الحجم: 30سم × 30سم.
– عدد النسخ: 100 نسخة
– الأصلية: شغل يدوي فقط، يوجد عليها توقيعي في الزاوية اليسرى، وفي الزاوية اليمنى رقم الإصدار.
– (1/100). بالإضافة، تفاصيل الإصدار مكتوبة بخط يدي باللغتين العربية والانجليزية خلف اللوحة.
– السعر الوحدة: (10$).

للذين يرغبون في المشاركة، أرجو منهم/منهن التواصل معي على:
– ايميل: muradsubay7@gmail.com
– الموقع: http://www.muradsubay.com

Announcement: Art@Home

Dear all,
I am truly pleased to inform you about the launching of Art@Home initiative. The objective of this initiative is to have artwork, which call for peace, access to Yemeni houses from various social groups. I believe that artwork for peace may restore the social coherence of Yemeni society especially in this time of war and difficulties.
I am, also, please to introduce the Edition No. (1) of Art@Home to you. Please see details as follows;
Edition (1):
– Name: Children without Schools, from Ruins Campaign (2015).
– Technique: stencil on cardboard 1200g, spray paint and acrylic.
– Size: 30cm X 30cm.
– No. of copies: (100).

  • Originality: handmade, signed by Murad Subay on the left corner and number of edition is handwriting on the right corner. In addition, details of edition is handwritten in Arabic and English on the back.
  • Unit Price: ($10).

If you are interested in participating in Art@Home Initiative, please contact me on:
– Email: muradsunbay7@gmail.com
– Website: http://www.muradsubay.com

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Photo on “BBC world” of the 5th mural, 12 Hours campaign.

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النشاط التاسع من حملة “حُطام” The 9th activity of “Ruins” Campaign.

صور للنشاط التاسع ضمن حملة “حُطام” حول ما يتعرض له التعليم وأدواته من تجريف. رسمت الجدارية في 4 سبتمبر 2016، على ما تبقى من جدار مدرسة “النجاح”، قرية “بني وليد” مديرية “الحيمة الخارجية” واللتي تقع على بعد مسافة 72 كيلومتر تقريبا غرب العاصمة صنعاء.

جزيل الشكر لأبناء قرية “بني وليد” لترحيبهم بالعمل ولمساعدتهم في إنجازه ولحسن كرمهم.

Pictures of the 9th activity in “Ruins” campaign, about the exposure of education and its tools to deterioration. I painted the mural on September 4,2016 on the wall on what is left of the walls of “al-Najah School” located in Bani Waleed village, al-Haima district, 72 Kilometers west of the capital Sana’a.

Many thanks to the people of “Bani Walid” village welcoming the idea of painting onthe school, for helping me out for painting the mural and for their kind generosity

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“Children without schools”Seal, my new mural in the 9th activity of “Ruins” campaign.

English text follow:

بينما يستعد الأطفال حول العالم للعودة إلى المدارس، يستقبل الأطفال اليمنيين العام الدراسي الجديد دون كتب، أو معلمين، او حتى مدارس.
بسبب الصراعات الإقليمية والداخلية في اليمن، أغلقت قرابة 3600 مدرسة وحرم من التعليم قرابة 1,8 مليون طفل يمني، فأصبح عدد الأطفال المحرومين من المدارس 3,4 مليون طفل حسب إحصاءات الأمم المتحدة.
ما يتعرض له التعليم وأدواته من تجريف هو قضية محورية كانت عنوان لحملة “حُطام” في نشاطها التاسع في تاريخ 4 سبتمبر 2016، للرسم على ما تبقى من جداران مدرسة “النجاح”، والتي تقع في قرية “بني وليد”، مديرية “الحيمة الخارجية”، وتبعد عن العاصمة صنعاء قرابة 72 كيلو متر.
تم استهداف مدرسة النجاح يوم أمس من قبل مقاتلات قوات التحالف، بعد أن كان قد زارها وفد من جماعة الحوثيين حسب كلام شهود العيان وطلاب المدرسة. لم تكن المدرسة أو أهل القرية تابعين لأي طرف نزاع، ولم يكن لهم أي ذنب فيما حدث. حوالي 1200 طالب، من ضمنهم 400 طالبة، حرموا من التعليم قبل بدء السنة الدراسية. كانت آثار خيبة الأمل واضحة عند الطلاب وعند أهل القرية عندما التقيت بهم، فهم يعلمون جيداَ كم أخذ من الوقت حتى تم بناء وتجهيز هذه المدرسة في قريتهم لتسع هذا الكم من الطلاب، ويعلمون أيضا أنه لن يعاد ترميم المدرسة في أي وقت قريب، بل قد يستغرق الامر سنين تبعاً لانتهاء الحرب.
مع ذلك، أبدى الطلاب حماسا كبيرا للدراسة ومواصلة تعليمهم بغض النظر عمّا حدث. بعضهم أخبرني بأنه لم يتبق لهم سوى سنة فقط لإنهاء تعليمهم، ولكنهم بإصرار شديد ينوون الذهاب إلى صنعاء أو إلى قرى أخرى لإكمال تعليمهم.
ما يقلقني هو العدد الهائل من الطلاب الذين لن يتمكنوا من السفر إلى قرى أخرى أو إلى العاصمة لإكمال تعليمهم بسبب الوضع المادي الصعب الذي يعاني منه الإنسان اليمني في هذه الأوقات. ومن هؤلاء، الفتيات اللاتي لن يكن بمقدورهن الذهاب إلى مدارس في قرى مجاورة بسبب بعد المسافة وبالتأكيد لن يتمكنّ من السفر أيضاَ.
مئات آلاف الأطفال اليمنيين يواجهون نفس المصير، بدون تعليم، سيكون الأطفال هم مقاتليّ الغد وأدوات بأيدي الجماعات المتطرفة.
اعتذر عن سوء جودة الصور، فلم أكن أحمل معي حينها سوى الكاميرا الخاصة بتلفوني، ولم يتمكن الأصدقاء من الحضور بسبب بعد المكان وسوء الأوضاع الأمنية.
ملاحظة: في الـ 25 أغسطس 2016، ذهبنا للرسم عن التعليم ضمن حملة حطام أنا وأصدقائي، أحمد فؤاد، ذي يزن العلوي، محسن الشهاري. أردنا الرسم على ما تبقى من جداران مدرسة “الخير” الواقعة في قرية “الشرفة”، عزلة “حظران”، مديرية “بني حشيش”. كنت قد نسقت مسبقا مع نقيب القرية ورحب بفكرة الرسم على جدار المدرسة، إلا اننا وفي النقطة الأمنية الأخيرة المطلة على قرية الشرفة استوقفنا من قبل مسلحين تابعة للحوثيين وتم اقتيادنا للمركز الأمني التابع لهم وتم حجزنا لحوالي نصف ساعة. بعدها تم التحقيق معنا والزامنا بتعهدات بعدم العودة للمنطقة إلا بإذن مسبق منهم. الإذن الذي حاولت بعدها ان احصل عليه ولكن دون جدوى.

While most children around the world are preparing to return to schools, Yemeni children welcomes the new school year without books, teachers or even schools.
Due to regional and internal in Yemen, nearly 3,600 schools were closed and nearly 1.8 million children were deprived from education, bringing the number of children without schools in Yemen to 3.4 million children, according to UN statistics.
The exposure of education and its tools to deterioration is a core issue, and is the title of the ninth activity of “Ruins” campaign. I painted my mural in September 4, 2016, on what is left of the walls of “al-Najah School” located in Bani Waleed village, al-Haima district, 72 Kilometers west of the capital Sana’a.
The school was targeted yesterday September 3, 2016, by Saudi-led coalition fighter jets after a delegation of Houthis visited the school, according to eyewitnesses and school students. Neither were the school or the village inhabitants affiliated to any conflict party nor did they have any guilt in what happened. About 1,200 student, including 400 female students, were deprived from education before the beginning of the school year. The disappointment was clear on the faces of the students and village residents when I met them. They were well aware of how much time did it take to have a school constructed and equipped to accommodate this many students in their village, and they were also well aware that the school will not be renovated any time soon, rather it may take years depending on the war end.
However, the students showed great enthusiasm to continue their education regardless of what happened. Some of them told me that they had only one year left for them to finish their high school, but still intended to go to Sana’a or other villages to finish their education.
What worries me is the sheer number of students who would be unable to travel to other villages or to the capital Sana’a to continue their education because of the difficult financial situation of their families. Among these are the girls who would not be able to attend schools in near-by villages because of the large distance, and they certainly would not be able to travel to Sana’a as well.
Hundred thousands of Yemeni children face the same fate, without education, the children of today will be tomorrow’s fighters and tools in the hands of extremists groups.
I apologize for the poor quality of the images, I had only the camera of my phone, and my friends were not able to accompany me due to the far distance of the place and the poor security conditions.
Note: In August 25, 2016, My friends and I traveled to paint about education in “Ruins” campaign, my friends were: Ahmed Fuad, Thi Yazan al-Alawy and Muhsen al-Shahary. We were planning on painting on the walls of a school called “al-Khair School” located in “al-Sharafa Village” in Bani Hushaysh area. I had already coordinated with the head of the village and he welcomed the idea of painting on the walls, however, when we encountered the last security checkpoint, a group of Houthi fighters stopped us and detained us in a security center run by them for half an hour. They investigated us and made us write a pledge not to return to the same area unless with a permission from them. Permission that I had worked hard to get, but to no avail.

 

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The Affect of the Drone Strike: Subay’s 12 Hours and the Environmental Resistance of Street Art\ Research by: Kate Hoyt

A research entitled “The Affect of the Drone Strike: Subay’s 12 Hours and the Environmental Resistance of Street Art”, made by Kate Drazner Hoyt in 2015. The research is published on Academia website at:

https://www.academia.edu/22825488/The_Affect_of_the_Drone_Strike_Subays_12_Hours_and_the_Environmental_Resistance_of_Street_Art

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