Graffiti Artist el Seed Painted Mural on Tunisia’s Tallest Minaret

ISLAMIC ARTS MAGAZINE 

Tunisia’s largest graffiti mural on the country’s tallest minaret, located at the Jara Mosque, painted by eL Seed.

TUNISIA---Specialising in ‘Calligraffiti’—an art form that combines graffiti with Arabic calligraphy—eL Seed’s large-scale production cites traditional principles of Arabic script with the modern sensibilities of graffiti counter-culture. “This project is not about decorating a mosque, it is about making art a visible actor in the process of cultural and political change,” comments el Seed, who started work on the mural on July 20. Exhibiting the words, "Oh humankind, we have created you from a male and a female and made people and tribes so you may know each other," eL Seed quotes a verse of from the Holy Qur’an, which addresses the importance of mutual respect and tolerance through knowledge as an obligation. [link]