eL Seed fuses Arabic calligraphy with graffiti to paint colorful, swirling messages of hope and peace on buildings from Tunisia to Paris. The artist and TED Fellow shares the story of his most ambitious project yet: a mural painted across 50 buildings in Manshiyat Naser, a district of Cairo, Egypt, that can only be fully seen from a nearby mountain.
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A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings | eL Seed
October 17, 2016
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- How Airbnb designs for trust | Joe Gebbia
- The beauty of human skin in every color | Angélica Dass
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- Dave Isay: Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear
- Maria Bezaitis: The surprising need for strangeness
- The art of asking | Amanda Palmer