eL Seed is a FrenchTunisian street artist whose works incorporate traditional Arabic calligraphy, a style he calls calligraffiti. His art was born on the streets of Paris, and now adorns walls across every continent. Incorporating elements of both the graffiti and Arabic calligraphic traditions, eL Seed is known for his unique style of calligraphy, which uses intricate composition to call not only on the words and their meaning, but also on their movement, to lure the viewer into a different state of mind. He cites the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and the Iraqi artist Sundus AbdulHadi as inspirational figures for their work and their courage in speaking truth to power.
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