During any war there are some oddly surreal moments, and the overthrow of Gaddafi has thrown up one of these at a checkpoint in Benghazi being manned by engineering student, Ibrahim Humaid, aged 22. He was bored, but excited by the possibilities that his new '
Freedom' offered. The war had moved West to Tripoli, and there wasn't much to do at the checkpoint, so he started painting caricatures of Col Gaddafi, and just kept going.
Now I don't necessarily agree with the Arab idea that everything wrong in the Islamic world is because of '
Zionists', and so his suggestion that Gaddafi was a
Zionist Rat is frankly plainly stupid .... Gaddafi was all Arab, and all Rat .... but hardly a Zionist.
But regardless of that one caveat, I think its fair to suggest that Mr Humaid has a real talent, and could, if he can throw off these religious blinkers, as quickly has he has thrown off the shackles of the regime, become the Arab "
Banksy".
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| The Work of Ibrahim Humaid |
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| The Work of Ibrahim Humaid |
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| The Work of Ibrahim Humaid |
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| The Work of Ibrahim Humaid |
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| The Work of Ibrahim Humaid |
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| The Work of Ibrahim Humaid |
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| The Work of Ibrahim Humaid |
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| The Work of Ibrahim Humaid |
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| The Work of Ibrahim Humaid |
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| Ibrahim Humaid At Work |
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| The Artist - Ibrahim Humaid |
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