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eL Seed - Artist
French-Tunisian artist eL Seed blends the historic art of Arabic calligraphy with graffti to portray messages of beauty, poetry and peace across all continents.

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Born in Paris to Tunisian parents, eL Seed travels the world, making art in Paris, New York, Jeddah, Melbourne, Gabes, Doha and beyond. His goal: to create dialogue and promote tolerance as well as change global perceptions of what Arabic means. In 2012, for instance, he painted a message of unity on a 47-meter-high minaret on the Jara mosque in Gabes, Tunisia. This piece and others can be found in his book, Lost Walls: Graffiti Road Trip through Tunisia

Most recently he created a sprawling mural in the Manshiyat Naser neighborhood of Cairo that spans 50 buildings and can only be viewed from a local mountaintop. Intending to honor the historic garbage collectors of the Manshiyat Naser neighborhood, the piece reads, "Anyone who wants to see the sunlight clearly needs to wipe his eye first."

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eL Seed: A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings

eL Seed: Um projeto de paz pintado sobre 50 prédios

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eL Seed mistura caligrafia árabe com grafite para pintar coloridas e circulares mensagens de esperança e paz em prédios, da Tunísia à Paris. O artista e bolsista TED compartilha a história de seu projeto mais ambicioso até agora: um mural pintado em 50 prédios em Manshiyat Naser, um distrito do Cairo, no Egito, que só pode ser visto em sua totalidade a partir de uma montanha nas redondezas.
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00:12
So when I decided to create
an art piece in Manshiyat Naser,
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Quando eu decidi criar
uma obra de arte em Manshiyat Naser,
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the neighborhood of the Cairo
garbage collectors in Egypt,
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o distrito dos catadores de lixo
do Cairo, no Egito,
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I never thought this project would be
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nunca pensei que esse projeto seria
a experiência humana
mais incrível que eu vivenciaria.
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the most amazing human experience
that I would ever live.
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As an artist, I had
this humanist intention
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Como artista, eu tinha
uma intenção humanista
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of beautifying a poor
and neglected neighborhood
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de embelezar um bairro pobre
e negligenciado levando arte a ele,
00:29
by bringing art to it and hopefully
shining light on this isolated community.
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com a esperança de iluminar
essa comunidade isolada.
00:36
The first time I heard about
this Christian Coptic community
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A primeira vez que ouvi
sobre esta comunidade cristã copta
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was in 2009 when the Egyptian authorities
under the regime of Hosni Mubarak
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foi em 2009, quando autoridades egípcias,
sob o regime de Hosni Mubarak,
00:45
decided to slaughter 300,000 pigs
using the pretext of H1N1 virus.
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decidiram abater 300 mil porcos
com o pretexto do vírus H1N1.
Originalmente, eles são
criadores de porcos.
00:51
Originally, they are pig breeders.
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Their pigs and other animals
are fed with the organic waste
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Os porcos e outros animais
são alimentados com lixo orgânico
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that they collect on a daily basis.
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que eles coletam diariamente.
00:58
This event killed their livelihood.
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Esse evento acabou com o sustento deles.
01:01
The first time I entered Manshiyat Naser,
it felt like a maze.
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A primeira vez que entrei
em Manshiyat Naser,
o bairro parecia um labirinto.
01:04
I was looking for the St. Simon Monastery
on the top of the Muqattam Mountain.
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Eu procurava pelo mosteiro de São Simão,
no topo da montanha Mokattam.
Você vira à direita, segue reto,
vira à direita de novo, e esquerda,
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So you go right, then straight,
then right again, then left
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01:11
to reach all the way to the top.
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até alcançar o topo.
01:13
But to reach there, you must dodge between
the trucks overpacked with garbage
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Mas para chegar lá é preciso desviar
dos caminhões lotados de lixo
e fazer zigue-zague pelos tuk-tuks,
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and slalom between the tuk-tuks,
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the fastest vehicle to move around
in the neighborhood.
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o veículo mais rápido
para se movimentar pelo bairro.
01:23
The smell of the garbage
unloaded from those trucks was intense,
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O cheiro do lixo descarregado
por aqueles caminhões era intenso,
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and the noise of the traffic
was loud and overbearing.
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e o barulho do trânsito
era alto e ensurdecedor,
01:29
Add to it the din created by the crushers
in those warehouses along the way.
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além do barulho feito pelos trituradores
nos depósitos, ao longo do caminho.
01:34
From outside it looks chaotic,
but everything is perfectly organized.
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De fora, parece um caos,
mas tudo é perfeitamente organizado.
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The Zaraeeb, that’s how
they call themselves,
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Os "zaraeeb", como eles se chamam,
que significa "criadores de porcos",
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which means the pig breeders,
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have been collecting the garbage of Cairo
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coletam o lixo do Cairo e o separam,
em seu próprio bairro, há décadas.
01:47
and sorting it in their own
neighborhood for decades.
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01:49
They have developed
one of the most efficient
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Eles desenvolveram
um dos sistemas mais eficientes
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and highly profitable systems
on a global level.
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e altamente lucrativo a nível global.
01:55
Still, the place is perceived
as dirty, marginalized and segregated
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Ainda assim, o local é visto como sujo,
marginalizado e segregado,
01:59
because of their association
with the trash.
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por sua associação com o lixo.
02:03
So my initial idea
was to create an anamorphic piece,
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Minha ideia inicial era criar
uma peça anamórfica,
02:05
a piece that you can only see
from one vantage point.
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que só pudesse ser vista
a partir de um ponto de visualização.
02:08
I wanted to challenge myself artistically
by painting over several buildings
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Queria me desafiar artisticamente
pintando sobre vários prédios,
02:13
and having it only fully visible
from one point on the Muqattam Mountain.
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e deixar a obra visível completamente
somente a partir de um ponto,
na montanha Mokattam.
02:18
The Muqattam Mountain
is the pride of the community.
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Esta montanha é o orgulho da comunidade.
02:20
This is where they built
the St. Simon Monastery,
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É onde eles construíram
o mosteiro de São Simão,
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a 10,000-seat cave church
that they carved into the mountain itself.
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uma igreja na caverna com 10 mil assentos,
que eles esculpiram na própria montanha.
02:29
So, the first time
I stood on top of the mountain
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A primeira vez que eu estava
em pé no topo da montanha
e olhei para o distrito, me perguntei:
02:33
and I looked at the neighborhood,
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02:34
I asked myself, how on earth
will I convince all those owners
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"Como vou convencer todos os proprietários
a me deixar pintar nos seus prédios?"
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to let me paint on their buildings?
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Então, veio o Magd.
02:40
And then Magd came.
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02:41
Magd is a guide from the Church.
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O Magd é um guia da igreja.
02:43
He told me the only person I needed
to convince was Father Samaan,
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Ele me disse que eu só precisava
convencer o padre Samaan,
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who is the leader of the community.
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que é o líder da comunidade,
02:50
But to convince Father Samaan,
I needed to convince Mario,
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mas, para convencê-lo,
eu precisava convencer o Mario,
02:53
who is a Polish artist
who moved to Cairo 20 years ago
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um artista polonês que se mudou
para o Cairo 20 anos atrás
02:56
and who created all the artwork
of the Cave Church.
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e que criou toda a arte
da igreja da caverna.
03:00
I am really grateful to Mario.
He was the key of the project.
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Sou muito grato ao Mario,
ele foi a solução do projeto.
03:04
He managed to get me
a meeting with Father Samaan,
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Ele conseguiu uma reunião
com o padre Samaan,
que surpreendentemente amou a ideia.
03:06
and surprisingly, he loved the idea.
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03:08
He asked me about where I painted before
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Ele me perguntou onde eu já tinha pintado
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and how I will make it happen.
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e como faria aquilo acontecer.
03:12
And he was mainly concerned
by what I was going to write.
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Ele estava preocupado, principalmente,
com o que eu escreveria.
03:16
In every work that I create,
I write messages
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Nos trabalhos que crio,
eu escrevo mensagens
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with my style of Arabic calligraphy.
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no meu estilo de caligrafia árabe.
03:20
I make sure those messages are relevant
to the place where I am painting
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Garanto que essas mensagens
sejam relevantes onde eu pintar,
mas que tenham uma dimensão universal,
03:24
but have this universal dimension,
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03:26
so anybody around the world
can relate to it.
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para que pessoas de qualquer
parte do mundo possam se referir a elas.
03:29
So for Manshiyat Naser,
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Para Manshiyat Naser,
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I decided to write in Arabic
the words of St. Athanasius of Alexandria,
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eu decidi escrever em árabe as palavras
do Santo Atanásio de Alexandria,
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a Coptic bishop from the third century,
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um arcebispo copta do século 3,
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who said: (Arabic),
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que disse: (Árabe),
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which means in English,
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que significa: "Qualquer um
que queira ver a luz solar claramente,
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"Anyone who wants
to see the sunlight clearly
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03:45
needs to wipe his eyes first."
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precisa antes limpar os olhos".
03:47
It was really important for me
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Era muito importante para mim
03:49
that the community
felt connected to the words.
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que a comunidade se sentisse
conectada com as palavras.
03:52
And for me this quote was perfectly
reflecting the spirit of the project.
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Para mim essa frase refletia
perfeitamente o espírito do projeto.
03:56
So Father Samaan blessed the project,
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Então, o padre Samaan abençoou o projeto
03:58
and his approval brought
all the residents on board.
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e sua aprovação trouxe todos
os moradores a bordo.
04:02
Hundreds of liters of paint,
a dozen blue manual lifts,
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Centenas de litros de tinta,
uma dúzia de elevadores manuais azuis,
04:06
several trips back and forth to Cairo,
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diversas viagens de ida
e volta para o Cairo,
04:09
a strong and solid team from France,
North Africa, Middle East and the US,
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uma equipe forte e sólida da França,
Norte da África, Oriente Médio e dos EUA,
04:13
and after a year of planning
and logistics, there we are,
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e, depois de um ano de planejamento
e logística, lá estamos nós,
04:16
my team and some members
from the local community
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minha equipe e alguns membros
da comunidade local,
04:19
creating a piece that will
spread over 50 buildings,
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criando uma obra que vai
se espalhar por 50 prédios.
04:22
some filling up the space
of the calligraphy
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Alguns, preenchendo com cores
o espaço da caligrafia que eu tracei;
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that I trace with colors.
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um pouco de azul, amarelo e laranja.
04:27
Here some blue, there some yellow,
there some orange.
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04:30
Some others carrying some sand bags
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Outros, carregando sacos de areia
e os colocando no topo dos prédios
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and putting them
on the top of the buildings
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para prender aqueles elevadores manuais.
04:34
to hold those manual lifts,
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and some others assembling
and disassembling those same lifts
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Outros, montando e desmontando
aqueles mesmos elevadores
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and moving them around
the different buildings.
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e movendo-os entre os diferentes prédios.
04:42
At the beginning of the project,
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No começo do projeto, eu numerei todos
aqueles prédios no meu esboço,
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I numbered all those
buildings on my sketch,
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e não havia interação com a comunidade.
04:47
and there was no real interaction
with the community.
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04:50
People didn’t get the point of all this.
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As pessoas não entendiam
o porquê daquilo tudo.
04:52
But fast enough, those building numbers
became family names.
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Mas, logo, aqueles números nos prédios
mudaram para os nomes das famílias.
04:56
The first building
was the house of Uncle Ibrahim.
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O primeiro prédio era
a casa do tio Ibrahim.
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Uncle Ibrahim is such
an enthusiastic person.
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O tio Ibrahim é uma pessoa
muito entusiasmada.
Ele estava sempre
cantando e contando piadas,
05:02
He was always singing and making jokes,
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05:04
and his daughters and sons
saved me from his bull
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e seus filhos me salvaram do seu touro,
que queria me atacar no quarto andar.
05:08
who wanted to attack me
on the fourth floor.
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(Risos)
05:11
(Laughter)
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05:12
Actually, the bull saw me from the window
and came out on the balcony.
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Na verdade, o touro me viu pela janela
e veio para a sacada.
(Risos)
05:15
(Laughter)
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05:17
Yeah.
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É.
05:21
Uncle Ibrahim was always
hanging out on the balcony
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O tio Ibrahim sempre aparecia na sacada
e conversava comigo enquanto eu pintava.
05:24
and talking to me while I was painting.
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05:26
I remember him saying that he didn’t
go to the mountain for 10 years,
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Eu me lembro de ele falar
que não ia na montanha há dez anos
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and that he never takes a day off.
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e que nunca tira um dia de folga.
05:32
He said that if he stopped working,
who will stop the garbage?
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Ele disse que, se ele parar de trabalhar,
quem vai parar com o lixo?
05:36
But surprisingly,
at the end of the project,
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Mas, surpreendentemente,
no fim do projeto,
ele foi para a montanha ver a obra.
05:39
he came all the way to the mountain
to look at the piece.
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05:42
He was really proud
to see his house painted,
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Ele estava muito orgulhoso
de ver a sua casa pintada
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and he said that this project
was a project of peace and --
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e disse que o projeto
era um projeto de paz...
05:50
sorry --
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Desculpem-me.
05:53
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
06:06
Thank you.
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Obrigado.
06:08
He said that it was a project
of peace and unity
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Ele disse que era um projeto de paz
e união, e que aproximou as pessoas.
06:13
and that it brought people together.
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06:15
So his perception
towards the project changed,
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Sua percepção em relação ao projeto mudou,
06:18
and my perception towards
the community changed also,
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e minha percepção em relação à comunidade
e ao que eles fazem, também mudou.
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and towards what they do.
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06:24
All the garbage that everybody
is disgusted by is not theirs.
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Todo o lixo, do qual todos
têm nojo, não é deles.
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They just work out of it.
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Eles só trabalham com ele.
06:30
Actually, they don’t live in the garbage.
They live from the garbage.
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Na verdade, eles não vivem no lixo,
eles vivem do lixo.
Comecei a duvidar de mim e questionar:
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So I started doubting myself and wondering
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06:36
what was the real purpose
of this whole project?
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"Qual a verdadeira proposta
desse projeto todo?"
06:40
It was not about beautifying
a place by bringing art to it.
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Não era sobre embelezar
um lugar ao trazer arte para ele.
06:44
It was about switching perception
and opening a dialogue
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Era sobre mudar percepções
e abrir um diálogo
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on the connection that we have
with communities that we don’t know.
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nas conexões que temos
com as comunidades que não conhecemos.
06:51
So day after day,
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Dia após dia, o círculo
da caligrafia se formava,
06:52
the calligraphy circle was taking shape,
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e sempre ficávamos animados em voltar
para a montanha para ver a obra.
06:55
and we were always excited to go back
on the mountain to look at the piece.
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06:59
And standing exactly at this point
every day made my realize
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Ficando exatamente naquele ponto,
todos os dias, me fez perceber
07:02
the symbolism behind
this anamorphic piece.
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o simbolismo por trás
dessa obra anamórfica.
Se quisermos ver a imagem
verdadeira de alguém,
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If you want to see
the real image of somebody,
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talvez devêssemos mudar nosso ângulo.
07:07
maybe you should change your angle.
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07:10
There was doubts and difficulties,
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Houve dúvidas e dificuldades,
como medos e estresse.
07:12
like fears and stress.
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Não foi fácil trabalhar em tais ambientes,
07:13
It wasn't simple
to work in such environments,
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às vezes ter porcos
embaixo de você enquanto pinta,
07:15
sometimes having pigs under you
while you paint
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07:18
or climbing a stack of garbage
to reach a lift.
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ou subir uma pilha de lixo
para chegar no elevador.
07:20
But we all got over the fear
of the heights, the swinging lifts,
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Mas todos superamos o medo
de altura, do balanço dos elevadores,
do forte cheiro, e do estresse
de não terminar a tempo.
07:24
the strength of the smell
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07:25
and also the stress
of not finishing on time.
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07:27
But the kindness of all those people
made us forget everything.
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A gentileza de todas aquelas pessoas
nos fez esquecer de tudo.
07:31
The building number 3 was the house
of Uncle Bakheet and Aunty Fareeda.
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O prédio número três era a casa
do tio Bakheet e da tia Fareeda.
07:35
In Egyptian, they have
this expression that says, "Ahsen Nas,"
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Em egípcio, eles têm esta expressão
que diz: "Ahsen Nas",
e significa "as melhores pessoas".
07:39
which means "the best people."
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Eles eram as melhores pessoas.
07:40
They were the best people.
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07:41
We used to take our break
in front of their houses,
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Costumávamos fazer o nosso intervalo
em frente à casa deles,
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and all the kids of the neighborhood
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e todas as crianças do bairro
se juntavam à nós.
07:47
used to join us.
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07:48
I was impressed and amazed
by the kids of Manshiyat Naser.
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Fiquei impressionado e maravilhado
com as crianças de Manshiyat Naser.
Nos primeiros dias, eles sempre recusavam
qualquer coisa que oferecíamos,
07:53
For the first few days, they were always
refusing anything we were offering them,
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07:57
even a snack or a drink.
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mesmo um lanche ou uma bebida.
07:59
So I asked Aunty Fareeda, "Why is that?"
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Perguntei à tia Fareed: "Por que isso?"
08:01
And she told me they teach
their kids to refuse anything
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E ela contou que eles ensinam
as crianças a recusarem qualquer coisa
de alguém que elas não conheçam,
08:05
from somebody that they don't know
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porque talvez essa pessoa
precise mais daquilo do que elas.
08:06
because maybe this person
needs it more than they do.
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08:10
So at this exact point I realized actually
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Naquele momento, eu percebi
que a comunidade zaraeeb
08:14
the Zaraeeb community
was the ideal context
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era o contexto ideal para elevar
o tópico sobre percepção.
08:17
to raise the topic of perception.
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08:19
We need to question
our level of misconception
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Precisamos questionar
as concepções erradas
08:22
and judgment we can have as a society
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e os julgamentos que podemos
ter, enquanto sociedade,
08:25
upon communities
based on their differences.
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sobre comunidades,
baseados em suas diferenças.
08:28
I remember how we got delayed
on Uncle Ibrahim's house
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Lembro-me de como nos atrasamos
na casa do tio Ibrahim,
08:32
when his pigs that are bred on the rooftop
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quando os porcos dele,
criados na cobertura,
comiam os sacos de areia
que sustentavam os elevadores.
08:34
were eating the sand bags
that hold the lifts.
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08:37
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
08:39
The house of Uncle Bakheet
and Aunty Fareeda
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A casa do tio Bakheet e da tia Fareeda
era uma espécie de ponto de encontro.
08:42
was this kind of meeting point.
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Todos se reuniam lá.
08:44
Everybody used to gather there.
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Acho que era isso
o que o tio Ibrahim quis dizer
08:46
I think this is what Uncle Ibrahim meant
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08:48
when he said that was
a project of peace and unity,
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quando falou que era
um projeto de paz e união,
08:50
because I really felt
that people were coming together.
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porque eu senti que as pessoas
estavam se aproximando.
08:54
Everyone was greeting us
with a smile, offering us a drink
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Todos nos cumprimentavam
com um sorriso, ofereciam uma bebida
e nos convidavam
para suas casas, para almoçar.
08:57
or inviting us into their
own house for lunch.
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09:01
Sometime, you are
at the first level of a building,
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Às vezes, estamos no primeiro
andar de um prédio
09:04
and somebody opens his window
and offers you some tea.
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e alguém abre a janela
e oferece um pouco de chá.
Depois, o mesmo acontece no segundo andar
e continua por todo o caminho até o topo.
09:07
And then the same thing happens
on the second floor.
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09:09
And you keep going all the way to the top.
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(Risos)
09:11
(Laughter)
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(Aplausos)
09:12
(Applause)
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09:14
I think I never drink as much tea
as I did in Egypt.
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Acho que nunca tomei
tanto chá como no Egito.
09:16
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
09:18
And to be honest with you,
we could have finished earlier,
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Para ser sincero com vocês,
poderíamos ter acabado antes,
09:21
but I think it took us three weeks
because of all those tea breaks.
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mas acho que levamos três semanas a mais
por conta das pausas para o chá.
09:24
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
09:28
In Egypt, they have another expression,
which is "Nawartouna,"
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No Egito, eles têm outra expressão,
que é: "nawartouna",
09:32
which means, "You brought light to us."
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que significa "você trouxe luz para nós".
09:35
In Manshiyat Naser
they were always telling us this.
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Em Manshiyat Naser
eles sempre nos diziam isso.
09:38
The calligraphy, actually --
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Para a caligrafia, usei uma tinta branca
que brilha no escuro,
09:40
I used a white glow-in-the-dark paint
for the calligraphy
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09:44
so at the end of the project,
we rented some black light projectors
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então no final do projeto alugamos
alguns projetores de luz negra
e iluminamos o bairro todo,
surpreendendo a todos em volta.
09:48
and lit up the whole neighborhood,
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09:50
surprising everybody around.
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09:52
We wanted to tell them
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Queríamos dizer a eles que foram
eles que trouxeram luz para nós.
09:53
that they are the ones
who brought light to us.
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09:58
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
10:09
The Zaraeeb community
are strong, honest, hard workers,
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A comunidade zaraeeb
é forte, honesta, trabalhadora,
10:13
and they know their value.
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e sabe seu valor.
As pessoas do Cairo
os chamam de "zabaleen",
10:14
The people of Cairo
call them "the Zabaleen,"
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10:17
which means "the people of the garbage,"
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que significa "o povo do lixo",
10:19
but ironically,
the people of Manshiyat Naser
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mas, ironicamente,
o povo de Manshiyat Naser
10:21
call the people of Cairo the Zabaleen.
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chama as pessoas do Cairo de zabaleen.
Eles dizem que as pessoas do Cairo
produzem o lixo, e não eles.
10:23
They say, they are the ones
who produce the garbage, not them.
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10:26
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
10:27
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
10:29
The goal was to leave something
to this community,
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A meta era deixar algo
para esta comunidade,
mas sinto que eles que deixaram
algo em nossas vidas.
10:31
but I feel that they are the ones
who left something in our lives.
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O projeto de arte era só um pretexto
para essa experiência humana maravilhosa.
10:34
You know, the art project
was just a pretext
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10:36
for this amazing human experience.
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A obra de arte, um dia,
vai desaparecer, sumir.
10:38
The art piece at some point
will disappear, vanish,
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Alguém está construindo um segundo andar
10:41
and actually there is somebody
who is building a second floor
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em frente à casa do tio Ibrahim,
então está cobrindo parte da pintura.
10:43
in front of Uncle Ibrahim's house,
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10:45
so it's covering part of the painting,
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Talvez eu tenha que voltar
e pintar sobre ela.
10:47
so I might need to go back
and paint over it.
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10:49
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
10:51
It was about the experience,
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Foi sobre a experiência,
a história, o momento.
10:52
about the story,
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10:54
about the moment.
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10:56
From the streets of the neighborhood,
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Das ruas do bairro,
a pintura aparece em fragmentos,
10:58
the painting appears in fragments,
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isolados uns dos outros, sozinhos.
11:00
isolated from one another,
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11:02
standing alone.
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Mas conectados com
o símbolo de caligrafia,
11:03
But connected with the sign of calligraphy
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11:05
that today reveals the powerful message
that we should all think about
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que hoje revela a mensagem poderosa
que devemos pensar a respeito,
antes de querermos julgar alguém.
11:09
before we want to judge somebody.
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Qualquer um que queira
ver a luz solar claramente
11:11
Anyone who wants to see
the sunlight clearly
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11:13
needs to wipe his eyes first.
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precisa limpar os olhos antes.
11:15
Thank you.
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Obrigado.
11:17
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
Translated by Flavia Mariano
Reviewed by Gina Flores

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
eL Seed - Artist
French-Tunisian artist eL Seed blends the historic art of Arabic calligraphy with graffti to portray messages of beauty, poetry and peace across all continents.

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Born in Paris to Tunisian parents, eL Seed travels the world, making art in Paris, New York, Jeddah, Melbourne, Gabes, Doha and beyond. His goal: to create dialogue and promote tolerance as well as change global perceptions of what Arabic means. In 2012, for instance, he painted a message of unity on a 47-meter-high minaret on the Jara mosque in Gabes, Tunisia. This piece and others can be found in his book, Lost Walls: Graffiti Road Trip through Tunisia

Most recently he created a sprawling mural in the Manshiyat Naser neighborhood of Cairo that spans 50 buildings and can only be viewed from a local mountaintop. Intending to honor the historic garbage collectors of the Manshiyat Naser neighborhood, the piece reads, "Anyone who wants to see the sunlight clearly needs to wipe his eye first."

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