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I find it hillarious - some ppl seem to live on a different planet and I deeply adore the way art breaks through the concrete (hearts and minds), like grass cracking the pavement.



Blast wall art in Baghdad




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 Written by: USA Today

By Zaid Sabah, USA TODAY

BAGHDAD — When he sees the concrete walls springing up all over Baghdad, Baquir al-Sheik doesn't think of violence. He sees an open canvas.



Al-Sheik is leading a team of 40 artists who are painting a half-mile stretch of protective walls with murals of colorful desert landscapes and proud moments in Iraqi history. If the walls are necessary to protect buildings from truck bombs and insurgents, they can at least be beautiful, al-Sheik says.

Humans are simply an amazing kind... for once the US is adding an amazingly beautiful facet to the war in Iraq - and exporting US cultural heritage I really admire... Graffiti

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