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Arab artists show Amman's true colors

Young artists bring color to Amman’s grayness with graffiti and lively street art, but they’d be wise to refrain from political slogans
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AMMAN, Jordan — One of Amman’s oldest staircases, al-Kalha stairs, was an uninspiring concrete block in the heart of the city until a group of artists led by engineering student and graffiti artist Abdul Rahman Amjad made it into a piece of art.

The young artists turned the staircase into an open air work of art, displaying lines from the famous poem “Identity Card” by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and a portrait of the poet drawn on the walls. They also painted portraits of Lebanese singers Fairouz and Marcel Khalife.

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