page_title: EL Seed
section_title: Salwa Road, Doha, Qatar
hierarchical_section_title: EL Seed / Early life and career / Salwa Road, Doha, Qatar
caption_attribution_description: English: Pictures from the Salwa Road Project, Doha, Qatar
context_page_description: eL Seed is a French-Tunisian street artist whose works incorporate traditional Arabic calligraphy, a style he calls calligraffiti. Since the 2011 Tunisian revolution, eL Seed has consciously used his art as a tool of political expression, much like Egypt's Mohamed Mahmoud graffiti. He cites the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and the Iraqi artist Sundus Abdul-Hadi as inspirational figures whose art was able to spark political change.
context_section_description: In early 2013, eL Seed was commissioned by the Qatar Museums Authority to create a series of 52 artworks in Doha's Salwa Road area.
caption: Salwa Road, Doha, Qatar, 2013
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