Marking Beirut

Hello Hello People.

I'm back.. For good this time. I hope! I'm sorry for being so absent I know I always have an excuse but seriously, I'm an Aries, I tend to get bored quickly. I'm surprised I actually lasted this long. But I promise I'll try harder to keep my posts regular and not slack off.

But enough of that, today it's all about My Toolz (sorry darling, I couldn't help it), Tala F. Saleh, a Saudi graphic designer, who has a love for Beirut and everything Beirut related, released her first book called Marking Beirut in December 2009. "It was after my passion for graffiti that I decided to make that the idea behind my final project", said Tala, "everywhere I went in Beirut, graffiti caught my eye and I really wanted to explore it further, so I did. After researching for 4 months I managed to document every slogan and every stencil sprayed on the walls of central Beirut. It never occurred to me to publish it until I was approached by my current publisher after I graduated, and was asked if I'd be interested in turning my project into a book, and that's how Marking Beirut came to be".

My Favourite author.

The Cover

Inside Spread

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I highly recommend you buy it: it's available online on Amazon and Antoine Online or in major bookstores in Lebanon and the Middle East.

You can check out the website here and join the facebook group here.

Tala will be interviewed on Helwe wa Murra today on LBCI at 4:30 pm (Beirut time +3 GMT), and tomorrow with Karen Boustany on MTV at 12:10 pm (Beirut time +3 GMT).

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Bambi