Yazan Halwani is one of those local Beiruti artists with a lot of street cred. His work has drawn the attention of many worldwide and the Huffington post recently published an interesting article on him, and his mission. Even Akhenaton from IAM spoke highly of Yazan’s work in an interview discussing the artist’s collaboration with JonOne at L’institut du Monde Arabe on Canal +
What we like about his work is that it is inspired by local culture, and Arabic calligraphy. He went from the classic hiphop graffiti style at a young age to what he does today. We like that transformation. Read the full article here…