Street Artists Infiltrate “˜Homeland”™ With Subversive Graffiti
by Dan Bilefsky and Mona Boshnaq
The New York Times
October 15, 2015
LONDON “” In a recent episode of Showtime”™s hit series “Homeland,” the former C.I.A. officer Carrie Mathison is escorted by a Hezbollah militant past a wall in a fictional Syrian refugee camp covered with Arabic graffiti.
Attentive viewers who read Arabic, however, might have noticed something awry. Among the messages spray-painted on the walls: ” “˜Homeland”™ is racist,” “There is no “˜Homeland”™ “ and ” “˜Homeland”™ is not a show.”
The subversive messages seemingly escaped the notice of the producers of the television series.
On Wednesday, an Egyptian artist, Heba Y. Amin, and two other artists, Caram Kapp and Stone, took credit for the graffiti, saying it was a subtle protest of false and misleading stereotypes in the series, which has been heavily criticized for its portrayals of Muslims. Continue reading “Arabic Graffiti on TV’s Homeland: The Writing’s on the Wall”