Walid Jumblatt - in Popular Culture and Arts

In Popular Culture and Arts

As many political leaders, Walid Jumblatt originated important imagery since the late 1970s. The photographer Ziad Antar made a portrait of him using a film expired since 1976, provoking ghosty effect. The image supposedly evokes the danger the Lebanese Druze leader faces after having criticized Hezbollah and the Syrian regime.

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