Three street artists took a stab at the American TV-series Homeland when they were hired to paint ‘Arab graffiti’ on a film set for the show. Instead, they ‘bombed’ the show, writing slogans dissing the award-winning series. Nobody noticed and the episode was aired with the graffiti in full view. Homeland is about a female CIA officer with bipolar disorder who is sent to hunt down terrorists across the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. The show is currently in its fifth season, which is set in Berlin. It has received several prestigious awards and is watched by millions of viewers every week. However, the series has been widely criticized for being bigoted, Islamophobic and portraying a racist image of Arabs, Afghans and Pakistanis. The Washington Post described the series as ‘a blonde, white Red Riding Hood lost in a forest of faceless Muslim wolves’. “In June of this year we received a phone call from a friend who had been contacted by Homeland’s set production company”, Don Karl, a German publisher and graffiti artist tells Egyptian Streets. “They asked if he could help find ‘Arabian street artists’ to give ‘authenticity’ to a film set of a Syrian refugee camp on the Lebanese/Syrian border for their new season.” “We weren’t…
‘Homeland is Racist’: Graffiti Artists ‘Bomb’ Award-Winning TV Show
October 15, 2015
