Have you ever dreamed that you too could be a mysterious super-awesome political street artist like Banksy? Here is your chance, no matter how lame it might be. The iBanksyMachine is basically a vending machine which doles out instant Banksy stenciling kits (seen in London).

How To: Stencil Graffiti Art 101

Quick  tutorial video showing how to make your own stencil art using creative commons licensed images, photoshop, a sharp knife, paper and spraypaint.

Fawaz Jaber is my favourite Syrian director ever!
He directed many Syrian TV ads with a unique touch that you can’t miss.  He worked with many Lebanese models as Nicole Bardawil, Nicole Ballane, Haifa Wehbe, Katia Kahdi, Rania Sabeh and others. He also directed a video clip for Assi Halani and many many others.

Almost all his ads are musicals, with sometimes ripped tunes from famous artists. check out these sample ads:

Saly Tetris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH_iyWijV44

Na7leh Soap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5I1xRmwhQ

Bakiyeh popcorn machine - Featuring Tarazan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By6_nhzJOCY

Karam Milk - Featuring a jagal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7No9jQHoDg

Al Ghota Laban

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJqzd6qW_OY

Super Crisp (Beat It Michael Jackson) - Feat Nicole Ballane and Nicole Bardawil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-TbTWcGkVw

Dana Spaghetti - Featuring Haifa Wehbe (1992)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoWhhC6IFj0

Starmix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LqvPq5TVno

Souplesse Deodorant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p8DhVVAA1o\

Notex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OUO-QX2esc

Abou Tareck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dI9ZMlTYew

Mira Tuna - Feat.  Nicole Bardaweel, Nicole Ballane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LokDhP-zyGE

Bakiyeh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBt6BTNMULQ

Malak Automatic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouowfydNMAg

A Compilation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-hh7HiUW1I

The list is long really. Just go to youtube, and search for Fawaz Jaber, or write it in Arabic via yamli.com and you will get a long to enjoy!

Check out this fantastic gallery of some of the best street art in the world on Good Magazine .

These days, if you’re looking for innovative and vital art, skip the galleries and take a walk down the streets of any major city.

Someone has been going around Hamra with a can of spray paint and a stencil of Oum Koulthoum saying ‘Boos el wawa’.  How cool is that?

(via Suha Deeb)

Banksy is a famously anonymous street graffiti artist. He has created work around the world with messages ranging from subversive to downright silly but little is known for sure about his background.  The graffiti artist, whose work has fetched millions of dollars at auction houses from the likes of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has never been publicly identified.

Banksy’s art is frequently political, often funny and always outré. He has fashioned a replica of Stonehenge out of portable toilets, spray-painted animals and released an inflatable Guantanamo Bay prisoner doll at Disneyland. He has portrayed Queen Elizabeth II as a chimpanzee, rebranded Warhol’s iconic Campbell Soup can with a Tesco Value logo, and scrawled “Mind the Crap” on the steps of the Tate Britain museum. He also made trip to the Palestinian territories, where he has created nine of his images on Israel’s highly controversial West Bank barrier.

Banksy’s talents aren’t limited to paint and the occasional pencil drawing. He has been responsible for a number of social commentaries involving replacing hundreds of Paris Hilton CDs with CDs of his own creation. He has sneaked his own work into several art museums, including a prehistoric-looking piece at the British Museum which the museum decided to add to their own permanent collection.

For more information about Banksy, you can visit his official website:

www.banksy.co.uk

The wikipedia entry about the artist, or just google his name.

Also, watch these two yoububes:

Who’s Banksy?

Banksy in Palestine