[cs_content][cs_section bg_color=”rgb(136, 134, 134)” parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column bg_color=”rgb(136, 134, 134)” fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_blockquote cite=”” type=”center”]To say I document the war, I don’t like it. But it’s obvious it’s happened. Today I cannot draw just flowers, beautiful women, life, without to pass through war, fighting, generals, and stuff like this. It’s affected me strongly. Mentally. Emotionally. Whatever.
– Omar Ibrahim[/x_blockquote][x_video_embed no_container=”true” type=”16:9″][/x_video_embed][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]For Omar Ibrahim, art is an extension of existence and self. As a Syrian, he cannot escape the imprint of the ongoing Syrian war upon his life, his family, and his mind … and, therefore, ultimately on his art. It is a reality he reluctantly embraces, while at the same time bravely seeks to change through his artwork and life.
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