Eternal Sabah, Hamra — artwork #9963 by Yazan Halwani · Beyrouth, Lebanon
graffiti woman portrait stencil calligraphy arabic-script
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Yazan Halwani was born in 1993 in Beirut. He began experimenting with graffiti in 2007, inspired by urban culture and French hip-hop, before developing from 2011 onward a distinct mural style rooted in the tradition of Arabic calligraphy. A graduate of the American University of Beirut in computer engineering and Harvard Business School, he built a practice that fuses portraiture and calligraphy —…
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Added 20/04/2026
Monumental portrait of Lebanese singer Sabah on the facade of the Assaf Building in Hamra, a building that once housed the famous Horseshoe café, frequented by Nizar Qabbani and other major Arab cultural figures. The singer's silhouette, depicted in her youth, is surrounded by a sea of white Arabic calligraphy forming her hair and jewelry. The mural was created in 2015 by artist Yazan Halwani as a tribute to Sabah following her passing in 2014.
The artwork Sabah éternelle, Hamra is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Beyrouth in Lebanon, more precisely here: Assaf Building, Hamra Street, Beyrouth.
This graffiti is also tagged as: woman, portrait, stencil, calligraphy, arabic-script.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Yazan Halwani
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