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On Saturday, Yemeni artist and activist, Murad Sobay, launched the ’12th Hour’ campaign, a series of graffiti murals that will be displayed across the walls of the capital Sanaa to address 12 issues facing Yemenis today.
Sobay, 25, said that while art was once thought to be religiously forbidden or ‘haram’, many Yemenis now join him in painting the walls of their capital.
In the first hour, Sobay tackled gun ownership. According to 2012 figures, Yemen has the second highest rate of gun ownership in the world, with nearly 55 guns for every 100 Yemenis.
In the second hour, Sobay and fellow artists and activists chose to address sectarianism. With a population of approximately 45 per cent Shia Muslims and around 55 per cent Sunni Muslims, Yemen has experienced its own rise in sectarianism.
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