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Exhibition - Ya Saddam 

A. Abbas 

The phrase "Ya Saddam" is part of the slogan 'With my blood, with my soul I follow you, O Saddam!' With three series of photographs under this title Abbas reveals the tragic dialogue between a brutal dictator and his subjects. Saddam Hussein bombarded his people with self-portraits in order to prompt them to veneration and submission. After his fall the images were used by that same people in order to express the hate and rage that had built up through the years of oppression: the photographs were ripped from the wall, murals smeared, and statues decapitated. The dictator is murdered virtually.These... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. A bronze head of President Saddam HUSSEIN... 

Abbas 2003

IRAK, Bagdad. 2003. The portrait of President Saddam HUSSEIN... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Bagdad. After the American invasion, a portrait of President... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Bagdad. After the American invasion, a portrait of President... 

Abbas 2003

IRAK. Bagdad. 2003. The portrait of President Saddam HUSSEIN... 

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IRAK. Bagdad. 2003. The portrait of President Saddam HUSSEIN... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. Ropes used for hanging political prisoners in... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. A gas mask abandonned by Iraqi troops fleeing... 

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