the bekh [spray] stencil book

bekh stencilcollection

issue #1spring 2012

The Bekh [Spray] Stencil Book

Issue 1

Imad Shawa and Mike V. Derderian

Produced and Handbound by

Issue 1

Bekh is a limited edition manually bound stencil book that is the �rst in a series of stencil collections we hope to publish periodically.

The project bore out of passion for stencil, an untapped mode of expression in the Arab world. On one hand you have the internet, a vast world of free information where all can participate, and on the other hand you have traditional media, where the message is con-trolled by a select few. Enter stenciling and gra�ti. Stencil gra�ti takes the best from both worlds: 1. Anyone can do it; and 2. visibility is huge!

This medium of expression is at its most powerful when done on large public surfaces (usually illegally) for an entire community to see. Stenciling as "gra�ti" is perhaps one of the more exciting art forms in transmitting a message. There is an element of de�ance that is unique and that's what lends it its charm.

This �rst issue of Bekh features artists from Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Palestine. And each copy of this edition was made with sweat and tears, and long nights of cuttings, aligning, drawing and bind-ing. We hope you enjoy it and tell your friends about it.

If you get inspired, do your own stencil art and most likely you'll be featured in the next issue.

Amman, March 30th 2012

Let us all Bekh!

1. Let's Party … Rozz

2. V for Vendetta … Saad Ruslan

3. Boos Lee (Kiss Lee) … Sardine

4. Lobo … Aly Bchennaty a.k.a ALMA

5. My Country is Torn … Amer Ameen

6. Egypt Can Fly … Mo Fa

7. No Benches … Sardine

8. Tiger Tribal Art … Wael Adel Mustafa

9. Self Portrait … Rozz

10. Fatima … Hamid Sinno

11. Dead Sea Scuba Club … Mlabbas

12. Bull Shit … Mlabbas

13. Abul 7uroof … Awn Takruri

14. ascii Chaplin … Sardine

15. Daughter of Country, Sister to the People

(Bin Al Watan Okht Al Sha3b) … Mlabbas

16. Love Knows No Religion … Mlabbas & Ibraheem Awamleh

Stencils & Artists

Now that you know all about Bekh print out, cut out these wicked

stencils and tag some walls!

CTRL + P

Let's Party by Rozz

V for Vendetta by Saad Ruslan

Boo

s Le

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iss

Lee)

by

Sard

ine

Lobo by Aly Bchennaty a.k.a ALMA

My Country is Torn by Amer Ameen

Egypt Can Fly by Mo Fa

No Benches by Sardine

Tig

er T

ribal

Art

by

Wae

l Ade

l Mus

tafa

Self Portrait by Rozz

Fatima by Hamid Sinno

Dea

d Se

a Sc

uba

Club

by

Mla

bbas

Bull

Shit

by M

labb

as

Abu

l 7ur

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y Aw

n Ta

krur

i

ascii Chaplin by Sardine

Dau

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the

Peop

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in A

l Wat

an O

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labb

as

Love

Kno

ws

No

Relig

ion

by M

labb

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Ibra

heem

Aw

amle

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www.bekh.org

Cover Design By: Sardine For More Information on Submissions Contact Mlabbas:

stencils@mlabbas.com@mlabbasfb.me/bekhistan