The artist and calligrapher created a life-size logo for the city of Basra at the request of the Basra government to convey a positive and dynamic image of the city for the 2023 Gulf Cup of Football Nations.
Mixing English and Arabic, the artist transformed the logo into a sculpture, playing on Basra's cultural heritage with symbolic elements, such as the palm tree or the city's classic architectural element, the balcony or shanasheel (شنشيلة).
Photo : copyrights Wissam Shawkat