{
  "description": "A1one in Tehran, Arabic calligraphy and graffiti, Israel’s scene, JR in Abu Dhabi and the murals of Cairo: the archive’s posts from the Middle East, read together.",
  "intro": "The site had no single place for the Middle East, and the region is an idea rather than a place on a map. These posts gather what it reported from Iran, Israel, the Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, and the books that brought Arabic script into graffiti.",
  "items": [
    {
      "date": "2009-08-19",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/index.md",
      "note": "A1one, who started graffiti in Tehran.",
      "position": 1,
      "title": "A1one - Street Art in Tehran",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-from-tehran/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2009-08-27",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/reuse-art-project/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/reuse-art-project/index.md",
      "note": "ReUse, an art project in an abandoned building in Tel Aviv.",
      "position": 2,
      "title": "ReUse Art Project",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/reuse-art-project/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2009-09-12",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-art-streets-iran/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-art-streets-iran/index.md",
      "note": "The streets of Iran, beyond the politics.",
      "position": 3,
      "title": "Urban Art: The Streets of Iran",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-art-streets-iran/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2009-11-24",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/jr-abu-dhabi-art-fair/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/jr-abu-dhabi-art-fair/index.md",
      "note": "JR’s wheatpaste installation at Abu Dhabi Art.",
      "position": 4,
      "title": "JR \u0026 Abu Dhabi Art Fair",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/jr-abu-dhabi-art-fair/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2010-10-20",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-tehran/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-tehran/index.md",
      "note": "A1one a year on, Iran’s best-known street artist in Europe.",
      "position": 5,
      "title": "A1one \u0026 Street Art in Tehran",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/a1one-street-art-tehran/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2010-10-27",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/bomb-it-israel/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/bomb-it-israel/index.md",
      "note": "“Bomb It 2” visits Israel’s graffiti and street art.",
      "position": 6,
      "title": "Bomb It, Israel!",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/bomb-it-israel/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2011-04-19",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/arabic-graffiti-middle-east-calligraphy/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/arabic-graffiti-middle-east-calligraphy/index.md",
      "note": "A book on Arabic calligraphy and graffiti, launched in Berlin.",
      "position": 7,
      "title": "Arabic Graffiti - Middle East Calligraphy",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/arabic-graffiti-middle-east-calligraphy/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2011-11-07",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/arabic-graffiti/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/arabic-graffiti/index.md",
      "note": "“Arabic Graffiti”, the book, and the revival of the script.",
      "position": 8,
      "title": "Arabic Graffiti",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/arabic-graffiti/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2012-05-03",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/egyptian-mural-wall-transparent/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/egyptian-mural-wall-transparent/index.md",
      "note": "Cairo’s painters make a military barrier transparent.",
      "position": 9,
      "title": "Egyptian Mural Makes Concrete Wall Transparent!",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/egyptian-mural-wall-transparent/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2012-05-07",
      "json": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/jorge-rodriguez-gerada-paints-huge-wall-faces/index.json",
      "markdown": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/jorge-rodriguez-gerada-paints-huge-wall-faces/index.md",
      "note": "Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada’s giant faces in Bahrain.",
      "position": 10,
      "title": "Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada Paints Huge Wall Faces",
      "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/jorge-rodriguez-gerada-paints-huge-wall-faces/"
    }
  ],
  "kicker": "Street art in the Middle East, 2009–2012",
  "title": "From Tehran to Tel Aviv",
  "type": "collection",
  "url": "https://www.urbanartcore.com/collections/middle-east/"
}