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title: Al Hayat fi Amrika No. 32 promotion poster (Arabic poster distributed in Beirut)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/al-hayat-fi-amrika-no-32-arabic-1964/
description: A landscape promotion sheet for issue 32 of 'Life in America'. A grey portrait of President Kennedy sits in a green frame beside a painted scene
section: Collection
---

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[![Al Hayat fi Amrika No. 32 promotion poster, 1964 US poster: A landscape promotion sheet for issue 32 of 'Life in America'.](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/al-hayat-fi-amrika-no-32-arabic-1964.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/al-hayat-fi-amrika-no-32-arabic-1964.jpg)

# Al Hayat fi Amrika No. 32 promotion poster (Arabic poster distributed in Beirut)

A landscape promotion sheet for issue 32 of 'Life in America'. A grey portrait of President Kennedy sits in a green frame beside a painted scene of astronauts with jet packs, a landing craft and domed bases on a rust-coloured surface, marked 'U.S.A.'. The text lists a poetry supplement on Kennedy, the conquest of the Moon, Puerto Rico and a stage star. The tell is transfer: the dead president's image and a national space programme lend prestige to the magazine.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (Arabic) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
الحياة في
٣٢
أمريكا

تقدم
• ملحق شعري خاص عن الرئيس كنيدي
• غزو القمر
• بورتوريكو
• نجمة المسرح كارول تشانينج

تصدر في أوائل كانون الأول (ديسمبر) القادم وتطلب من جميع الباعة والمكتبات

U.S.A.
K-17
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Life in America, 32. Presents: A special poetry supplement on President Kennedy; The conquest of the Moon; Puerto Rico; The stage star Carol Channing. Issued in early Kanun al-Awwal (December) next and requested from all vendors and libraries. (Painted lettering: U.S.A.; K-17.)
```

Small lettering inside the painting (helmet and craft numbers, warning stencils) is not transcribed beyond U.S.A. and K-17.

[← Long An Public Health Service poster, No. 394 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/long-an-public-health-service-poster-394-vietnamese-1964/) [Photos d'actualité poster, No. 2 (French, Beirut) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/photos-d-actualite-no-2-french-beirut-1964/)

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