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title: Atom for Peace Exhibition (Arabic poster distributed in Beirut)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/atom-for-peace-exhibition-arabic-beirut-1956/
description: A blue, red and white Arabic poster announcing the exhibition 'Atom for Peace' at the UNESCO Hall, Beirut. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Atom for Peace Exhibition (Arabic poster distributed in Beirut)

A blue, red and white Arabic poster announcing the exhibition 'Atom for Peace' at the UNESCO Hall, Beirut. A central atom diagram is ringed by a microscope, a wheat sheaf, a medical caduceus and a cogwheel, under a banner headline. It names the Lebanese Atomic Energy Committee and the American Embassy as sponsors. The tell is transfer: the atom symbol is placed among medicine, farming, industry and science, and tied to the word 'peace'.

## 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

```
الذرة لأجل السلام

[ring text, partly hidden:] ... ذرة لأجل السلام

معرض
"الذرة لأجل السلام"
برعاية
لجنة الطاقة الذرية اللبنانية
والسفارة الأميركية
في قاعة اليونسكو
ابتداء من يوم الخميس 15 آذار حتى 31 منه
يوميا: من الساعة 3,30 بعد الظهر حتى 7,30 مساء.

الدخول مجانا
```

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

```
The atom for peace. Exhibition 'The Atom for Peace', under the patronage of the Lebanese Atomic Energy Committee and the American Embassy, in the UNESCO Hall, from Thursday 15 March until the 31st of it, daily from 3:30 in the afternoon until 7:30 in the evening. Admission free.
```

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