Atom for Peace Exhibition (Arabic poster distributed in Damascus)
A black Arabic poster with a large orange atom diagram on a white splash and the words 'The Atom' (red) and 'Peace' (blue) around a yellow nucleus reading 'for'. It announces an exhibition on Shukri al-Quwatli Street, Damascus, 22 April to 12 May, free admission, 'under the supervision of the Syrian government'. The tell is glittering-generalities: the atom, a subject tied to weapons in 1956, is presented under the single word 'peace'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 12, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Science and technology
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 12, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948732, 306-PPB-5).
Text on the object
الذرة لأجل السلام تفتح أبواب المعرض يوميا من الساعة 2 حتى 10 ليلا من 22 نيسان حتى 12 أيار في شارع شكري القوتلي بجوار المطعم الدولي بدمشق الدخول مجانا بإشراف الحكومة السورية
The atom for peace. The doors of the exhibition open daily from 2 o'clock until 10 at night, from 22 April until 12 May, in Shukri al-Quwatli Street next to the International Restaurant in Damascus. Admission free. Under the supervision of the Syrian government.
Digits read as printed (Western-Arabic numerals 2, 10, 22, 12).
