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title: Protesters with 'Peaceful' signs and Syrian flags, Douma (near Damascus, 8 April 2011)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/syria-douma-peaceful-protest-signs-flags-2011/
description: A dense street crowd under a bright sky holds a forest of Syrian flags and hand-lettered cardboard signs. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Protesters with 'Peaceful' signs and Syrian flags, Douma (near Damascus, 8 April 2011)

A dense street crowd under a bright sky holds a forest of Syrian flags and hand-lettered cardboard signs. Bilingual signs read 'PEACEFUL' and 'NO FOR DISTROYING' with Arabic equivalents, and another sign in Arabic says the Syrian media lies. The tells are the national flag carried as the crowd's emblem, claiming the nation for the protest, and signs written for an observer, in English as well as Arabic, to address the government's claim that the protesters were armed.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights

## Text on the object

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

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

```
PEACEFUL
سلمية

NO
FOR DISTROYING
لا للتخريب

PEACEFUL
سلمية

الإعلام السوري كذاب

[other signs:] [illegible]
```

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

```
Peaceful
Peaceful

No
For distroying [sic, destroying]
No to destruction

Peaceful
Peaceful

Syrian media is a liar

[other signs:] [illegible]
```

English and Arabic, as printed, including the misspelling 'DISTROYING'. The Arabic on the left sign is partly cut off at the left edge; it is read as 'Syrian media (is) a liar'. Other signs are too small to read.

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