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title: Pro-government wall painting and Bashar al-Assad portrait poster, 2014 presidential election campaign (Damascus, May 2014)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/syria-pro-assad-wall-poster-damascus-2014/
description: A wall painted with a zig-zag pattern in the red, white and black of the Syrian flag, with green stars, carries a printed poster of a smiling man in a dark
section: Collection
---

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# Pro-government wall painting and Bashar al-Assad portrait poster, 2014 presidential election campaign (Damascus, May 2014)

A wall painted with a zig-zag pattern in the red, white and black of the Syrian flag, with green stars, carries a printed poster of a smiling man in a dark suit and a woman beside him; a young woman in jeans walks past. Arabic slogans are painted above and below. The tell is the flag pattern turned into wall decoration around the leader's portrait, with a slogan tying the country to its flag.

## Propaganda techniques used in this sign or banner

[Cult of personality](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/cult-of-personality/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Full record

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

## Text on the object

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

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

```
شباب سما الوطن

بلدنا أحلى بعلمنا

[illegible: text on the portrait poster]
```

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

```
Youth of Sama al-Watan [as printed; "sama" can also mean "sky"]

Our country is lovelier with our flag

[illegible]
```

Read from a 500-pixel image; the heading and the lower slogan are legible, the small print on the portrait poster is not.

[← Assad portraits on a traffic police motorcycle and shop windows, 2014 presidential election campaign (Damascus, May 2014)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/syria-assad-portraits-police-motorcycle-damascus-2014/) [Rebuild America: roads and bridges infographic →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/obama-rebuild-america-infographic-2014/)

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