“Masters of Victory” A Poster by the Artist Al-Maghrebi Marking Martyrs’ Day
Syria observes Martyrs’ Day on the 6th of May annually to salute the martyred soldiers who sacrificed their lives defending the sovereignty and independence of their country.
Commemorating this glorious occasion , the plastic artist Faten El Maghrebi has designed a poster in honor of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the sake of the dignity of the homeland.
The poster entitled “Masters of Victory” contains a model for the martyrs’ monument consisting of a visible part showcasing a dome which symbolizes the sky with all its meanings of highness and elevation and the helmet of the fighter. The invisible part of the model martyr’s monument includes two layers of arches which the artist al-Maghrebi derived from the Arab Islamic arches and pictures of four Soldiers who symbolize the valiant Syrian army. The right corner of the poster comprises a picture of a soldier holding the homeland’s flag .
The artist al-Maghrebi underlined that she embodied the martyr through the image of an angel with wings rising to the sky above the monument to draw through his sacrifices the homeland’s borders.
Al-Mughrabi told SANA that the poster expresses high appreciation and great gratitude for the martyrs who watered with their blood the Syrian sacred soil, stressing that the idea of the poster was inspired by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier .
The poster was designed, according to the artist, through the graphic design programs ,Photoshop and Illustrator in a graphic design style..
It is noteworthy to mention that the artist al-Maghrebi is a professor at the Department of Graphic Design and Multimedia at the second Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus university in Sweida .
Rawaa Ghanam