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Havana Speaks Arabic · Volume I · coming soonهافانا تتكلّم العربية · المجلد الأول · قريبًا40 posters · 144 pages · English and Arabic
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havana speaks arabic

Poster ME-004, Fidayin, 1968Cover of Havana Speaks Arabic, with a portrait of Mehdi Ben BarkaPoster ME-040, 1968

هافانا تتكلّم العربية

40 posters for the Arab world. Printed in Havana, 1967 to 1983.

From the foreword · من التمهيد

The posters in this book were not made for collectors.

لم تُصنع ملصقات هذا الكتاب لهواة الجمع.

Three
of forty

ثلاثة
من أربعين

Poster ME-001, Lázaro Abreu, 1968
ME-001 · Lázaro Abreu, 1968
Poster ME-022, Alberto Blanco, 1982
ME-022 · Alberto Blanco, 1982
Poster ME-010, Rafael Morante, 1982
ME-010 · Rafael Morante, 1982

The other 37, and the story of each, are in the book.

Coming soon

Poster images: Digital image courtesy Lincoln Cushing / Docs Populi Archive.

Look inside

داخل الكتاب

  • Book spread, pp. 38–39: Part I · The Arab World
    Part I · The Arab Worldالجزء الأول · العالم العربيpp. 38–39
  • Book spread, pp. 84–85: Part IV · Syria
    Part IV · Syriaالجزء الرابع · سورياpp. 84–85
  • Book spread, pp. 106–107: Part VII · Libya
    Part VII · Libyaالجزء السابع · ليبياpp. 106–107
  • Book spread, pp. 110–111: Part VIII · Western Sahara
    Part VIII · Western Saharaالجزء الثامن · الصحراء الغربيةpp. 110–111

Posters in the spreads: Digital image courtesy Lincoln Cushing / Docs Populi Archive.

In 1982, for a short time, Tricontinental spoke four languages.

The fourth was Arabic.

وكانت الرابعة العربية.

Havana Speaks Arabic

Volume I · A4 · 144 pages · English and Arabic

Not for sale yet. Write to us and we will tell you when you can order it.

Letters from the archive.

رسائل من الأرشيف

New finds from the research, readings and events.

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