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Trump and other leaders depicted as refugees by this Syrian artist

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A Syrian artist Abdalla Al Omari has depicted 10 world leaders such as US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, former US President Barack Obama and others as refugees in a series of paintings on display in Dubai.

Vlad” from #thevulnerabilityseries show. Oil-acrylic on canvas. On view at @ayyamgallery #dubai until July 6 #vladimirputin

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The Vulnerability Series which took 19 months to create was inspired by Omari’s own experience with displacement, he currently has a refugee status in Belgium.

“Being a refugee is like having a new lump in your body that you had nothing to do with, and it will stay until the last day, so you better deal with it,” Al Omari told CNN

Vlad” from #thevulnerabilityseries show. Oil-acrylic on canvas. On view at @ayyamgallery #dubai until July 6 #vladimirputin

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 Syrian President Bashar Al Assad is also featured. Putin, whose military has conducted airstrikes on Syria’s rebel held areas, is depicted as a homeless person, whereas Assad appears partially submerged in water with only a paper boat to come to his aid.

“My aim somehow shifted from an expression of anger to a more vivid desire of disarming these figures, (to) picture them outside their positions of power,” Reuters quoted Omari as telling Al Jazeera. These portraits have recieved a positive response and have been noted as a unique perspective on the refugee crisis.

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