This Old Neighborhood In Al Khobar Is A Graffiti Lover’s Dream And It Has All The Ingredients To Become A Top Tourist Site
The tri-cities of Dammam, Dhahran and Al Khobar are more or less established fairly recently, so unlike Jeddah and Riyadh, they don’t have a rich history to boast of. As a result of that they are constantly coming with new tourist sites and earlier in 2018 they transformed a portion of a sleepy neighborhood called Al Bayounia in Al Khobar into a giant canvas. And, boy does it look good.
These once deteriorating houses got a breath of new life
Photoshoot with @Raha_ph #الفن_شرقي pic.twitter.com/lWhZswAEtQ
— ريم القحطاني (@_RQ98) March 4, 2018
Thanks to the graffiti masterpieces on them
قام مجموعة من فناني الرسم “الجرافيتي” بتجميل احد احياء الخبر الشعبية ، ضمن مبادرة الفن شرقي .. pic.twitter.com/s4wB2qkHUI
— Urban Planning (@urPlanning) March 11, 2018
If you were the kind that hated graffiti then this graffiti project will probably make you change your mind
’A dream come true,’ says visionary artist as historic neighborhood in #Alkhobar gets a new look https://t.co/B1Gvb8cULn @DawiArt #MadawiAlbaz #AlfanSharqy pic.twitter.com/Zd2JGdsHo1
— Arab News (@arabnews) March 1, 2018
A total of 21 artists took part in the project
أزقة وشوارع حاضرة الدمام تتزين بجداريات «الفن شرقي» https://t.co/eDHKU8VBhq pic.twitter.com/OSFtjkiUiR
— الشرقية مباشر (@live_eastern) December 30, 2018
It took them over 10 days to complete
Stunning street art
Khobar, Saudi
(????@iazizsalman)#streetart #art #painting #street #streetphotography #saudi #saudiarabia #saudia #saudis #saudi_tourist #saudi_arabia #saudi_trends #sauditrends #saudiarab #photooftheday #beautiful #like4like #followme pic.twitter.com/yaoEZ8wPwR— Happening Saudi (@HappeningSaudi) June 7, 2018
The project is officially called Alfan Sharqy, which literally translates into art is eastern – with eastern referring to Saudi Arabia’s east
Picture of the day:
Saudi street art, Khobar ❣“لا يكلف الله نفسا الاا وسعها ????” pic.twitter.com/pC1e2ikZwM
— ﮼فطوم،الفواز (@Fatom_H_F) May 29, 2016
In case you would like to visit it as much as we do, here are its coordinates:
26.276165, 50.214317
شكراً من اعماق القلب على هذا المبادرة من قبل سمو الأميرة عبير بنت فيصل بن تركي ال سعود التي أتاحت لنا المشاركة وفتحت المجال لفنانين الجرافيتي بإبراز مالدينا من مواهب على المساحات الكبيرة #الفن_شرقي شكرا للأستاذة مضاوي الباز صاحبة الفكرة@DawiArt شكرا @khobar_municpal @EPCSRsa pic.twitter.com/VLbZivZAil
— Dark Man (@DarkMan171717) February 27, 2018
