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Why wouldn't an up and coming government administration want to take professional photos and engage in all the other trappings of legitimate government?
by cucumber3732842 9mo ago
Why wouldn't an up and coming government administration want to take professional photos and engage in all the other trappings of legitimate government?
- inglor_cz 9mo agoOne interesting thing about the situation is that Islamic religious authorities used to have conflicting views on permissibility of portraits and depictions of living beings in general, which is also why so much Islamic medieval art is abstract. Abstract art was religiously safe. Ubiquity and practicality of photography basically destroyed the restrictive side of the conflict. As you can see, even the Taliban seems to be on the permissive side now. (IIRC some of the most extreme forms of Islamic State in Syria/Iraq tried to ban photography of humans and animals.)
- rayiner 9mo agoI agree. Syria’s new leader, a former Al Qaeda, put on a suit and got a major glow up: https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250508-syrian-interim-president-al-sharaa-meets-french-counterpart-macron-and-caesar https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250508-syrian-interim-preside.... Macron embraced him warmly. News orgs gave him positive coverage. Then Trump said what everyone was thinking: he looks pretty good in a suit: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ahmad-al-sharaa-syria-president-trump-meeting-b2750711.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ahmad-a....
- digikazi 9mo agoI have no idea why you’re being downvoted, since what you say is objectively true.