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Nov 28, 2014

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* Michigan - Celebrating the creativity of Pakistani trucks

(Photos Courtesy: Osman Khan - The Pakistani-style truck explores the country) 
Ann Arbor,MICH,USA -Global Michigan, by Mandira Banerjee -November 24, 2014: -- At a time when much of the news about Pakistan seems to involve drone attacks, bombings and jihadist groups, a University of Michigan professor is trying to change the conversation to the vibrant art and culture scene that exists in the country... Osman Khan is doing it by decorating a truck—Pakistani style. The vehicle is covered with a collage of floral patterns and pictures of Pakistani leaders, poets and activists such as Malala Yousafzai, the recent Nobel Peace Prize winner...
The back of Khan’s vehicle is ornately decorated with buraq, a creature with wings which according to legend travelled with prophets to heaven. The front of the truck will soon be decorated with calligraphy, ornamental shapes and patterns in shiny metallic and colored foil...
Truck art is found in regions of South America and South Asia, but few are as elaborate as the moving canvasses that rumble down the roads of Pakistan, hauling bags of sugar, lumber and other cargo... Khan wants to make a decorated truck part of the visual landscape as it crisscrosses through all the states...

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