28-09-2015 19:15 via theguardian.com

Can art stop jihad?

He was at school with two of the 9/11 hijackers. Now artist Abdulnasser Gharem is on a mission to divert bored young Saudis from jihad“We need to invest in these young people before Isis does,” says Abdulnasser Gharem, a former lieutenant colonel in the Saudi Arabian army, sipping a glass of water in the Tate during a flying visit to London. “They have energy and have little to do in their own country – so what would you expect them to do?”Gharem, who was in the sam
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