{"id":21006,"date":"2013-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/21006\/hello-kitty-che-guevera-and-a-joint"},"modified":"2023-08-30T07:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:55:19","slug":"hello-kitty-che-guevera-and-a-joint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/21006\/hello-kitty-che-guevera-and-a-joint\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Kitty, Che Guevera and a Joint"},"content":{"rendered":"We all know Beirut is no stranger to weird graffiti, but this particular piece, <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/maysidriss\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">spotted<\/a> in Hamra, takes the cake. <br \/>  <br \/>  Hello Kitty. Wearing Che Guevera&#8217;s hat. Smoking a joint. <br \/>  <br \/>  I&#8217;m not even going to <i>try<\/i> to decipher it. <br \/>  <br \/>  Despite the &#8220;what the actual f*ck&#8221; qualities of this street art, we can&#8217;t dismiss the originality of it. I mean, who ever said that graffiti wasn&#8217;t interesting? <br \/>  <br \/>  Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/angienassar\/status\/289654147731578880\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> ad was seen in Ain el Mreisseh, featuring the new anti-drug campaign from the interior ministry. <br \/>  <br \/>  It reads, &#8220;You still haven&#8217;t learned? Drugs are suicide.&#8221; alongside a hanged stick figure. <br \/>  <br \/>  Judging by the somewhat eerie underlying tone to that slogan, the culture ministry should take a leaf out of Hello Kitty&#8217;s book, and chillax with some good ol&#8217; fashioned communism. <br \/>  <br \/>  JK. In all serious kids, drugs are bad for you. So is communism. And too much pie. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/21006-250x188.png\"><br \/>  (Photo via @angienasser)    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" data-id=\"454635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/21006-250x188.png\" alt=\"(Photo via maysidriss)\" class=\"wp-image-454635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/21006-250x188.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/21006.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">(Photo via maysidriss)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know Beirut is no 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