PARTLY FALSE: This statue wasn’t built from the ruins of a Syrian artist’s house

The image is a digital photomontage created by Syrian artist Tammam Azzam in 2012.

A post on Threads claiming that a replica of the Statue of Liberty was built by a Syrian artist using the ruins of his house is partly false; the image is actually a digital photomontage created by Syrian artist Tammam Azzam in 2012. A reverse image search and sources like Al Arabiya News and The Irish Sun confirm that Azzam digitally constructed the image using rubble from a destroyed building in Syria, intending it as a message of optimism amid destruction, not a political statement. The viral image shared on social media is not of an actual statue but an old Read More

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