Amazing things happen, even when totally-not-amazing circumstances take place all around you.
People make amazing things happen.
This is one of those moments. Let us celebrate it!
Six Syrian artists have set a 2014 Guinness World Record. Using scraps from the streets of war-ravaged Damascus, in January they built the largest mural made from recycled material, beautifying the area outside a primary school in Syria’s capital.
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It took them six months to finish it. Guinness announced the win on Facebook on March 26.
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Artists working on the project had a message to send. The message was: