eL Seed (born 1981), is a French Tunisian calligraphy artist and muralist, whose work feature the Arabic language through graffiti (sometimes referred to as Calligraffiti).

[4] In an interview with the media, he explained his desire to make political statements:[5] His most controversial project was the 2012 painting of a minaret of the Jara Mosque in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes.

[7] In the neighborhood of Manshiyat Nasr in Cairo, the Coptic community of Zaraeeb collects the trash of the city for decades and developed the most efficient and highly profitable recycling system on a global level.

Recent tensions in Tunisia have sparked a critical debate about the limits of artistic freedoms in the birthplace of the Arab Spring as it undergoes a nascent transition to democracy.

"This project is not about decorating a mosque, it is about making art a visible actor in the process of cultural and political change," comments el Seed, who started work on the mural on 20 July.

Exhibiting the words, "Oh humankind, we have created you from a male and a female and made people and tribes so you may know each other," eL Seed quoted a verse from the Quran which addresses the importance of mutual respect and tolerance through knowledge as an obligation.