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11-DEC-2015

Colorful education building

We always pass this colorful building on the way into town, but I never could get a shot I like of it from the car, so this time we stopped, which led to some other interesting things as well.

Tim asked an Arabic speaker what the signs say, and this is what he said:

"On one side of the building, the sign says 'National Prevention Program (Fatten).' 'Fatten' means acumen, intelligence and insight. This is a program by the Ministry of Education for female and male students. In addition, on the other side it says 'Endowment for martyrs of "Al-Hazim Storm",' which is the military operation currently carried out in Yemen."

A huge building, posted earlier:

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Julie Oldfield14-Dec-2015 16:47
Those colors are beautiful. V
Gill Kopy14-Dec-2015 06:19
You captured this very nicely. Strange about the signs ! Education and martyrs make a strange combination !! V
John Hamers13-Dec-2015 21:15
Wonderful design of this building and lovely colors. V!
victorswan13-Dec-2015 19:19
Fantastic with attractive design and nice combination of colors and nice touches with the Arabic script well seen Helen BV
Carol Rollins13-Dec-2015 16:03
I do love the red accents on this beautiful structure!
Milan Vogrin13-Dec-2015 15:05
Look beautiful! V!
janescottcumming13-Dec-2015 14:12
Quite a fancy wall around it too. Love seeing the Arabic writing, it is so neat looking. V
Jim Coffman13-Dec-2015 13:51
What an amazingly colorful building! Very well captured, Helen!
danad13-Dec-2015 11:15
Stunning colors and mix of architectures...V.
Patrick Goossens13-Dec-2015 10:14
Very attractive design with those vivid colors
David Lewins13-Dec-2015 09:59
Lots of character too, nicely captured
Gerard Koehl13-Dec-2015 07:59
Ce bâtiment est très joli. V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal13-Dec-2015 07:35
Fantastic shot of this beautiful and colorful building, great work Helen. V
fotabug13-Dec-2015 07:09
That is a very impressive building! Do you know what it is? The other is great too! V
joseantonio13-Dec-2015 06:26
you are showing us some very interesting designs in architecture there.V