The Wider Image: Drawing in the customers in Mogadishu
A collection of yawing mouths and extracted teeth, booming stereo speakers and colourful hookah pipes adorn shop fronts in Somalia, a colourful contrast to the airbrushed artworks of big business. Somalian mural artist Muawiye Hussein Sidow, also known as 'Shik Shik', is the man responsible for the art that features on more than 100 shops, including barbers, tea shops and supermarkets across Mogadishu. Sidow's father was a commercial artist, who passed his knowledge and skills on to his son. Sidow, 31, took on his father's business in 1998 and his painting supports not only his own family, but helps sustain his dad as well as many others. "I make the pictures to get daily food for my wife and three kids," he said. REUTERS/Feisal Omar SEARCH "OMAR SHOPS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: SOMALIA-MURALS/