Digital artist Tammam Azzam, from Syria's Druze minority heartland, Sweida, uses the map of his country in his work

A man looks at a painting depicting a map of “bleeding” war-torn Syria, part of an exhibition titled “The Syrian Museum” on show in Dubai, on November 29, 2012. The image has become the centrepiece of the exhibition in Dubai by digital artist Tammam Azzam.