Trump banned Muslims, but inspired art

""Art is the triumph over chaos." -- John Cheever

Despite triggering fear and anger, U.S. President Donald Trump's Muslim-targeted ban has given rise to something hearwarmingly beautiful.

People from every speck of the human spectrum are chanting in unison. Celebrities and world leaders are defending Islam like never before. And, there is also art, in many, many forms. 

Nouri Sardar, a Muslim poet and filmmaker of Pakistani origins, shared a spoken-word poem in response to Trump's ban. 

In it, he talks about how being Muslim in the West puts a target on one's back, thanks to the media's stereotypical depiction of Muslims. Muslims are "sentenced by democracy and made guilty without trial," he adds. 

"Hate is funny because it usually stems from fear. Fear from bombs I didn't drop, from planes I didn't steer. Fear from what's different- though I'm the same, I am different. I play games, watch movies and to friends' choices I'm indifferent.

But I'm different because I bow my head five times a day in prayer."

Sardar ends his poem with a message of hope, calling upon us to fight and resist.

From witty puns, to tongue-in-cheek humor and a dash of Arab pride, protesters went all out with their creative signs.

This is art in its rawest forms, true story. 

American vlogger Hank Green pledged to donate $5 to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has been offering legal support to those affected by the ban, for every hand-drawn message supporting immigrants/Muslims/refugees. He has already donated 5,000$ at the time of writing. The Twitter campaign has resulted in beautiful artwork:

Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef pitched an alternative strategy to keep immigrants away from the U.S. The "You've Got to Be Crazy to Come Here" Campaign has gone viral. 

"Here's the problem: you're selling yourself too well," he says.

Youssef suggests showing the world the less-than-stellar face of America, the one with defective infrastructure, alarming crime rates and poisoned water. This would prove to immigrants that there's nothing to aspire to over there, as a special way of saying, according to Youssef, "Don't come here. We're just as f***ed as the place you came from."