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After left-wing activists in conjunction with Providence, Rhode Island<\/a> Mayor Brett Smiley launched an intense pressure campaign against a mural of slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, sparking the project’s cancellation, another business in the city has stepped up to display the mural.<\/p>\n

Opa the Phoenician, a Lebanese restaurant in Providence’s historic Federal Hill, is now home to the mural, which artist Ian Gaudreau began working on Friday.<\/p>\n

The previous location was The Dark Lady, an LGBT bar in the city’s downtown. But that bar was browbeaten by critics into pausing and then altogether cancelling the project.<\/p>\n

Smiley was the most prominent voice to speak out against the project.<\/p>\n

PROVIDENCE MAYOR CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF IRYNA ZARUTSKA MURAL, SAYS INTENT IS ‘DIVISIVE,’ ‘MISGUIDED’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“The murder of the individual depicted in this mural was a devastating tragedy, but the misguided, isolating intent of those funding murals like the one across the country is divisive and does not represent Providence,” he said in a statement, adding that he wanted to “encourage our community to support local artists whose work brings us closer together rather than divide us.”<\/p>\n

Co-owner of Opa, Francois Karam, emphasized that the restaurant is owned by immigrants<\/a> and the mural is a way to honor Zarutska’s story as an immigrant.<\/p>\n

“[Iryna] was once an immigrant chasing the American dream,” Karam said, according to WJAR<\/a>. “She worked to build a life for herself and lost it along the way. This mural is our way of honoring her on a building owned by an immigrant family who understands that journey.”<\/p>\n

DEM LAWMAKER SPARKS ONLINE FIRESTORM AFTER SAYING IRYNA ZARUTSKA MURAL DOESN\u2019T ALIGN WITH CITY\u2019S VALUES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Gaudreau echoed that sentiment.<\/p>\n

“He has an immigrant family story himself,” he said of Karam. “So he really connected with that Iryna, and he felt really passionate about the project.”<\/p>\n

Zarutska was killed on Aug. 22 after she was randomly stabbed from behind on a Charlotte, North Carolina<\/a>, light-rail train. The suspect in her unprovoked murder is Decarlos Brown Jr., who had a lengthy rap sheet, including convictions for larceny, breaking and entering, and armed robbery.<\/p>\n

He had previously served five years in prison<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Smiley’s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/iryna-zarutska-mural-moved-new-providence-location-pressure-campaign-mayor-activists <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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