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Street Art on Mohamed Mahmoud – Photos

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

Mural by Shaza Khaled and Aliaa El Tayeb, who studied at the Luxor Faculty of Fine Arts. The mural is inspired by a photoshopped image of a protester in Greece dancing with a ballerina. Hanaa El Degham’s beautiful mural on … Continue reading →

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AUC and the Port Said Mural – A Personal Plea

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

A funny thing happened outside the AUC on Mohamed Mahmoud Street last Thursday. As a group of onlookers, including journalists, photographers, documentary makers and myself, watched Ammar Abo Bakr, Alaa Awad and several other artists diligently work away on a … Continue reading →

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New Graffiti in Cairo – Nighttime Stalking

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

I think I prefer the streets of Cairo to its people. After the hours of fuming traffic and deafening horns, hostile faces watching and asking questions, I’m finally left in peace after midnight, standing on an empty side street under … Continue reading →

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Cairo Street Art – Downtown Graffiti

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Mickey, Bush & the Bomb by Keizer on Mahmoud Bassiony Street ‘Excuse me,’ he walks up to me as I hesitantly put my camera down, ‘What does this picture mean?’ He points at the Keizer stencil of Mickey Mouse on … Continue reading →

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