About Me
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Recent Posts
- Street Art and Morsi – Cairo Artists Continue the Fight May 1, 2013
- Art in The Streets: Videos on Beirut, Palestine, Tripoli and Cairo for MOCATV April 16, 2013
- Graffiti for a Social Cause: Zeft, Nazeer, Nemo and Mona Lisa Brigades March 11, 2013
- Women in Graffiti: A Tribute to the Women of Egypt January 7, 2013
- Return to Tahrir: Two Years and Graffiti of the Martyrs December 29, 2012
- Graffiti in Palestine: Female Street Artist from East Jerusalem and Rockets over Gaza November 15, 2012
- Egyptian Graffiti Artists Exhibit Around the World November 4, 2012
- The Art of Movement: Another Chapter of Mohamed Mahmoud Graffiti September 20, 2012
- For the Love of Graffiti: Cairo’s Walls Trace History of Colourful Revolution September 20, 2012
- Beirut Graffiti: Quirky, Colourful Street Art in Lebanon August 28, 2012
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Tag Archives: Aya Tarek
Women in Graffiti: A Tribute to the Women of Egypt
It’s a battle, being a woman in an Arab country, but perhaps the dire conditions makes us fighters. Since January 25, so many foreign reporters have waxed on about the awakening of Arab women in the Arab Spring; and how … Continue reading
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Tagged 4SprayCans, A Thousand Times No, Alaa Awad, Aliaa El Mahdy, Ammar Abo Bakr, Amr Nazeer, Aya Tarek, Bahia Shehab, blue bra girl, Egypt graffiti, Get Angry, Hanaa El Degham, Hend Kheera, keizer, Laila Magued, Microphone, Mira Shihadeh, Nefertiti, Noon El Neswa, Nooneswa, Pablo Neruda, Samira Ibrahim, sexual harassment, Sit El Banat, Soaad Hosny, street art, women, women graffiti, X4SprayCans, Zeft
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Egyptian Graffiti Artists Exhibit Around the World
The past two years have given good exposure to the Egyptian street art scene. With increasing international media focus on graffiti artists – I’ve lost count of the number of print articles, news shorts and documentaries made – comes increasing … Continue reading
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Tagged Ammar Abo Bakr, Arabic Graffiti, arms expo, art curators, Aya Tarek, Beirut, Egyptian art, ethics, Frankfurt, Ganzeer, graffiti exhibitions, Graffiti School, Hetan, Kareem Gouda, Of the People, protest graffiti, Shank, Shatila, Shepard Fairey, Switzerland, Theaterfestival Basel, Washington DC, White Wall
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Writing About Graffiti in Cairo- One Year On
If this post comes across as offensive, arrogant or downright nasty to anyone, I apologise in advance; I literally woke up on the wrong side of bed and pulled a shoulder, so I’m cranky; plus this matter has been on … Continue reading
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Alaa Awad, Alexandria, Ammar Abo Bakr, Amr Nazeer, Aya Tarek, Cairo, Egypt Street Art, Ganzeer, graffiti artists contact, Graffiti the streets of Egypt, Hanaa El Degham, Hend Kheera, Kareem Gouda, keizer, Mad Graffiti Weekend, Mia Groendahl, Mohamed El Moshir, revolution graffiti, Zeftawi
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Spanish Graffiti Artist Comes to Cairo: Eva Mena
Eva Mena, aka Den, is a 33-year-old graffiti artist from Bilbao, Northern Spain, who came to Egypt this week to take part in the Fourth Mediterranean Hip Hop Festival (also called Meeting of Mediterranean Urban Culture for some reason), sponsored … Continue reading
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Tagged Aya Tarek, Bilbao, Cairo Graffiti, Collaboration, Den, Downtown Cairo, Elpho, Evan Mena, Freehand, graffiti, hip-hop dancers, Madrid, Medhiphopfestival, Mediterranean Hip Hop, Plastic Paints, Spain, Spanish Embassy in Cairo, Spanish graffiti, Townhouse Factory Space, Zeta
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