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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: Cairo
Street Art and Morsi – Cairo Artists Continue the Fight
It feels like I keep writing the same post over and over again: images of sexual harassment, police violence, military violence, more martyrs, young martyrs, poems and tributes to martyrs, satire against Morsi, against religious and political hypocricy, against censorship … Continue reading
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Ahmed Naguib, Ammar Abo Bakr, ape, army, blue bra, Cairo, caricature, censorship, Egypt, elephant graffiti, Elhusseiny Abo Deef, garage, Gika, graffiti inside a garage, hosny, Mahmoud Saad, Military, Mira Shihadeh, Mohamed Cristy, Mohamed Morsi, Mohamed Yosry Salama, monkey graffiti, Morsi, Omar Salah, police violence, Reem Magued, revolution artist union, Sad Panda, sexual harassment, Sika, street artist, the Mozza, violence, violence against women, women artists, women graffiti, Women on Walls, Youssef Joe Estora, Zeft, Zeftawi
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Art in The Streets: Videos on Beirut, Palestine, Tripoli and Cairo for MOCATV
It’s not every day that total amateurs get the chance to make a video for a contemporary art museum, but that’s exactly what happened to me when Jeffrey Deitch, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, emailed … Continue reading
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Ali Rafei, Amahl Khouri, Ammar Abo Bakr, Apartheid Wall, Arab artists, Arab graffiti, Arab street artists, Areej Mawasi, Art in the streets, Banksy, Bjork, Cairo, city art, city streets, Deitch, Egypt, EPS, Ganzeer, graffiti scene, Islam Momtaz, JR, Kabreet, Lebanon, Libya, May Odeh, MOCA, MOCA TV, MOCATV, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Nazeer, Os Gemeos, Osama Alfitory, Palestine, PG Crew, Ramallah, spray cans, Tripoli, West Bank
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For the Love of Graffiti: Cairo’s Walls Trace History of Colourful Revolution
This article was originally published in The National on August 18. I’ve republished it here to include some of my favourite images of graffiti over the past 20 months. A street artist once told me: “Graffiti is the one tangible … Continue reading
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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Introducing Suzee Out of The City
The name started as a joke (as did Suzee in the City) but I figured that I should start a travel blog since I travel every time I make enough money to get me out of Cairo – which is … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Alex, Beach, Cairo, Egypt, Mediterranean, North Coast, Sea, Suzee Out of The City, Travel
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AUC and the Port Said Mural – A Personal Plea
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
From Beirut to Cairo: Zinab Chahine Ctrl+Z’s Kitschy-Cute Jewellery
I’m a girl. I like pretty things. I also like pretty shiny things. If they’re funny too, then I’m overjoyed. I may also feel overwhelmed by the countless options to choose from, which is exactly what happened when I met … Continue reading
Posted in Cairo and its hidden treasures
Tagged Abdel Halim Hafez, Beirut, Beirut culture, Cairo, chunky, Ctlr+Z Jewelry, cute, Designs, Fairouz, glue gun, I love Bamia, Jewellery, jewellery in Cairo, kitsch, Nadia Lotfy, Om Kalthom, Samia Gamal, Zafir, Zafir Studio, Zamalek, Zinab Chahine ctrl+z jewelry
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Cool Cairo Art Idea: One Year Project
This really cool tumblr was sent to me by Hashem Kelesh via twitter. One Year Project is an experimental project by three very talented Egyptian artists, Moe Al Hussainy, Islam Shabana, and Hashem Kelesh, where they photograph themselves each day … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Art Ideas and Blogs
Tagged Art, artists, Cairo, Cairo street art, Hashem Kelesh, iPad, Islam Shabana, Moe El Husseiny, One Year Project, young artists Cairo
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Graffiti War – The Street Versus Pepsi
Mobinil’s ‘Win a Cherokee’ Campaign taps into the graffiti trend with its design So a little revolution happened. The streets filled up, people yelled, a tyrant was dethroned and the world media fixated on Egypt’s younger generation, saying nice (though … Continue reading
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Adham Bakry, Affaf Shoeib, Banksy, beautiful graffiti, Billboard, Birell, Cairo, Cairo street art, Cherokee, Chivas, Coca Cola, El Teneen, Estargel, graffiti, Heliopolis, keizer, Mobinil, mural, New Egypt, Pepsi, protest graffiti, revolution, Safwat Sherif, Spray Cans Never Exhausted, stencil, stencils, Street, Vimto, walls, Zamalek, Zook
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