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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: street art
Graffiti for a Social Cause: Zeft, Nazeer, Nemo and Mona Lisa Brigades
Egyptian graffiti artists are doing more than just painting art on street walls, they’re creating social awareness campaigns against corruption, media brainwashing, poverty and sexual harassment, and also using graffiti to beautify slum areas of Cairo to restore a sense … Continue reading
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged anti-revolution graffiti, Ard El Lewa, awareness campaigns, bike versus tank, blog, Cairo Graffiti, Coloring thru corruption, Coloringthrucorruption, corruption, educate, EIPR, faces, Iman Salama, kids, Mansoura, Maspiro, men, Mona Lisa Brigades, Nazeer, neighbourhood, Nemo, Op-AntiSH, politics, poverty, protest, sexual harassment, slum, social awareness, street art, street kids, Zamalek, Zeft
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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
Posted in Street Art Fascination
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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Street Art on Mohamed Mahmoud – Photos
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
In the Midst of Madness: Graffiti of the Ultras on Mohamed Mahmoud Street
In the midst of the madness of the night of February 2nd, where thousands of protesters ran through the crowded street of Mohamed Mahmoud amidst the insufferable tear gas fumes filling the air and ominous sounds of gunshots echoing in … Continue reading
Conversation with Ganzeer: the Tank, Buddha and Mad Graffiti Week
If you Google search Cairo Street Art, Ganzeer’s name is your top result. Countless interviews and features on the artist follow. As arguably the most recognized name on Cairo’s art scene today, it’s no surprise that Ganzeer is the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Cairo street art, Cairo Street Art Map, Egypt, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Ganzeer, Islam Raafat, ismail yaseen, keizer, Mad Graffiti Week, Mad Graffiti Weekend, Martyrs Murals Project, mask of freedom, Mohamed Fahmy, Mr. Brainwash, Murals, pulp fiction, revolution, Sad Panda, SCAF, street art, Tank Versus Bike
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