Tag Archives: Beirut

Egyptian Graffiti Artists Exhibit Around the World

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Suzee in The City

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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Beirut Graffiti: Quirky, Colourful Street Art in Lebanon

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Suzee in The City

This is definitely not meant to be a comprehensive post on all the graffiti in Beirut, nor am I going to pretend that I know what I talk about, because milling around the neighbourhood of Hamra for one day should … Continue reading →

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Graffiti by Egyptian Artist Ganzeer &Lebanese Artist Ali Gets Censored in Beirut

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Suzee in The City

Check out this interesting blogspot by Pascal Zoghbi on the blog 29letters.wordpress about how a collaborative graffiti project by Ganzeer and Lebanese graffiti artist Ali was quickly and thoroughly removed by Lebanese police in Beirut. One stencil condemned Lebanese police’s … Continue reading →

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Protest Graffiti: Solidarity with Syria Spreads from Cairo

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Suzee in The City

One of the things that we Egyptians have in common with Syrians is our democratically elected rulers’ penchant for killing their own people – only Syria’s Bashar El Assad has thrown caution (and chummy relations with the morally conscious Western … Continue reading →

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