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- On Codes and Translation: Understanding Alaa Awad
- Ode to Alexandria – Where it all began
- 7orreya: Graffiti Exhibition on Freedom of Expression in Cairo
- Belal Ali Saber: Graffiti by Ammar Abo Bakr and El Zeft
- Street Art and Morsi – Cairo Artists Continue the Fight
- Art in The Streets: Videos on Beirut, Palestine, Tripoli and Cairo for MOCATV
- Graffiti for a Social Cause: Zeft, Nazeer, Nemo and Mona Lisa Brigades
- Women in Graffiti: A Tribute to the Women of Egypt
- Return to Tahrir: Two Years and Graffiti of the Martyrs
- Graffiti in Palestine: Female Street Artist from East Jerusalem and Rockets over Gaza
- Egyptian Graffiti Artists Exhibit Around the World
- The Art of Movement: Another Chapter of Mohamed Mahmoud Graffiti
- For the Love of Graffiti: Cairo’s Walls Trace History of Colourful Revolution
- Beirut Graffiti: Quirky, Colourful Street Art in Lebanon
- Tripoli Graffiti: Revolution Street Art in Libya
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Tag Archives: Downtown Cairo
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
Posted in Street Art Fascination
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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This Is Not Graffiti: Group Exhibition at Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art
If you take graffiti off a street wall and put it inside a confined space, is it still graffiti? Does street art maintain its value when you remove the noise, the faces, and the life of the streets and put … Continue reading
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Tagged Adham Bakry, art exhibition, Cairo Graffiti, Charles Akl, Charles Akl and Amr Gamal, Dokhan, Downtown Cairo, El Teneen, Factory Space, graffiti, Graffiti at Townhouse Gallery, graffiti exhibition, Hany Khaled, Hend Kheera, keizer, Sad Panda, This Is Not Graffiti, Townhouse, Townhouse Downtown, Townhouse Factory Space, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art
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Cairo Street Art – Downtown Graffiti
‘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 the grey wall. Mahmoud Bassiouny Street on a Saturday afternoon is … Continue reading
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Tagged AUC, beautiful graffiti, Cairo, Cairo street art, Downtown Cairo, El Teneen, Ganzeer, graffiti, keizer, Martyr Mural, Mr. X, revolutionary, Saad Zaghloul, Sad Panda, stencils, street art, Xist
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