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- 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
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Tag Archives: mural
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
Tripoli Graffiti: Revolution Street Art in Libya
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to visit Tripoli during Libya’s first democratic National Congress elections in 40 years since the downfall of the Gadafi regime.
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Feb17, February 17, fulool, Gadafi, Libya, mural, Omar Al Mokhtar, revolutionary graffiti, street art in Tripoli, streetart, Tripoli
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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
Graffiti War – The Street Versus Pepsi
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 patronizing) things about us for once.
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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