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Tag Archives: protest graffiti
Egyptian Graffiti Artists Exhibit Around the World
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
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Ammar Abo Bakr, Arabic Graffiti, arms expo, art curators, Aya Tarek, Beirut, Egyptian art, ethics, Frankfurt, Ganzeer, graffiti exhibitions, Graffiti School, Hetan, Kareem Gouda, Of the People, protest graffiti, Shank, Shatila, Shepard Fairey, Switzerland, Theaterfestival Basel, Washington DC, White Wall
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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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Protest Graffiti: Solidarity with Syria Spreads from Cairo
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
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Bashar El Assad, Beirut, Cairo, Cairo street art, El Hamra, El Teneen, Gaza, Gaza Walls, Hama, Hitler, King of the Jungle, Lebanon, Malek El Ghaba, Middle East, Palestine, protest, protest graffiti, Riding a tank, Syria, Tank, wheel of productivity
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Protest Graffiti in Tahrir – The Mogamaa
The walls of the Mogamaa are filled with protest graffiti. There’s rarely an empty space left between the large and colourful murals by HK, the witty caricature-like pieces by Hosny and the stencils by El Teneen, Sad Panda and many … Continue reading
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Art, artwork, Bo'loz, Cairo, Cairo street art, Dalida, El Teneen, Fangary, graffiti, Helw Ya Balady, HK, hosny, mogammaa, Murals, peaceful protesters, protest graffiti, Red Beret, Red Sea, revolution, Sad Panda, SCAF, sit-in, tahrir, tent city, thugs, walls
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