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- On Codes and Translation: Understanding Alaa Awad
- Ode to Alexandria – Where it all began
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- 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: revolution
The Presidential Elections – Revolutionary Graffiti Continues
Eighteen months on, their names are forgotten. They’ve become numbers, over a thousand people who died bravely and innocently, shot dead, electrocuted, beaten and tortured by police and soldiers who – 18 months later – are either found innocent or … Continue reading
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Alaa Awad, Ammar Abo Bakr, Cairo street art, Egyptian elections, graffiti, Hazem Abo Ismail, Justice, Khaled Said, KIM, Martyrs, Martyrs' Mural, Maspiro, Mohamed El Moshir, Mohamed Mahmoud, Port Said, Presidential candidates, Presidential elections, revolution, Sabbahi, SCAF, Shafiq, tahrir, Zeftawi
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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 photo-shopped image of a protester in Greece dancing with a ballerina.
January 25 – The Anniversary: Graffiti
Posted in Street Art Fascination
Tagged Cairo, Cairo street art, Cairo Street Art Map, censorship, Egypt, Egypt women, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Ganzeer, Islam Raafat, ismail yaseen, Jan25, January 25, keizer, Mad Graffiti Week, Mad Graffiti Weekend, Martyrs Murals Project, mask of freedom, Military, Mohamed Fahmy, Mosheer, Mr. Brainwash, Murals, pulp fiction, revolution, Sad Panda, SCAF, sexual harassment, street art, Tank Versus Bike, women, women graffiti
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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
Posted in Street Art Fascination
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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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 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
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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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