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Pop Goes Graffiti – The Faces of Cairo Street Art

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Suzee in The City

Artist Shank signs his name with a figure that somehow reminds me of Gorillaz pop art. Lately, the graffiti I’ve stumbled upon around Cairo seems to be predominantly faces of  pop icons, political figures and cartoon characters, mostly Western references … Continue reading →

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Graffiti War – The Street Versus Pepsi

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Suzee in The City

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.

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An Afternoon with Sad Panda

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Suzee in The City

We meet under the most peculiar of circumstances.  I’d been in touch with Sad Panda over Twitter about photographing his graffiti in the Cairo area of Masaken Sheraton; yet I, having the mental compass of a duck in the desert, … Continue reading →

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