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Is Cairene Graffiti Losing Momentum?

January 27, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Citizen Media, Culture, Egypt, Street Art

By Mona Abaza, 25 January 2015 Clearly Cairene graffiti has lost momentum during this year. Having been the faithful barometer of the revolution over the past three years, graffiti has recently faced transmutations and drawbacks that run parallel with the political process of restoring “order” in the street. The heartbreaking story of the recent death of a cheerful and bright

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Ahmed Douma, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Alain Gresh, Ammar Abu Bakr, April 6 movement, Basma Abdel Aziz, Chahinaz Gheith, Ganzeer, graffiti, Hisham Rizq, Mohamed Mahmoud Street, Mona Abaza, Omar Nagati, Ramy Essam, Sanaa Seif, Shaimaa El Sabagh, Sherief Gaber, street vendors, Yara Sallam

Egypt’s nascent street art movement under pressure

August 28, 2014 Mona Baker Bahia Shehab, Citizen Media, Culture, Egypt, Street Art, Translating Dissent

Graffiti artists face threats of violence, and the potential of jail time and fines under a proposed draft law By Shahira Amin / 22 August, 2014 Before the January 2011 uprising, street art was little known in Egypt. Then came the revolution and with it, an outburst of creativity. With the fall of the authoritarian regime of Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian artists who

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