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Egyptian Graffiti and Gender Politics: An Interview with Soraya Morayef

September 4, 2015 Mona Baker Citizen Media, Egypt, Interviews, Protest Movements, Soraya Morayef, Street Art, Translating Dissent

28 March 2013, africaisacountry.com Mickey Mouse is pulling apart a bomb: inside is the torso of George W. Bush, and they’re both looking perfectly happy about the whole thing. Soraya Morayef is taking a photo of the wall where these figures are painted, on a busy street in downtown Cairo, when a man walks up to her and asks her

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Ganzeer, graffiti, Keizer, Mona Lisa Brigade, Sad Panda, Sit il-banat, Soraya Morayef, Zeft

The Seven Wonders of the Revolution

September 3, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Citizen Media, Egypt, Protest Movements, Soraya Morayef, Street Art, Translating Dissent

By Soraya Morayef Jadaliyya, 22 May 2012 Around the corner from Tahrir Square, the heart of Egypt’s eighteen-day uprising, Mohamed Mahmud Street bears the scars of a turbulent political year in Egypt. The once-bustling street off of Tahrir Square has seen its share of violent battlefields–beginning with 28 January 2011 and ending with the February 2012 clashes following the Port

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Alaa Awad, graffiti, Mona Abaza, Salma El-Tarzi, Soraya Morayef, Zeft