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Cairo Street Art After the Revolution: Zamalek
It’s not that street art never existed in Cairo before January 25th; it’s just that it never breathed this vibrantly before. There’s something raw, quick, witty and unpredictable about street art that...
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Cairo Street Art – Downtown Graffiti
Mickey, Bush & the Bomb by Keizer on Mahmoud Bassiony Street ‘Excuse me,’ he walks up to me as I hesitantly put my camera down, ‘What does this picture mean?’ He points at the Keizer stencil of...
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Graffiti by Egyptian Artist Ganzeer &Lebanese Artist Ali Gets Censored in Beirut
Photo posted courtesy of 29letters.wordpress.com Check out this interesting blogspot by Pascal Zoghbi on the blog 29letters.wordpress about how a collaborative graffiti project by Ganzeer and Lebanese...
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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...
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War on Graffiti – SCAF Vandalists Versus Graffiti Artists
the original mural by Ganzeer and friends, taken on December 2, 2011 Days after the first anniversary of January 25, tensions between anti-regime activists and loyalists to the SCAF have now reached...
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Writing About Graffiti in Cairo- One Year On
‘Thawretna Hatekmal’ Our revolution will be completed by KIM If this post comes across as offensive, arrogant or downright nasty to anyone, I apologise in advance; I literally woke up on the wrong side...
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Egyptian Graffiti Artists Exhibit Around the World
Mural by Ammar Abo Bakr for White Wall Beirut. Photo courtesy of White Wall. The past two years have given good exposure to the Egyptian street art scene. With increasing international media focus on...
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Art in The Streets: Videos on Beirut, Palestine, Tripoli and Cairo for MOCATV
Kabreet and EPS hard at work on a Beirut wall for MOCATV It’s not every day that total amateurs get the chance to make a video for a contemporary art museum, but that’s exactly what happened to me when...
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7orreya: Graffiti Exhibition on Freedom of Expression in Cairo
No matter how seasoned and jaded you are, it’s always a shock to see the ultimate Egyptian symbol of violence and oppression – the police state- on a pair of naked legs or on the back of a dirty,...
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January 25 – The Anniversary: Graffiti
Ismail Mahmoud Street El Gabaleya Street Downtown Cairo: Mahmoud Bassiony Street
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