Wondering around the streets of Cairo during these revolutionary times I have found and photographed nearly 100
works of [street] art. It seems the graffiti art trend has spread! New artists copying the style of our Banksy, but in a revolutionary context. I asked my daughter-in-law, who is a strong supporter of the revolution, to translate some of the arabic on them, but didn't have the time to get her to translate them all for me. Like i said, over 100 photos! Here are some of my favourites.
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| A collage of graffiti, with the universal expletive |
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| The patched eye refers to the habit of the police of shooting demonstrators in the eye with their rubber bullets. |
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| Reference to the shooting out of demonstrators eyes |
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| The icon of the revolution, Crescent Moon of Islam and Cross of Christianity |
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| "Know your enemy" A leading officer of the Junta, SCAF, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces |
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| The Lions of Kasr el Nil Bridge |
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| " I want these cartridges and bullets thank you god" |
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| "The revolution of the grand children will bring the glories" |
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| "We are the People of Tahrir" |
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| Alaa abdel Fattah, Imprisoned by the army, the sign says 'No' to the military courts |
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| " we are not forgetting Tahrir" |
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| I think this is the Egyptian girl who posted a nude picture of herself on Facebook |
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| " no to military trails" |
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| Gamal Mubarak |
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| Brigadier General Tantawi, head of SCAF as dracula |
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| Tantawi as a poodle of the Israelis |
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| Football game between SCAF and the Salafi and Muslem Brotherhood teams on who will destroy the Revolution first. |
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| Ministry of Interior men who were shooting at the Demonstrators |
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| The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, SCAF, supported by America in the form of McDonalds |
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| "Ahmed Harara, your silence kills me" He was shot in the eye, went to Paris where they tried, unsuccessfully , to restore his sight. |
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| Self explanatory |
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| Against the one-sided normalisation of relations with Israel |
Excellent then and nows. But might it be possible to add then and now portraits of the photographers?
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