In the beginning of the year 2011, Arab and Iranian were
suffering from the government leaded by Hosni Mubarak as they were treated very
badly.
The Ministry of Culture was being very harsh in their
orders. They monitored artists and their work to see if the art that they were
producing fits the idea of “appropriate art” and if in their eyes it was not,
the art pieces were destroyed.Basically they controlled all public expression.
Artists started a revolution for political liberties and
social justice. They reflected their thoughts and emotional sides by Graffiti
all around Cairo and other Egyptian cities. Artists said “We were hopeful that this would be a new beginning, a new
chance.”
Their art reflected the issues of the
government, human expression and their highly ancient Egyptian art
inspirations.
Graffiti art on the walls in Cairo reflects the thoughts of Egyptians
about the unrest in their country. (Mohamed Hossam)
A book called 'Revolution Graffiti Street Art of the New Egypt' was also published by the company
Thames
and Hudson. This book consists the interesting Graffiti art that was produced during the time. It exposed the idea of this revolution which was 'revolution and freedom' , 'Egyptians and proud'
Fluoro, Wed 20 Nov 13, Revolution
Graffiti, http://www.fluorodigital.com/2013/11/revolution-graffiti/,
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Foreign Affairs, Revolution
Graffiti, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/features/collections/gallery-revolution-graffiti,
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Amazone, Revolution Graffiti: Street Art of the New
Egypt, http://www.amazon.com/dp/9774165764/ref=cm_sw_su_dp,
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Goos Hofstee, Wednesday, 19 Mar, 2014, A Canvas to Egypt’s Imagination, http://www.majalla.com/eng/2014/03/article55249091,
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