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Alaa Awad - 0 views

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    Alaa Awad is a prominent Egyptian street artist who has focused and specialized on women and the Port Said massacre. He was one of the collaborating artists on the famous mural on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, which depicts beautiful, unclothed, ancient women climbing a ladder that represents the revolution.
agomez117

Egypt's powerful street art packs a punch - 2 views

  • best examples
  • street art movement that has flourished since the protests against Mubarak began.
  • artists were forged in the fire
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  • 8-day demonstrations against Mubarak in early 2011
  • mural
  • talk about the walls of Egypt being under an ‘art attack’.”
  • mural of a large tank aiming its cannon at a boy on a bicycle
  • painting slogans and murals
  • esponse to events
  • panda bear
  • ongoing mayhem
  • pacifist rebuke to the violence
  • engulfed Egypt since 2011.
  • integrated part
  • struggle for freedom.
  • . I must make people remember this culture, this history – because we can lose it. And we can’t know our future if we forget our past.”
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      This is a crucial line to this article and to the artists main objective. By saying this, Awad is stating that he thinks the people of Egypt have begun to forget who they are in light of revolution and in change and wants to help them recall who they are.
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    This article from BBC showcases how Egyptian street art is a new voice among Egyptian protestors. In response to events, artists have filled the walls with murals and slogans in response to events such as the Maspero Massacre in 2011. Some of the reoccurring images are of a tank aiming its cannon at a boy on a bicycle carrying bread on his head as well as a melancholy panda. Other artists have integrated some of Egypt's history in their murals showcasing Egyptian pride amongst the rebellion.
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    More than two years after protesters toppled Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is still ablaze with fiery visual reminders of Egypt's revolution. On the edge of Tahrir Square - the nerve centre of dissent - the burned-out tower block that once housed the headquarters of Mubarak's National Democratic Party stands blackened and empty.
cramos8

Documents purport to show ISIS leader's high school grades - 0 views

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    The head of ISIS wasn't the best English student, according to documents posted Wednesday by the German broadcaster ARD. He was better at math and geography. One of the documents appears to be a high school report card for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim.
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