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In this article, Barbara Pollack tells the reader about Ganzeer, an Egyptian artist who was influential in the days of the January 25th revolution. Ganzeer has had the government single him out and labeled him "a recruit of the Muslim Brotherhood." This forced him to move for a long stay in the United States where he continues to work at bringing awareness to Western people and hopes to change the way America supports the Egyptian government.

When the people of Cairo took to Tahrir Square in January 2011 to oust Egypt's longtime ruler, Hosni Mubarak, the streets exploded with murals and graffiti that both mirrored the revolutionary spirit of the movement and propelled it forward. A young graphic designer joined the fray, working under the pseudonym Ganzeer, or "bicycle chain."

When the people of Cairo took to Tahrir Square in January 2011 to oust Egypt's longtime ruler, Hosni Mubarak, the streets exploded with murals and graffiti that both mirrored the revolutionary spirit of the movement and propelled it forward.

His face is on posters, shirts, cupcakes and now campaign banners and billboards across the country. The image of Egypt's next likely president, ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, was iconized well before he declared his candidacy by propagandists, opportunists and supporters soon after he led the military ouster of President Mohammed Morsi last summer amid the nationalist fervor sweeping the country.

During the height of the revolution, many artist began to take the streets of egypt. In this article, it gives the audience a better understand of the processes and thought of each painting.

This article also focuses on the Sad Panda, specifically on one art work where it shows a solider throwing a baby into a fire. The piece garnered a lot of attention. Attached to this article is a video, talk about where the artist got the inspiration from.

04 August 2013 Egyptian street art is everywhere; from the dark underside of 6 th October Bridge to the face of Giza Zoo - and even on the sides of tanks. Since the January 25th Revolution, artists in Cairo have been in inspired form and as a city, Cairo has become a forerunner in Middle-Eastern revolutionary art.

This exhibition at the Printing Museum in Houston, Texas, examines the development and impact of Arabic graffiti over the past decade through 30 contemporary photographs and accompanying didactic panels.

Egyptian security forces briefly detained three artists hanging posters in Cairo today ahead of major protests tomorrow - a "second revolution" in the words of activists, who are impatient with the pace of reform under Egypt's interim military rule. One of most famous street artist that was arrested was Ganzeer

Proposed law would ban 'abusive' graffiti on the streets of the country.

This was an interesting video because it interviewed dozens of artists and groups that are drawing, painting and spray painting graffiti art in Egypt. It gives insight to why these people feel the need to express themselves and why they are drawing what they do.

This paper discusses the opening that the 2011 Egyptian Revolution had on the discussion of women's right. Various platforms such as social media, art performance and graffiti have opened up a small dialog regarding this social issue.

This article discusses the way the revolutionary uprisings from January 25th have shaped the art community. It focuses not just on street art (which is used as an act of defiance), but also on film, literature (mainly non-fiction works, but poetry as well). Lindsey discusses how the uprisings have shaped all of the art forms that "demonstrate a support for the uprising through cultural activism."

This is a fantastic website that was made for the book "Walls of Freedom", which explains and documents graffiti art from the Egyptian revolution. It reveals a preview of the book as well as testimonials from people who have read it.

This is a website that talks in detail about the police brutality that ended in 79 Egyptians losing their lives. Several murals were painted in honor of those lost that expressed how the people were feeling.

This article was basically an interview that talked with suzeeinthecity, a blogger whom I already have talked about in a previous blog. She talks about womens role in the graffiti art revolution and that they do not have a different message than men, but their presence on the street is what is important.

In this Facebook page, the focus is mainly the graffiti during the revolution. This is helpful because not only does it give me more photograph of the art but it shows how the social media was involved.

This particular website goes into great detail about one mural. It depicts a man breaking away from chains, doves' flying to represent peace, blood dripping to represent the people lost in the revolution and the facebook sign to show that social media has been a huge factor in getting together.