The dreams, hopes and anger of the Egyptian uprising after 2011 found their most direct and emotional expression through graffiti art, a Swedish journalist based in Cairo told a Duke audience Wednesday.

I hate censorship. But I also love my life. My freedom, and my physical safety. These are the contradictions that any non-commercially minded artist has to carry with them into the boxing ring, if they find themselves wanting to create controversial taboo-busting work in the Arab world.

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.

The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) expressed its concern over a proposed law that would criminalise graffiti. ANHRI said on Wednesday that the law, announced by interim Minister of Local Development Adel Labib, would seek to punish those "writing abusive language on the walls of government and private buildings."

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

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.

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

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.

This gallery provides different images of the revolution graffiti. As you look through the gallery, you notice different themes in each of the photos.

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.

In this article, the Smithsonian presents Egypt's murals more than just art but as a part of the revolution.

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.

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.

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.

In the upscale neighborhood of Zamalek in Cairo, Egypt, a military tank faces off with a man, on a bicycle, carrying bread. This scene is a five-minute taxi ride from Tahrir Square, the primary spot within the city and the country where thousands of protesters are currently fighting against the rule of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF).

In this article, it present different graffiti art in egypt and tunsia. Since my research digital project is on the graffiti art during the revolution, most of my blog post and diigo posts will be emphasis on different pieces of art.

Since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak sent Egypt into turmoil in 2011, Egypt has been home to a street-art movement of unprecedented vitality. A living record of Egypt's mercurial political situation, these murals have once again proliferated in the wake of the recent coup d'état.

Reuters - No sooner had Egyptian authorities painted over a wall of revolutionary graffiti near Tahrir Square this week than the street artists were back with spray cans and a new target: President Mohamed Mursi.

Every inner city area has its fair share of buildings tattooed with layers of colorful graffiti and gang symbols. Given the stigma attached to graffiti, one would not expect to find true art on cracking walls, between trash cans, and on street signs. However, a more advanced form of graffiti-street art-conveys a deeper expression of the artist.