Graffiti and Street Art Resource Page
Resources Available from the CMES Outreach Center Lending Library
See an Outreach Center Lesson Plan on Egyptian Street Art and the Arab Transformation on our Teaching Resource page.
Websites and Resources
The resources listed here are aggregated from a wide variety of sources and should be employed at the discretion of the user.
Arabic language graffiti and studio artist eL Seed
Egyptian Artist Ganzeer blog and Flickr stream. Ganzeer produced illustrated pamphlets for protestors in Tahrir Square and has been producing post-revolutionary murals of martyrs as well as stencil critiques of military authority.
Tunisia murals by Zoo Project In Pictures. French-Algerian street artist "Zoo Project" creates dynamic cardboard scenes re-creating protests in Tunisia.
The Seven Wonders of the Egyptian Revolution Jadaliyya, March 22, 2012
Art Conquers walls in Cairo Foreign Policy Magazine Monday, March 19, 2012
Foreign Policy Magazine slideshow of Egyptian Protest Art "Art from the graffitists, cineastes, cartoonists, and photographers who are making Egypt's post-revolution phase a bit more colorful." Published August 4, 2011
FromHere toFame "At From Here to Fame Publishing our roots are firmly set in urban culture. Not only do we produce literature about graffiti, street art, design, Hip Hop and the scenes and phenomena that surround it, we live it."
"Bombing Beirut" Graffiti Workshop
Urdu / Farsi and Arabic Graffiti and Urban Culture flickr stream
Middle Eastern Graffiti, Street Art and Public Activism
Tel Aviv Graffiti and Street Art
Newsfeed
Arab protesters put their art on the streets, The Art Newspaper, 30 December 2011
Egypt's Revolutionary Artists' Union Revived in Tahrir Square December 28, 2011
Egypt’s New Rulers Declare War on ... Graffiti November 9, 2011
A Dada depiction of the Middle East in The Daily Star, November 25, 2011
The Art of Revolution in The Atlantic Monthly, May 9 2011 At an art school in Cairo, students explore the Egyptian uprising through a once-banned medium: protest art
For Egypt's Graffiti Artists, Revolution Brings Inspiration and Uncertainty In The Atlantic, October 3, 2011
The Middle East as a Universal Canvas "In the Middle East – and everywhere else in the world – we witness the most unconventional art on display in the streets. Whether it is a construction site, the colorful vegetables and fruits displayed outside the grocery stores or the young boy going from car to car to sell his roses, all of this is part of an ongoing exhibition." In the Lebanon Daily Start, August 13, 2011
As autocratic regimes crumble in the Middle East, satirically expressive graffiti comes out to play. July 28, 2011.
Calligraffiti "Madny Al Bakry transcends the fixed realms of calligraphy, an art form perceived as being traditionalist. Fatema Zehra meets the Omani artist to gain an insight into his inspirations and vision." in Emel, Issue 80 May 2011
Egyptian graffiti artist Ganzeer arrested amid surge in political expression Mohamed Fahmy, who goes by Ganzeer, was one of three artists briefly arrested today on the eve of massive protests. His work is part of a wave of political and revolutionary graffiti on Cairo's streets. In The Christian Science Monitor May 26, 2011
Egypt's Youth Vocal Against Army "Political 'street art' in Egypt has proven to be dangerous, only hours ago Mohammed Fahmy @ganzeer was arrested, apparently in connection with his graffiti work." In Al Jazeera Blog, May 26, 2011
Film and Video
Microphone Movie: Official Website
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