• Cairo street art
    Powerful image near the faculty of arts in Zamalek. © John Wreford
    Cairo street art
  • Cairo street art
    Scream Freedom in Tahrir Square. © John Wreford
    Cairo street art
  • Cairo street art
    Wall mural in upscale neighbourhood of Zamalek show’s the breaking of chains and the use of social networking sites in the success of the January 25th revolution. © John Wreford
    Cairo street art
  • Cairo street art
    n appreciative crowd gathers as an old man paints slogans on the streets around Tahrir square. © John Wreford
    Cairo street art
  • Cairo street art
    The caricature is saying “60 years of humiliation” © John Wreford
    Cairo street art
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    Weighing the balance for the revolution. © John Wreford
    Cairo street art
  • Cairo street art
    Mural on the street around Tahrir Square from artists calling for freedom, justice and dignity. © John Wreford
    Cairo street art
  • Cairo street art
    The victory sign painted on a street near Tahrir Square in Downtown Cairo. © John Wreford
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  • Cairo street art
    The bubble reads “we miss you”, an ironic reference to the American made tear gas used in an attempt to suppress the revolution. © John Wreford
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  • Cairo street art
    “The green routes of revolution sprouting from the blood of martyrs”. © John Wreford
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    Stencil portrait of Mubarak wearing a military cap by Kaizer. © John Wreford
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    Posing for photographs in front of a mural celebrating the revolution © John Wreford
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Cairo Street Art

John Wreford
Last updated: October 22, 2011

Damascus-based photojournalist John Wreford gives an account of the street art and graffiti that has flourished throughout Cairo since the beginning of the Egyptian revolution on January 25th 2011.

"At first, it was just slogans calling for the fall of Mubarak's regime scrawled on walls, but then it developed into elaborate murals depicting the victory of the revolution and politically charged creations reflecting a new found freedom of expression," he says.

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