May 6, 2011 Graffiti celebrating a “victory” of the revolution, specifically the ousting of...

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May 6, 2011

Graffiti celebrating a “victory” of the revolution, specifically the ousting of Hosni Mubarak after eighteen days of protest that began on January 25, 2011.

November 27, 2011

Graffiti that portrays the Egyptian military as “criminals.”

November 28, 2011

Graffiti demanding that the military end its control over the government.

A graffiti artist creating a memorial for an injured demonstrator.December 2, 2011

Graffiti documenting victims of violent clashes in November 2011. More than sixty people lost their eyes. The police were accused of “eye hunting” protestors. December 2, 2011

January 22, 2012Slogans in English are common.

Memorials to “martyrs” of the revolution and other graffiti on Mohamed Mahmoud Street.

April 13, 2012

April 20, 2012

Graffiti artists using a stencil that depicts the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), the Egyptian military, as the devil.

Women’s rights are one of the main themes used in graffiti.

April 27, 2012

“Fear us!!”

A memorial on Mohamed Mahmoud Street dedicated to a victim of police brutality.

April 29, 2012

April 29, 2012

Graffiti on Mohamed Mahmoud Street that incorporates ancient Egyptian motifs.

April 29, 2012

A mural on Mohamed Mahmoud Street.

A mother holds a portrait of her son, considered a “martyr,” who was killed at the Port Said Massacre in February 2012.

May 31, 2012

Graffiti depicting politicians as puppets of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).

June 1, 2012

Graffiti advocating for women’s rights.

August 25, 2012

October 26, 2013

An armed demonstrator next to an armed soldier.