The blogger
suzeeinthecity has been documenting graffiti in Cairo ever since the revolution, and I've linked to her a number of times. Now she has
a new post on the graffiti relating to the presidential elections. As usual, it's worth a perusal.
Since, as I've done before, I'm going to reproduce some of her graffiti,
let me also note her notice/complaint to those who have taken without attribution. I've always attributed her as the source and linked to her post, but apparently others have not been so scrupulous. She says bloggers may use her work in exchange for linkbacks, duly provided here, and credit, but print publications need to pay for rights to her photos. I'm both giving credit and adding her copyright here, and urge others to respect her rights as well. A selection follows, but by all means go to her site.
A mural:
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"Forget What is Past ..."
©suzeeinthecity
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"...and Focus on the Elections"
©suzeeinthecity |
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Right to left below: Mubarak, Tantawi, Amr Moussa, Ahmad Shafiq. Caption: He who names a successor never dies."
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| ©suzeeinthecity |
Her comment on the below: "My favourite stencil: Justice has been made into a belly dancer, wearing a military beret and a moustache."
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| ©suzeeinthecity |
The military as puppeteer manipulating the Presidential candidates:
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| ©suzeeinthecity |
After the above was painted over, repainted with the two runoff candidates:
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| ©suzeeinthecity |
Nationalist icon and hero
Saad Zaghloul's last words in 1927 were "Ma fish fayda," "it's no use. Here Saad Pasha is repeating them and giving the finger, which has been painted over:
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| ©suzeeinthecity |
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