Egypt's authorities seek to wipe out graffiti artists
Egyptian graffiti artists keep a low profile, fearing that they will be arrested both for vandalism and political charges.
Graffiti started covering the walls of Tahrir Square in Cairo and other urban areas in Egypt's governorates during the January 25 Revolution and the period that followed. The murals documented the unfolding events of the revolution and voiced the people’s demands of freedom and democracy.
Today, seven years later, the drawings and slogans are gone. The famous murals that once covered the walls of downtown Cairo, namely the graffiti on Mohammed Mahmoud Street, have been cleaned up. The protests these murals depicted have been wiped out gradually, almost as an attempt to erase the revolution from the people’s memory.
