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Just so you know, "&lt;a href="http://vatrina.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Face the Vitrine&lt;/a&gt;" will be taking some time off from 3-6 of May. I could use a little breather.&lt;/div&gt;
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On April 22nd, Yasmin Elayat and I launched "Face the Vitrine", an interactive public art installation in downtown Cairo. This is actually the launch of a six-month-long project (The "Vatrina" Project) that takes place in an abandoned storefront provided by Ismailia Real Estate Company and is made possible &amp;nbsp;with the support of a grant provided by the &lt;a href="http://arabculturefund.org/home/index.php" target="_blank"&gt;Arab Fund for Art and Culture (AFAC)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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"Face the Vitrine" launched as part of &lt;a href="http://d-caf.org/" target="_blank"&gt;D-CAF&lt;/a&gt;'s visual art program, but will continue to be on display until May 22nd, after which the second installation will start.&lt;br /&gt;
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A dedicated Tumblr has been set up to keep track of the project and can be seen &lt;a href="http://vatrina.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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For a little glimpse of the project, check out this video shot by &lt;a href="http://rowanelshimi.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Rowan El Shimi&lt;/a&gt; for Ahram Online:&lt;br /&gt;
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From April 3rd to April 6th, I collaborated with French street-artist &lt;a href="http://sowat1.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Sowat&lt;/a&gt; on a little something something for the Anna Lindh Forum in Marseilles, France.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here's a little video of our collaboration put together by &lt;a href="http://www.jeremywyler.fr/" target="_blank"&gt;Jeremy Wyler&lt;/a&gt; using photographs by &lt;a href="http://www.jdelsur.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Jean de Pena&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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Join the crew behind &lt;a href="http://www.worldwar3illustrated.org/" target="_blank"&gt;WW3 Illustrated&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a href="http://silentbarn.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Silent Barn&lt;/a&gt; in Brooklyn, NY to celebrate the &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/507371189303080/?ref=22" target="_blank"&gt;release of their 44th issue&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on March 7th, 7:00 PM EST!&lt;br /&gt;
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The issue, which focuses on the topic of "Being the Other," features the work of Sandy Jimenez, Sabrina Jones, Joel Schechter, Hilary Allison, Jesse Staniforth, Dan Buller, Celement de Gaulejac, Leila Abdul Razzaq, Tom Keough, Carlo Quispe, Peter Kuper, Pat Perry, Seth Tobocman, Crystal Clarity, Barrack Rima, and myself.&lt;br /&gt;
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For a little preview of the issue, see this &lt;a href="http://www.worldwar3illustrated.org/i/ww3-44-preview.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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For the release party, it looks like the folks at WW3 Illustrated are planning an eventful evening full of live readings, performances, and interviews. The program looks a little something like this:&lt;br /&gt;
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7:00 PM - START - Mingle and browse - 30 minutes&lt;/div&gt;
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7:30&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzeer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;Ganzeer&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- (interview via video conference) 20 minutes&lt;/div&gt;
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7:42&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.sabrinaland.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;Sabrina Jones&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- "Kemba Smith" - 5-10 minutes&lt;/div&gt;
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7:52&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Jimenez" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;Sandy Jimenez&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- "Single Lens Reflex" - 15 minutes&lt;/div&gt;
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8:20 BREAK - Mingle and browse - 20 minutes&lt;/div&gt;
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8:40&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kuper" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;Peter Kuper&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- "One Rainy Night" - 15 minutes&lt;/div&gt;
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8:55&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Tobocman" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;Seth Tobocman&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- "One City" and "You Don't Have to Fuck People Over to Survive"&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp; w/&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Bookseller-Improvise-Indie-Chains/dp/0975276344" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;Andy Laties&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on saxaphone and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.occupymusicians.com/by-eric-blitz/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;Eric Blitz&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on drums - 20 minutes&lt;/div&gt;
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9:15 - END OF SHOW - Mingle and browse - 45 minutes&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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"Once Upon a Time, an Egyptian Cat Was Put to Work" is the title of my latest piece, created as a contribution to the &lt;a href="http://nilesunsetannex.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Nile Sunset Annex&lt;/a&gt;'s show "&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.301468189979944.1073741825.268078376652259&amp;amp;type=1" target="_blank"&gt;What Are You Doing, Drawing&lt;/a&gt;?", which includes work by Mohammed Abdallah, Hady Anoukamar, Adham Bakry, Khaled Fahmy, Shayma Kamel, Betty Khoury, Ahmed Nagy, Sarah Rifky, Hanaa Safwat, Ahmed Shawky, Take to the Sea, James Wright, and Ayman.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nile Sunset Annex is an art space in the Garden City district of Cairo started and managed by Hady Aboukamar, Taha Bilal, and Jennifer Evans in the comfort of my own apartment. It's quite nice. Here are some pictures from the opening night, February 23rd:&lt;/div&gt;
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Here are some pictures I got from the work I showed at &lt;a href="http://apexart.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Apexart&lt;/a&gt; in NYC, in the show "&lt;a href="http://apexart.org/exhibitions/elkhalidi.php" target="_blank"&gt;Open Sesame" curated by Ola El-Khalidi&lt;/a&gt;. The work was created in response to material gathered by Ola relating to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the August of 1990.&lt;/div&gt;
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"Open Sesame" also featured works by Jeanno Gaussi, Rheim Alkadhi, and Makan Collective. More information available &lt;a href="http://apexart.org/exhibitions/elkhalidi.php" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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The following "portrait", written by Lorenz Pfrunder, was written about a year ago for Swedesh &lt;a href="http://www.nzzfolio.ch/" target="_blank"&gt;NZZ Folio&lt;/a&gt;. It's amazing to think a whole year has passed since then.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Ganzeer, 29, Künstler, Kairo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Der Rummel um Ganzeer begann mit den gigantischen Wandbildern, die er nach dem Sturz Mubaraks malte: ein Radfahrer, der auf seinem Kopf einen Korb voller Brot trägt und dem sich ein Panzer in den Weg stellt; riesengrosse Portraits der Märtyrer der Revolution. Ganzeers Maske der Freiheit wurde zur Ikone: Auf einem grellgelben Hintergrund sieht man den Torso eines nackten Mannes, der eine Maske aus Lederriemen trägt. Sie verschliesst ihm die Augen und verstopft ihm den Mund. An der Maske sind zwei winzige Flügel befestigt. Dazu steht im Stil eines Werbeplakats: «Neu: Die Maske der Freiheit. Ein Gruss vom Hohen Rat der Armee an die geliebten Söhne der Heimat. Jetzt erhältlich, für unbeschränkte Zeit.» Ganzeer beklebte damit die Stadt. Ein Passant fühlte sich provoziert, ein Verkehrspolizist rief die Militärpolizei, die ihn verhaftete.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Doch Ganzeer kam frei, ohne dass gegen ihn Anklage erhoben wurde. Dies habe sicher mit dem Druck zu tun, der auf das Militär ausgeübt worden sei, sagt Ganzeer. Über Facebook starteten seine Freunde eine Kampagne, bald hatten Tausende den gelben Sticker als ihr Profilbild eingestellt. Menschenrechtsgruppen, das Fernsehen und die Internetmedien berichteten darüber. Massgeblich zu seiner Freilassung beigetragen hätten aber auch «ein paar Telefonanrufe bei Leuten ganz oben im Militär». Andere hatten weniger Glück. Seit Beginn der Revolution wurden über 12 000 Zivilpersonen von Militärgerichten zu oft hohen Gefängnisstrafen verurteilt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Wenn die Welt hoffnungsvoll von der «arabischen Jugend» spricht, meint sie Leute wie Ganzeer. Er ist einer der aufsehenerregendsten zeitgenössischen Künstler Ägyptens, und er macht sich seit Jahren Gedanken über die Missstände im Land. «Wir erkennen gerade, dass wir unter einer kapitalistischen Diktatur leben», sagt er. «Die Zwänge der kapitalistischen Logik lassen keinen Spielraum für individuelle Beteiligung.» Der junge Mann, der seinen bürgerlichen Namen für sich behalten will, denkt global, seine Hoffnung liegt im Internet, in der internationalen Vernetzung lokaler Gruppen. «Wir müssen uns auch im realen Leben in kleinen, gut vernetzten Gruppen organisieren. Wir können ein komplett neues System schaffen.» So spricht der 29jährige stundenlang.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Seine Theorien sind eine Mischung aus Marxismus und Science-Fiction. Er glaubt, unter der politischen Revolution Ägyptens sei eine viel bedeutendere gesellschaftliche Umwälzung im Gang. Es gehe um soziale Gerechtigkeit, die Emanzipation von Tradition und Familie, das Recht auf Mitsprache, ein neues Wirtschaftssystem. Ganzeer klagt die Generation seiner Eltern an: «Sie haben uns alle zu Autoritätshörigkeit und Apathie erziehen wollen. Insofern ist unsere Revolte ähnlich motiviert wie die westliche 68er Bewegung.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Ganzeers Studio liegt im dritten Stock eines Gebäudes aus den 1920ern. Hier wohnt und arbeitet er zusammen mit einem Künstlerkollegen. Gedämpftes Licht sorgt für eine angenehme Stimmung, ein Elektroofen wärmt die Winterluft. Bilder sind gegen die Wände gelehnt. Im Regal stehen viele Comics, einige Bücher über Kunst und politische Theorien. Ganzeer trägt Wollsocken, stellt einen Plasticbecher mit Wasser auf den Tisch, man fühlt sich willkommen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Ganzeer will kein Street-Artist sein, er wehrt sich auch gegen die Etiketten Grafiker, Illustrator, Künstler. «I just like to do stuff», sagt er in perfektem Englisch. Seit seine Graffiti berühmt geworden sind, hat er sogar aufgehört zu malen, weil er nicht in diese Schublade gesteckt werden will. Ausserdem sei er ohnehin pleite, Hunderte von Spraydosen könne er sich nicht mehr leisten. Auf einer weissen Wandtafel hat er mit Filzstift notiert, wem er Geld schuldet. 8700 Pfund (1370 Franken) sind es insgesamt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Daneben stehen weitere Listen: Wen er anrufen, was er im Haushalt erledigen, was er für sein Onlinemagazin «Rolling Bulb» noch fertig machen muss. Auf dem Arbeitstisch liegen die Skizzen für einen Comicstrip, den er gerade für eine polnische Publikation zeichnet. Daneben arbeitet er an einem Filmplakat. Er hat Möbel entworfen und im Auftrag von Google eine arabische Schrift gestaltet. «Viel lieber würde ich mein eigenes Zeug machen, aber ich versuche gerade, irgendwie durchzukommen.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Eine Diktatur der Militärjunta ist für Ganzeer die grösste Bedrohung für Ägypten. «Das Militär hat über Jahrzehnte die Gesellschaft infiltriert.» Es habe sich als Staatshüter aufgespielt, dabei sei es eine Partei mit einer politischen Agenda, wirtschaftlichen Interessen und unglaublich vielen Anhängern. Die Wahlen seien bloss ein Ablenkungsmanöver des Militärs, die Generäle hätten gewusst, dass Muslimbrüder und Salafisten gewinnen würden, und hätten sich mit ihnen arrangiert. Vor den Islamisten hat Ganzeer keine Angst. «Das sind Geschäftsleute, Mittelschicht und Mittelmass.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Ab und zu geht Ganzeer noch auf den Tahrir. «Der Platz ist wichtig, aber ich wusste von Anfang an, dass mein Beitrag zur Revolution anderswo stattfinden muss. Ich fühle mich immer ein bisschen als Beobachter, wenn ich dort bin.» Wenn er dennoch hingeht, tut er verwirrende Dinge. Er stellt Urnen auf und verteilt Fragebogen, in denen Demonstranten nach ihren politischen Wünschen befragt werden. Ein echter Versuch von Basisdemokratie oder eine Persiflage auf die vom Militär inszenierten Wahlen? Vielleicht beides.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Auch nach dem Sturz von Mubarak bleibt Ganzeers Lebensstil vielen Ägyptern suspekt. Er lebt in einer WG, kurvt mit dem Fahrrad in der Stadt herum, trägt im Sommer kurze Hosen. Seine Freundin ist Deutschsyrerin, und manchmal geben sie sich auch in der Öffentlichkeit einen Kuss. «Viele halten mich für einen Ausländer», sagt Ganzeer. «Genau deshalb muss ich hierbleiben. Ich arbeite dafür, dass es normaler wird, anders zu sein.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Read more portraits &lt;a href="http://www.nzzfolio.ch/www/21b625ad-36bc-48ea-b615-1c30cd0b472d/showarticle/6d9983c5-5cf3-469e-bd69-c08728f1789f.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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"In the evening of August 2, 1990, a family of four, vacationing in Greece was driving through the mountains on the Island of Crete. Someone turned on the radio and announced, 'the lands of Kuwait are invaded. The father slapped himself and shouting incoherently turned the car around and went back to the hotel. He asked the hotel owner for a radio, started making phone calls and soon thereafter the family flew back to Athens and from there to Jordan. Kuwait was no longer their home.&lt;br /&gt;
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"The participating artists in Open Sesame in 1990 as a starting point. Using..." - &lt;a href="http://www.apexart.org/exhibitions/elkhalidi.php" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Exhibition from January 17 to March 2, 2013&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Opening Reception:&lt;/b&gt; Wednesday, January 16 - From 6:00 to 800 pm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Where:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.apexart.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Apexart&lt;/a&gt;, 291 Church St, NYC&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Featuring work by:&lt;/b&gt; Ganzeer, Jeanno Gaussi, Rheim Alkadhi, Makan Collective (Diala Khasawnih &amp;amp; Samah Hijawi)&lt;br /&gt;
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All Apexart events are free and open to the public.&lt;/div&gt;
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At a public lecture at the University of East London, Professor Charles Tripp gave a fantastic presentation that argues that 2011 was not "year zero for Arab creativity."&lt;br /&gt;
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Mural created in November 2012 in Mechelen, Belgium for &lt;a href="http://www.newtopia.be/en/" target="_blank"&gt;Newtopia: The State of Human Rights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;photo by &lt;a href="http://patrickhattori.be/" target="_blank"&gt;Patrick Hattori&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;photo by &lt;a href="http://patrickhattori.be/" target="_blank"&gt;Patrick Hattori&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;photo by &lt;a href="http://kristofvrancken.zenfolio.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Kristof Vrancke&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://kristofvrancken.zenfolio.com/" target="_blank"&gt;n&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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On October 27, I received this tweet by someone calling himself &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ibn_salama" target="_blank"&gt;@Ibn_Salama&lt;/a&gt; on Twitter: "&lt;a href="http://t.co/5bMCwsov" target="_blank"&gt;An Essay on Ganzeer (@Ganzeer) and Spreading Immorality Among Believers.&lt;/a&gt;" The link lead to an article by &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ibn_salama" target="_blank"&gt;Ibn Salama&lt;/a&gt; criticizing my art exhibition "&lt;a href="http://widget3.linkwithin.com/redirect?url=http%3A//ganzeer.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-virus-is-spreading-opening-night.html&amp;amp;vars=%5B%22http%3A//ganzeer.blogspot.de/%22%2C%20135965%2C%203%2C%20%22http%3A//ganzeer.blogspot.com/2012/11/close-ups-virus-is-spreading.html%22%2C%20268789975%2C%200%2C%20268790003%5D&amp;amp;ts=1354038937047" target="_blank"&gt;The Virus is Spreading&lt;/a&gt;" from the viewpoint of a fanatical religious extremist. I replied to the article in this blogpost in Arabic, which was later picked up and &lt;a href="http://muftah.org/freedom-of-expression-under-threat-in-north-africa-an-open-letter-from-ganzeer/#.UK9-YU9jdik.twitter" target="_blank"&gt;translated by Amanda Rogers&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href="http://muftah.org/"&gt;Muftah.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Check it out: &lt;a href="http://muftah.org/freedom-of-expression-under-threat-in-north-africa-an-open-letter-from-ganzeer/#.UK9-YU9jdik.twitter" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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في يوم ٢٧ أكتوبر فوجئت بـ"تغريدة" من شخص يدعى "إبن سلامة" على الموقع الإجتماعي تويتر يقول فيها:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: #cccccc;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;"&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28px;"&gt;مقال عن جنزير&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/ganzeer" style="color: #003cd4; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;s style="color: #668ae5; text-decoration: none;"&gt;@&lt;/s&gt;&lt;b style="color: inherit;"&gt;Ganzeer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;وإشاعة الفاحشة في الذين آمنوا&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://aboutsalama.blogspot.com/2012/10/ganzeer-art.html" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/5bMCwsov" style="color: #003cd4; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://aboutsalama.blogspot.com/2012/10/ganzeer-art.html"&gt;&lt;span class="invisible" style="color: #003cd4; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; text-decoration: none;"&gt;http://&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="js-display-url" style="color: #003cd4; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;aboutsalama.blogspot.com/2012/10/ganzee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="invisible" style="color: #003cd4; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; text-decoration: none;"&gt;r-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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إندهشت من لغة هذه التغريدة. ولكني حقا صدمت عندما قرأت مقال الأستاذ سلامة، فلم يقابلني في حياتي هذا الكم من الغل. وخصوصا نوع فريد من الغل، منبعث تماما من عقلية في منتهى الجهل مشحونة من نفسية في منتهى المرض.&lt;/div&gt;
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هيا بنا نقوم بتحليل مقال الإستاذ سلامة، الذي يقوم من خلاله بنقد معرضي الفني "الفيروس ينتشر" (١ أكتوبر - ١ نوفمبر ٢٠١٢) :&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: #cccccc;"&gt;"&lt;span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 25px;"&gt;لو كنا في دولة تحترم شرع خالقها لما تجرأ أمثال (جنزير Ganzeer) "فنان الشوارع والجرافيتي" أن يعرض أعماله "الفنية" الإباحية دون خوف عقاب أو توبيخ!.. لكن المأساة هي أننا في دولة يخشى مثقفوها من الشريعة وأحكام الإسلام، ويودون لو طمسوها من عقل كل مواطن مصري حتى يستريحوا."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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حقا عجيب أن يرى إبن سلامة أن أي عمل فني لا يلائم وجهة نظره هو بمثابة عمل لا يستحق الوجود، ويجب صناعها ملاقاة العقاب والتوبيخ من الدولة. هنا يتهم إبن سلامة أي فنان مصري يقوم بعمل "غير إسلامي" بأنه شخص يود أن يطمس الإسلام من عقل كل مصري! من الواضح أن إبن سلامة غير مدرك أن تصريحاته هذه أكبر دليل على أنه هو وأمثاله هم من يودون طمس كل ماهو غير إسلامي من عقل كل مصري!&lt;/div&gt;
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أو، ربما يكون مدركاً وفخور برغباته هذه. ولكن قوللي ياإستاذ سلامة: كيف يفرقك هذا النوع من التفكير عن المتذمتين بالغرب الذين يودون طمس الإسلام من أوروبا وغيرها؟ كيف بنا أن ندافع عن حق المسلمين بالغرب إن لم ندافع نحن عن حق غير المسلمين بالشرق؟&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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ألا ترى أن هذا نوع من الإزدواجية الظالمة في التفكير؟ عليك أن تتقبل ياإبن سلامة، أنت وأمثالك، أن مصر بطبيعتها وتاريخ شعبها، بلد تحتمل العديد من الديانات والتيارات. ليس من السليم أن تخاف من أي فكر لا ينطبق مع فكرك، إلا إذا نادى بوضع القيود على ممارساتك الشخصية. وهذا ياأستاذ سلامة ماتفعله أنت شخصيا: تنادي بوضع القيود على الفنانين، بل وعقابهم على فنهم.&lt;/div&gt;
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أترك ياأخي الفنانين يرسمون ما بدهم. لا أحد يغصبك على أن تزور معارضهم. وإصنع ياأخي معارضك الفنية بالتيمات التي تراها مناسبة. لن يمنعك أحد، ولن يفرض عليك شخص أن ترسم شيء لاترغب في رسمه!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 25px;"&gt;لا أعلم من أعطاك حق الكلام بالنيابة عن "كل مسلم" ياأستاذ سلامة، ولكني على دراية أنك خاطيء، فقد زار معرضي، بالطبع، العديد من المنتميين إلى الدين الإسلامي ولم يشعروا بأي ضيق من معرضي هذا. بل بالعكس، أعجبوا به جدا. ولا أعلم كيف قررت أنني أهنت شعائر ومقدسات الإسلام؟&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 25px;"&gt;الخطأ الكبير الذي تفعله هو أنك تتكلم دائما بالنيابة عن غيرك، ولا تتكلم بالنيابة عن نفسك فقط. وتظن أن أرائك الشخصية يجب أن تعمم على مستوى الدولة!! أما أمرك عجيب ياأخي.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc; font-size: medium;"&gt;"هل الفن يعني أن يرسم هذا (الجنزير الصدئ) لوحة لامرأة مسلمة محجبة في نصفها العلوي ومكشوفة الفرج والساقين في النصف السفلي؟.. لن أقول أين الإسلام، بل أين الذوق والأدب وأبسط مبادئ الحياء؟&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc; font-size: medium;"&gt;"ما الاختلاف إذن بين تعدي الفرنسيين على المسلمات في الطرقات وتعدي مدعي الثورية والفن على المسلمات المصريات؟&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc; font-size: medium;"&gt;"هل يكره هؤلاء الليبراليون أن شعب مصر عاد لدين ربه فيريدون أن يجعلوه فاسقا فاسدا شهوانيا وإباحيا مثلهم؟!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc; font-size: medium;"&gt;"إنهم - والله - ممن يحبون أن تشيع الفاحشة في الذين آمنوا، وكأن الحساسية تصيبهم كلما شاهدوا سيدة محتشمة أو شاب ملتح!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 25px;"&gt;وهنا تقع في فخ نقص المنطق ياإبن سلامة. كيف تشبهني بالفرنسيين الذين يعتدوا على حرية المسلمات في أوروبا، في حين أنت بمقالتك هذه، أنت الذي تتعدى على حرية ماتراه أنت غير إسلامي؟&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 25px;"&gt;سريعا وضعتني في قائمة "الليبراليون" وسريعا صورت هؤلاء الليبراليون في صورة محاربين الإسلام والتقوى. ياواد يامسلم، هل سمعت أبدا عن ليبرالي مصري يمنع مسلم من الصلاة؟ عمرك سمعت عن ليبرالية تهاجم مسلمة بمترو الأنفاق؟ هل حدث أبدا أن مجموعة من الليبراليون قد منعوا بناء مسجد؟ هل إنتقد أبدا شخص ليبرالي معرض فني ذو طابع إسلامي - بل وطالب بعقاب القائمين على المعرض؟ من أين يامسلم تأتي بكل هذا الظلم والشر؟ لا أحد يمنعك من ممارسة حياتك بالشكل الإسلامي الذي تراه، ولا يجوز أبدا أن تمنع أنت أحد من أن يعيش حسب معتقداته ومفاهيمه الشخصية. وخصوصا إن كنت ترى أن للمسلمين بالغرب حق ممارسة حياتهم بشكل إسلامي.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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قلوب مريضة؟ إخوان شياطين؟ وتريد معاقبتي كمان؟ لك أن تعلم أن هذا بلغة القانون ما يسمي بالتحريض على العنف. وبناءاً على مقالتك فقط أستطيع أن أقدم فيك بلاغا يؤدي بك في السجن لامحالة. فقضايا التحريض على العنف ليست هينة. مقالتك ياإبن سلامة تحتوي على لغة إرهابية في غاية الحدة، ولكن لأننا ولاد بلد سأفعل معك السليمة وسأطلب من الله تعالى أن يسامحك ويهدي قلبك الموبوء.&lt;/div&gt;
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من المذهل أنك لاتري الحياة! من المذهل أنك لا تستطيع رؤية جمال خروج الجنين من فرج المرأة! من المذهل أنك تصمم على رؤية فرج المرأة كشيء أبيح بدلاً من أن تراه مصدراً جميلاً من مصادر الحياة! ترى من فينا صاحب القلب المريض؟&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"&gt;ومن الواضح أنك تتفق مع هذه الرؤية؟ بأن الحياة عيب؟ ولا نقول حرام أحسن؟&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc; font-size: medium;"&gt;"ويظهر هنا أيضا رسم يصور الشيخ ياسر برهامي لكن مع لوحة تقول أن اللحية لا تساوي الإسلام."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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ثاني مرة، لا أعلم من هذا البرهامي، ولكن هذه اللوحة لرجل إلتقيت به في إحدى المظاهرات، وأعجبت جدا بشخصيته الرزينة وحكمته الفائقة. أدركت أنه مسلم حقيقي حينما عبرلي عن وجهة نظره بأن اللحية بكل تأكيد لا تساوي القرآن أو الإسلام وليس دليلا بأي شكل من الأشكال على درجة إيمان الرجل. فأعجبني هذا الكلام وخصوصا أن هذا الرجل هو نفسه كان ملتحي، فقررت أن أصنع له هذه الرسمة وهو معه لوحة تقول أن "اللحية لا تساوي القرآن الكريم".&lt;/div&gt;
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ولكن الظاهر كده إنك غير متفق مع كلامه وترى أن اللحية تساوي الإسلام مثلا؟&lt;/div&gt;
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مظبوط. أكيد كلمة "للأمام" غير جديرة لوصف شخص يفكر مثله. ولكن هذا عموما رأيي ورأي من شاركوني المعرض. لك حرية عمل معرض تعبر فيها عن أرائك المختلفة تجاه هذا الرجل.&lt;/div&gt;
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هذه ليست "نجمة إسرائيل" كما تزعم، ياإبن سلامة. هو رمز يدعى "نجمة داوود"، وهو رمز إتخذه اليهود أجمعين تعبيرا عن ديانتهم ووجد لقرون عديدة قبل ظهور دولة إسرائيل على وجه الأرض. يصبح الرمز "نجمة إسرائيل" فقط عندما يظهر باللون الأزرق على خلفية بيضاء.&lt;span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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أمرك غريب ياأخي! فلا يعجبك أن أرسم ماتراه غير إسلامي ولايعجبك أن أرسم ماتراه إسلامي؟ وإن كنت ترى أن وجود ما هو إسلامي وسط ماهو غير إسلامي هو بمثابة إستهانة وإزدراء بالإسلام، فلم تدافع عن حق تواجد المسلمين وسط العلمانيين الأوروبيين؟&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc; font-size: medium;"&gt;"لكن الطامة الكبرى كانت "عملا فنيا" يصور فتاة مسلمة محجبة تدعو الله وهي عارية أن يرزقها زوجا يجامعها!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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ما هذا الكم من الإندهاش؟ هل هو عجيب أن تتمنى فتاة مسلمة، عارية كانت أم مستورة، زوجا يجامعها بشكل يكفي حاجاتها الجنسية؟ هل تعتقد أنه شيء بعيد عن الواقع؟ بل بعيد عن واقع فتيات بلدك؟&lt;/div&gt;
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إذن أنت مغيب ياأستاذ سلامة. ومع إحترامي لتحليلك لسبب إستخدامي إسلوب الكتابة هذا، فدعني أعرض عليك السبب الحقيقي، وهو سبب فني/فلسفي بحت: لقد أردت أن أضع المشاهد في موقف يجبره على التفحص والتدقيق لحل هذا اللغز، لأن هذه المشكلة التي يعاني منها الكثير من فتيات مصر أمر يحتاج إلى نوع من التدقيق لفهمه، وهو ليس بالأمر الهين.&lt;/div&gt;
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ولكن &amp;nbsp;حتى لو كان الأمر حقا مرتبط بهذا النوع من "تجنب ردود أفعال الناس"، لماذا يضايقك هذا؟ في أول مقالتك إتهمتني بالوقاحة وقلة الأدب وإنعدام الحياء. قوللي ياسلامة، أليس الحياء هو تجنب الوتر الحساس لدى المجتمع؟&lt;/div&gt;
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يعني إنت لا الصراحة العارمة عجباك ولا الألغاز عجباك! هل سمعت عن مرض نفسي يدعى الشيزوفرينيا؟&lt;/div&gt;
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إليك بعض المعلومات الهامة: "الإخوان المسلمون" هو في الواقع حزب يرأسه العديد من رجال الأعمال الإنتهازيين الذين يقومون بأعمالهم من خلف ستار ديني، ولا يهمهم إلا مصالحهم المادية. يعني بإختصار كده.. هم أقرب لكفار قريش (الذين تاجروا بإسم الدين) عن مؤيدي محمد -عليه الصلاة والسلام- فلا تنتظر منهم نصرة دينك. أما قضايا إزدراء الأديان، فأعلم أنها تنطبق فقط في حالة الإهانة المباشرة للديانة، ولا تنطبق علي صنع شيء غير متماشي مع تعاليم الديانة في العموم. بمعني: لو رسمت فتاة نصف عارية ونصف مستورة، فهذا ليس له علاقة بالدين. أما إذا رسمت الرسول -عليه الصلاة والسلام- في هيئة إرهابي، فهذا يعتبر إزدراء بالأديان. أفهمت؟&lt;/div&gt;
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من الملاحظات المثيرة التي شدت إنتباهي في الفترة الأخيرة أن الأغلبية العارمة من المتأسلمين، ومعظمهم منتميين إلى التيارات السلفية، عندهم نوع من أنواع "الرادار" الذي لا يستطيع أن يلتقط إلا من يعيشون على غير هوى المتأسلمين بشكل سلمي وفي حالهم تماما. بل، ونقد هؤلاء ومحاولة التدخل في أبسط أمورهم الشخصية.&lt;br /&gt;
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أما المشاكل الحقيقية في بلادنا مما يتعلق بالفساد السياسي والإقتصادي، بما يتعلق بمشاكل التخطيط، والمواصلات العامة، والمخالفات المعمارية، بإنهيار الزراعة، والفشل الذريع في إدارة شئون البلاد - كل هذه المشاكل الحقيقية والملموسة في بلادنا، والتي تحتاج إلى حلول جذرية من نوع إبتكاري.. فأصدقائنا المتأسلمين والسلفيين ينقصهم القدرة على رؤية كل هذا بسبب فيضان من الأمراض الشهوانية النفسية التي إجتاحت قلوبهم وسيطرت على عقولهم.&lt;/div&gt;
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Contributing individual perspectives, the participants in this discussion reflect on the ways in which visual languages have influenced the public appearance of the protests while also transforming themselves over the course of the Arab Spring. Don Karl, a graffiti writer, co-organiser of the Common Ground Gallery in Berlin, and publisher, will present the research from his publication Arabic Graffiti (From Here To Fame, 2011) and artist and activist Ganzeer will talk about his activities in Cairo. Fred Meier-Menzel will introduce the research project Campaigning Cairo, which addresses the 2011 election campaign in Egypt by questioning the underlying political and aesthetic strategies of representation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The &lt;a href="http://www.westchesterguardian.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Westchester Guardian&lt;/a&gt; has published a rather flattering article about my work written by Sherif Awad. Here's an excerpt:&lt;div&gt;
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of discussion in the media because
it was the first to reflect presidential succession through entailment
in the Arab world. It was the year
2000 when Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad had just come to power,
while in Egypt, rumors started to
circulate about Gamal Mubarak
who was endorsed in some Egyptian
media to be the successor to his father
Hosni Mubarak.The cover illustrated
by Ganzeer caught the eyes of Amr
Adeeb, the loud host of the popular
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'The Virus is Spreading' has gotten quite a bit of press, before and after the show's opening. Here's a rundown of press previews and reviews.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/53058.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Ahram Online&lt;/a&gt;: "Traditional versus progressive. Old versus new. Tidy versus messy. Conventional versus revolutionary. Status quo versus counterculture."&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/virus-spreading-safarkhan-s-next-show-takes-them-out-their-comfort-zone" target="_blank"&gt;Egypt Independent&lt;/a&gt;: "'The Virus is Spreading' presents a fantasy version of the street, in keeping with Ganzeer's interest in comics, his creation of fake advertisements, his imagining of unlikely situations in order to shed light on reality."&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=27092012&amp;amp;id=4bbf123c-d300-4bb0-bb62-9d9972754704" target="_blank"&gt;الشروق&lt;/a&gt;: "لازال يحتفظ [جنزير] بنفس الروح المقاتلة ويريد من خلال معرضه أن يقدم للناس جميعا فنا لصيقا بالشارع وقضايا الناس العادية، فنا يهم فئات المجتمع المختلفة وليس مجرد طبقة واحدة."&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://alhayat.com/Details/435730" target="_blank"&gt;الحياة&lt;/a&gt;: "الفيروس هنا يشير إلى المتغيرات التي إقتحمت الحياة السياسية المصرية منذ إندلاع ثورة ٢٥ يناير، وتتمثل في أشكال المعارضة القوية والمتنوعة للنظام، والتي بات من المؤكد إن المجتمع لن يتخلى عنها."&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.scoopempire.com/post/2012/10/02/The-Virus-is-Spreading.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Scoop Empire&lt;/a&gt;: "The artist, I believe, was reflecting on topics closer to the general public rather than the typical gallery crowd."&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.cairo360.com/article/artsandculture/4549/safar-khan-gallery-the-virus-is-spreading-by-ganzeer/" target="_blank"&gt;Cairo360&lt;/a&gt;: "With every round you take, there's more to discover - it's like a candy shop for art lovers."&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://mariamhamdy.com/2012/10/06/the-virus-is-indeed-spreading/" target="_blank"&gt;Mariam Hamdy's On Art and Things&lt;/a&gt;: "I think that a lot of the drawings deserve a closer look, because although not at its fullest potential, Ganzeer's super talent can be seen in them."&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/60905" target="_blank"&gt;الوطن&lt;/a&gt;: "فيروس جنزير عبر عن ثقافة جديدة نابعة من عشوائية الشارع."&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/gallery/feedid/2036769/50/pictures/2546055" target="_blank"&gt;WashingtonExaminer.com&lt;/a&gt;: "In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 photo, Egyptian street artist [Ganzeer] walks by a mural with Arabic that reads 'the people are giving me a hard time,' inside an art exhibition of street graffiti in Cairo, Egypt."&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://cairoscene.com/scenario/?p=4984" target="_blank"&gt;Play On with Rami&lt;/a&gt;: "In this exclusive podcast, we find out how Ganzeer feels about art, sex, and punching people in the face..."&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.cairozoom.com/Event_Gallery.aspx?Event_Id=1058" target="_blank"&gt;Cairo Zoom&lt;/a&gt;: "Taking the modern and street art scene by storm since he started his 'art-ivism' in 2011, Ganzeer got all serious on us, exhibiting a politically-charged, yet exuberant and exciting collection at the formal Safarkhan Gallery."&lt;br /&gt;
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Described by &lt;a href="http://www.cairo360.com/article/artsandculture/4549/safar-khan-gallery-the-virus-is-spreading-by-ganzeer/"&gt;Cairo360's Tanya El Kashef&lt;/a&gt; as a "candy shop for street-art lovers" and by &lt;a href="http://www.scoopempire.com/post/2012/10/02/The-Virus-is-Spreading.aspx"&gt;Scoop Empire's Kareem El-Shaffei&lt;/a&gt; as "reflecting on topics closer to the general public rather than the typical gallery crowd," I think its safe to say that my show "The Virus is Spreading" at &lt;a href="http://safarkhan.com/"&gt;Safarkhan Art Gallery&lt;/a&gt; was a stellar success, despite its acknowledged shortcomings as pointed out in &lt;a href="http://mariamhamdy.com/"&gt;Mariam Hamdy&lt;/a&gt;'s vicious &lt;a href="http://mariamhamdy.com/2012/10/06/the-virus-is-indeed-spreading/"&gt;review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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Although the show didn't come out &lt;i&gt;exactly&lt;/i&gt; as I'd envisioned, its close enough. Since the show opened,&amp;nbsp;I'd actually been visiting the gallery to finish things up the way I want, but with the month and the show quickly coming to I close, I've decided it's time to take off them gloves and give up. The best part was seeing ecstatically amazed crowds in and around the gallery on opening night.&lt;br /&gt;
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Also, when still int he process of putting the show together, I couldn't help but notice the look of awe and confusion on the faces of passers by, very similar to the look I'd see on the public's faces when creating my very first public mural. Now that was the most satisfying of all.&lt;br /&gt;
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"The Virus is Spreading" would, of course, not be the same without the spontaneous contributions of these very fine guest artists: Nadim, Shank, El Teneen, Al Okasha, Maghraffiti, Hady Kamar, Annie Rebekah Gardner, Shabana, Mohammed Said, and&amp;nbsp;Sad Panda! Thanks, y'all!&lt;br /&gt;
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I've just received some pretty dope aerial photographs of the mural I created for &lt;a href="http://www.theaterfestival.ch/"&gt;Theaterfestival Basel&lt;/a&gt;. And I gotta say... I'm pretty blown away!&lt;br /&gt;
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You can probably guess that all the "dead bodies" were illustrated with the volunteering assistance of the audience. This, I think, gave the mural a certain performative quality that I feel was necessary what with the mural being part of a Theaterfestival at all.&lt;/div&gt;
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Created in the courtyard of the Keserne Basel, a former militry base, the subject matter, I think is also quite relevant. Getting the audience to actually "become the victims" by volunteering to lay on the floor, I think adds more to the concept and gives "audience participation" an entirely new meaning.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Over the last 10 days I've been posting a series of obscure images accompanied by the text "The Virus is Spreading," visually laying down the conceptual groundwork for my upcoming show at &lt;a href="http://www.safarkhan.com/"&gt;Safarkhan&lt;/a&gt; Gallery in Zamalek (Cairo, Egypt). The images do not represent the actual work to be seen at the show, but you can say they're sort of a visual introduction to the show.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.safarkhan.com/Ex-ArtWork.aspx?artistid=532&amp;amp;ExId=533&amp;amp;type=upcom"&gt;Opening on October 1st&lt;/a&gt;, the show is titled... "The Virus is Spreading."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;"What virus?" you ask? Well, lets think about this word, "virus", what does it really mean?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;The virus: a small infectious agent with replicating abilities. Since a virus typically starts out small, those uninfected by said virus tend to see it as a threat that can be contained or squandered.&amp;nbsp; The way of life before the appearance of the virus must be maintained.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"&gt;The virus can be used as an analogy to anything that shakes up The Establishment. Any establishment. Be it the Political Establishment, the Social Establishment, the Cultural Establishment, the Religious Establishment, or the Art Establishment, there will always be a small opposition at work that the Establishment isn’t too happy with.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hrTQEuOVmwI/UExniDhtO5I/AAAAAAAAA0A/IsEUI3Y2hEg/s1600/icon07_virusshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hrTQEuOVmwI/UExniDhtO5I/AAAAAAAAA0A/IsEUI3Y2hEg/s320/icon07_virusshow.jpg" width="260" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r9lT70TNZOk/UExnkRluWhI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/KF8cguwCMgc/s1600/icon09_virusshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r9lT70TNZOk/UExnkRluWhI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/KF8cguwCMgc/s320/icon09_virusshow.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;The methods to containing a virus vary. Typically, The Establishment will first look into crushing any opposition. Within Political contexts this could be the use of violent force. Within Religious establishment, this could be done by expiation. And within Artistic contexts, this can be done via belittlement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HWh0we7ujjk/UExnfFvwTmI/AAAAAAAAAzo/qiIdl2Mev5c/s1600/icon04_virusshow_fin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HWh0we7ujjk/UExnfFvwTmI/AAAAAAAAAzo/qiIdl2Mev5c/s400/icon04_virusshow_fin.jpg" width="225" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lZJrH4Issm4/UExnaXqD5HI/AAAAAAAAAzg/4KrwJYK6ReM/s1600/icon03_virusshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lZJrH4Issm4/UExnaXqD5HI/AAAAAAAAAzg/4KrwJYK6ReM/s400/icon03_virusshow.jpg" width="225" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;If that doesn’t work, the Establishment will pretend to adopt the opposition. Or in viral terms, the uninfected will pretend to be infected, and the virus loses interest in fulfilling its mission to the very end. So Politically, The Establishment will pretend to agree with the opposition and it will pretend it is taking drastic changes in accomplishing the oppositions needs. Religiously, The Establishment will pretend its acceptance of the other religion, or the complete adoption of the other religion even. Artistically, the Establishment will pretend to express interest in the newborn art-form without letting it shake up the core values of the Establishment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-glIzPGaG1Es/UExnhcw533I/AAAAAAAAAz4/BTFyHEondZ4/s1600/icon06_virusshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-glIzPGaG1Es/UExnhcw533I/AAAAAAAAAz4/BTFyHEondZ4/s320/icon06_virusshow.jpg" width="215" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m70jC9iDE7E/UExnjOtM4YI/AAAAAAAAA0I/EVR5byAWTR4/s1600/icon08_virusshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m70jC9iDE7E/UExnjOtM4YI/AAAAAAAAA0I/EVR5byAWTR4/s320/icon08_virusshow.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="219" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;This viral analogy cannot be more obvious than in the case of Egypt’s current “post-revolutionary” climate. Indeed, we are in an obvious phase of pretend-adoption, void of any traces of true change. But just enough of a pretense to put revolutionary fervor to sleep, with all its possibilities of social, economic, and cultural change. There seems to be little to no sign of it right now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;A virus only seems impossible to crush when vital cells are infected. Any anti-viral will act against infected cells and in-turn weaken the entire human body until its final demise. For the virus to truly prevail it must infect vital ranks within The Establishment. Take, for example, The Free Officers recruiting Major-General Mohammed Naguib for their 1952 military coup. Or Constantine I’s conversion to Christianity and how that aided in the spread of the religion across the ancient world. Or take Pablo Picasso’s adoption of Cubism and collage-techniques… and how that changed the art establishment forever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"&gt;I see some signs of conversion within the Egyptian Establishment. Be it socially, politically, culturally, or artistically. Which is why I have faith that the virus is spreading. And there’s no stopping it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Included at the &lt;a href="http://www.newtopiablog.com/"&gt;Newtopia&lt;/a&gt; show in Mechelen, Belgium is a poster version of the &lt;a href="http://rollingbulb.com/post/6290244614/things-ive-learned-from-the-mask-of-freedom"&gt;Mask of Freedom&lt;/a&gt; that I created back in May 2011.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;photo by &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/aboskovitch"&gt;Angela Boskovitch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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This isn't the only thing of mine showing up in Mechelen, but the city should also be seeing a public mural designed by me quite sooon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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That's right. Here's a very grainy picture of me standing in what will become my new art space/shop in Downtown Cairo. Stay tuned.&lt;/div&gt;
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Be sure to check out &lt;a href="http://www.worldwar3illustrated.org/current.html"&gt;issue #43 of World War 3 Illustrated&lt;/a&gt;, featuring my art on the back cover.&lt;br /&gt;
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Founded in 1980 by Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper, World War 3 Illustrated has been publishing critical political comics, graphics, and stories ever since.&lt;br /&gt;
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The art piece, titled Finger of Defiance, was first used on the cover of &lt;a href="http://ganzeer.blogspot.com/2011/12/download-print-zine-el-arab-1.html"&gt;Zine El-Arab #1&lt;/a&gt;, and was also available on t-shirts through &lt;a href="http://www.cafepress.com/ganzeer"&gt;my online shop&lt;/a&gt;. And for the trivia lovers... the hand was actually modeled by my good friend and wicked cartoonist &lt;a href="http://nidalelkhairy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nidal ElKhairy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from Amman, Jordan.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;August 29 - September 9:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.theaterfestival.ch/en/Extra"&gt;TheaterFestival Basel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Keserne Basel&lt;br /&gt;
Basel, Switzerland&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;What am I presenting:&lt;/u&gt; Interactive Mural in collaboration with&amp;nbsp;Daniel Künzler&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;September 1 - December 10:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.newtopia.be/en/#slide_1"&gt;Newtopia: The State of Human Rights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Spread across the following: Cultural Centre Mechelen, Oude Mechelse Vleeshalle, Museum Hof Van Busleyden, Lamot Conference &amp;amp; Heritage Centre, the Academy of Fine Arts, Scheppers Institute, Mechelen City Hall.&lt;br /&gt;
Mechelen, Belgium&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;What am I presenting: &lt;/u&gt;Public Mural&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;September 12 - October 13:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/ruptures/"&gt;Ruptures: Forms of Public Address&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Cooper Union School of Art&lt;br /&gt;
NYC, USA&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;What am I presenting:&lt;/u&gt; Posters&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;October 1 - November 1:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.safarkhan.com/Ex-ArtWork.aspx?artistid=532&amp;amp;ExId=533&amp;amp;type=upcom"&gt;The Virus is Spreading&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SafarKhan Gallery&lt;br /&gt;
Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;What am I presenting:&lt;/u&gt; Installation incorporating paintings.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;November 9 - December 9:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.right-to-left.net/"&gt;Right-to-Left&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Kunstquartier Bethanien&lt;br /&gt;
Berlin, Germany&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;What am I presenting: &lt;/u&gt;Typographic Posters&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"&gt;جنزير، موفا، التنين، ملكة جمال الأزاريطة كلها ليست أسماء خيالية، بل ألقاب لفنانين شباب يمثلون أيقونات المشهد الفني المصري الآن. أعمال هؤلاء الفنانين لن تجدها في جاليرهات يرتادها أصحاب رابطات العنق، ولا في قاعات عرض وزارة الثقافة. أعمالهم ستجدها معروضة في جاليري كبير ومفتوح اسمه المدينة. ستجد أعمالهم على جدران القاهرة، الإسكندرية، أسيوط وربما مدن مصرية آخري. اختار هؤلاء الفنانين الجدران العامة مكانا للعرض ورجل الشارع العابر جمهوراً لهذا العرض.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"&gt;هذا فن ينتشر في المدن المصرية ويحمل اسم “الجرافيتى”. يقوم به في الغالب أشخاص مجهولون، وفنانون لا يضعون توقيعاً بجانب أعمالهم. كل ما يطمحون فيه هى تلك اللذة السرية في التواصل المباشر مع الجمهور وفي إعادة تلوين وجهه مدينتهم. في مقابل جهات رسمية كجهاز التنسيق الحضاري تدعى الحفاظ على وجهه المدينة ولا تقدم إلا إعادة طلائه كله باللون الأصفر كأننا في مدينة مريضة. نحاول في هذا الملف الوقوف على تفاصيل مشهد “الجرافيتى” في مصر، والتعرف على الاتجاهات الرئيسية في هذا الفن كمفتح للاقتراب من روح المدينة المصرية الجديدة.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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المقالة بأكملها موجودة &lt;a href="http://www.qadita.net/2011/06/21/%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%D9%91-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A/"&gt;هنا&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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