‘Homeland is Racist’: Graffiti Artists ‘Bomb’ Award-Winning TV Show

Three street artists took a stab at the American TV-series Homeland when they were hired to paint ‘Arab graffiti’ on a film set for the show. Instead, they ‘bombed’ the show, writing slogans dissing the award-winning series. Nobody noticed and the episode was aired with the graffiti in full view.

Read the full article here. 

Picture: Mohammad Mahmoud street as seen through an alleyway

#View onto #MohammedMahmoud street in #downtown #Cairo #Egypt #graffiti #graffitiart #streetart

A photo posted by estermeerman (@estermeerman) on Jul 2, 2015 at 9:51am PDT

More graffiti...

As per usual I'm lost on most of the symbolism used in this big new piece of graffiti on Mohammed Mahmoud, but damn it looks amazing.

Photo: 'Dear Sirs, this is not a military coup'

More new graffiti on Mohammed Mahmoud (photos)

Amazing new graffiti on Mohammed Mahmoud (photos)

New graffiti: Blood for blood

This stencil has been appearing all over town these past few weeks: 'Blood for blood'.

It's not a good sentiment for tomorrow.

New graffiti: Morsi the hand puppet

Angry Salafi Man is back! This time with a lot of his friends and even a sheep...

Full set of pictures here. 

Picture: Anti-sexual harassment graffiti on one of the walls in downtown Cairo

President Morsi joins Angry Salafi Man

This thing becomes more fantastic every day. Hit the jump for a close-up of Morsi.

Graffiti in Cairo: Al Ahly club on Zamalek

I know, all of these are super old, but hey, that doesn't make them any less nice.

Graffiti at Al Ahly club, a set on Flickr.

Graffiti in Cairo: Angry Salafi Man gains a friend

My favourite piece of graffiti, Angry Salafi Man, gained a friend on Monday evening. He now shares the wall with Angry Protester Dude, who's yelling: 'Step down. No reform.'

Graffiti in Cairo: A thousand times no (video)

"Art historian Bahia Shehab has long been fascinated with the Arabic script for 'no.' When revolution swept through Egypt in 2011, she began spraying the image in the streets saying no to dictators, no to military rule and no to violence."

Found via this blogpost. 

Picture post (21): Mohammed Mahmoud graffiti

I went to Mohammed Mahmoud street again, to document some more of the new graffiti.

Mohammed Mahmoud graffiti, a set on Flickr.