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countryjake

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6. Wonderful artwork & memorials to those who died fighting for freedom...

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 02:36 AM

Jun 2012

I'd looked at some of this before and that one street that is literally lined with the faces of the dead is absolutely haunting. I heard last week that the government was trying to clean all of those walls off, so now people are standing guard to stop that.

Thanks for sharing!

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Here's a fairly recent article about the whitewashing that's going on:

Painting over history in Tahrir Square
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/201252784914722422.html

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Tahrir Square and Cairo street art, April 2012 - dial up warning! [View all] Kali Jun 2012 OP

Nice. I just hope all remains calm as I'm booked to be there in November. sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #1

Thanks, enjoy your trip. Kali Jun 2012 #2

Holy sh** what great art!!! Leopolds Ghost Jun 2012 #3

innit great? Kali Jun 2012 #4

incredible photos fizzgig Jun 2012 #5

thanks! Kali Jun 2012 #7

Wonderful artwork & memorials to those who died fighting for freedom... countryjake Jun 2012 #6

thank you for that article! Kali Jun 2012 #9

Love the art. Solly Mack Jun 2012 #8