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Visual culture of the Arab uprisings

Special ussue: MER 263 - The Art and Culture of the Arab Revolts. Middle East Research and Information Project. Volume: 42; Summer 2012

Special Issue: Arab Media and Society

Special Issue: Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 2012, 5(1)

Special Issue: Bidoun (on Egyptian uprising) issue 25

Roy Boyn interviews Mona Abaza on Graffiti and the Egyptian Revolution; accompanying her article: Walls, Segregating Downtown Cairo and the Mohammed Mahmud Street Graffiti Theory, Culture & Society. October 9, 2012

Alessandrini, Anthony. Aesthetic uprisings. Jadaliyya, May 1, 2011

Chick, Kristen. Egyptian graffiti artist Ganzeer arrested amid surge in political expression. The Christian Science Monitor, May 26, 2011.

El Rashidi, Yasmine. Art or vandalism? Eurozine, September 27, 2011.

Elshahed, Mohamed. Tahrir Square: Social Media, Public Space . Design Observer, POSTED 02.27.11

ElZein Rayya  and Alex Ortiz (Curators). Signs of the Times: The Popular Literature of Tahrir Protest Signs, Grafitti, and Street Art. ArteEast. April 1, 2011.

Gillard, Colleen and Georgia Wells. The art of revolution. The Atlantic, May 9, 2011

Harb, Zahera. Arab Revolutions and the Social Media Effect.  Media Culture Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2 (2011) - 'diaspora'.

Lindsey, Ursula. Art in Egypt's revolutionary square. Middle East Research and Information Project, Number 261, January 2012

Moosa, Ebrahim. Aesthetics and transcendence in the Arab uprisings. Middle East Law and Governance, 3(1), 2011

Parshley, Lois. For Egypt's Graffiti Artists, Revolution Brings Inspiration and Uncertainty The Atlantic, October 3, 2011

Shaw, Anny and Gareth Harris. Arab protesters put their art on the streets. The Art Newspaper, December 30, 2011

Wood, Josh. The maturing of street art in Cairo. New York Times, July 27, 2011