We Were Never There

The walls on the streets of post-revolution Cairo have been white-washed by the new regime. Street expression is no longer tolerated and artists have suffered arrest, imprisonment and exile. The talk will trace the destiny of artists and activists who were painting on the streets of Cairo during the Egyptian uprising in 2011-2013. It will highlight the different forms of continued protest in what activists consider a time of crisis and what the world sees as an aborted revolution.