Life imitates art imitates life

Daily News Egypt
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Photo by Aaron T. Rose
Photo by Aaron T. Rose
Photo by Aaron T. Rose

The work of artists often reflect the realities of life, and never more so than in the art of graffiti. On the wall on Mohamed Mahmoud Street a large graffiti shows Jika, the 16 year-old member of the 6 April movement who was shot, and later died of his injuries, in that very street during protests against the constitutional decree issued by then president Morsi.

During a Tamarod demonstration earlier this month the protesters that gathered in Mohamed Mahmoud Street showed that the writing on the wall still tells the story of today.

 

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