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Mohamed Abla awarded Goethe MedalTelling stories through art
Mohamed Abla is the first visual artist from Egypt to be awarded the Goethe-Institut’s Goethe Medal, Germany’s highest honour in the area of foreign cultural policy. Stefan Weidner sheds some light on the artist’s work
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Berlin's Human Rights Film Festival"Yemen's Banksy" – Murad Subay creates art against war
Yemen remains the world's worst humanitarian crisis, say humanitarian organisations. At the recent Human Rights Film Festival in Berlin, street artist Murad Subay commented on the horrors of war. Elizabeth Grenier reports
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″Art of Freedom. Freedom of Art″ in TunisiaCarving out a niche between terror and bureaucracy
Resulting from political changes in the wake of the Arab Spring five years ago, Tunisian artists have gained more freedom. But, as Sarah Mersch writes, those rights are under threat – from religious fanaticism and government pressure
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Art and revolution in the Arab world in 2015Struggling against the restoration of "order"
Egypt's Al-Fann Midan (Art is a Public Square) festival, which took place for the first time in April 2011, was one of the most vibrant post-revolutionary spaces for public art in Egypt. But four years after millions of Egyptians took to the streets, the popular festival has disappeared. Marcia Lynx Qualey takes a closer look at the link between art and revolution in Egypt and the Arab world in 2015
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Tahrir and Taksim – Part IISoundtrack of two revolutions
Tahrir and Taksim: two squares, one new culture of protest? In the second part of this two-part report, Amin Farzanefar looks at the how street art, music and film became essential parts of the new protest culture
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Tahrir and Taksim – Part IA new culture of protest
In 2011 and 2013, two major cities in the Islamic world were rocked by popular unrest. The extended demonstrations seemed to usher in a new culture of protest. In this two-part report, Amin Farzanefar looks at how the art and music scenes changed in Cairo and Istanbul as a result of these protests
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Egypt: Graffiti of the Revolution
The revolution and the fall of the Mubarak regime left noticeable marks on the facades of Egypt's buildings. The messages conveyed by the graffiti were almost exclusively political, addressing issues such as oppression, violence and police brutality.
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Tunisia's Art Scene after the Overthrow of Ben AliPolitics as Inspiration
Activism and art go hand in hand nowadays in Tunisia. The young and politicized artistic scene in the Mediterranean country has flourished since the dictator Ben Ali fled Tunisia in January. Sarah Mersch offers an overview from the capital Tunis
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Modern Arabic GraffitiAncient calligraphy meets politics in modern Arabic graffiti
Arabic artists push the boundaries of graffiti with their calligraphic styles and political messages. A new book published in Germany looks at what makes Arabic street art unique – and just how powerful it can be. Cinnamon Nippard reports
