Item Archive: Egypt
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#RiskandRebellion Participants
Follow the links below to find out more about each #RiskandRebellion participant! 1. Steven Forti (board member of Club Tenco, Trento/Barcelona) 2. Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya (LGBTQ+ rapper, poet) 3. Angela Aldebs (dancer, performance artist, Helsinki/Damascus) 4. Carminda Mac Lorin (founder … Continue reading
#RiskandRebellion Participant 48: Ganzeer
Ganzeer is the nom de plume of the graphic designer and artist from Cairo whose street images have come to epitomize the Egyptian Revolution for a global audience (take his stencil of a life-size tank near Tahrir Square, which continues … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Bios
Tagged #aralumnus, activist, artist, Egypt, Flap My Wings, ganzeer, Lazour brothers, Lazours, RiskandRebellion
Open letter: Human Rights and Culture Groups call for Release of Mustafa Gamal
8 May 2020 We, the undersigned, call for the immediate release of Mustafa Gamal from prison in Egypt. His imprisonment in pre-trial detention is an egregious instance of the Egyptian government’s continuing crackdown on freedom of expression, in violation of … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, NEWS, Press Release
Tagged #artistsatrisk, #FreeMustafaGamal, #FreeShadyandMustafa, #prisonersofbalaha, AR, artists at risk, Artists at Risk (AR), Egypt, egyptian activism, egyptian regime, Free Galal, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freegalal, galal el-behairy, Mustafa Gamal, perpetuum mobile, press release, Ramy Essam