February 17th, 2012 
Rowan El Shimi The week after the tragic events in Port Said, graffiti artists and friends of the martyrs spray paint Cairo in their honour [Published in Ahram Online] The clashes in Port Said left 74 dead and hundreds injured. Most of the martyrs were young students, the youngest of whom, Anas, was only 14 years old. The [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Photography, Photojournalism, Published Articles 
Tags: Football, Graffiti, Martyrs, Port Said, Street Art 
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February 17th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi Ahram Online talks to the illustrator of the original ‘V for Vendetta’ comic book, David Lloyd, who designed the now iconic mask that has come to define global revolution [Published in Ahram Online] As the January 25 Revolution anniversary approached and passed, V for Vendetta masks could be noticed all over the city: on [...]
February 17th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi Photography has been used as a tool of documentation, incitement and even artistic expression during Egypt’s year of revolt [Published in Ahram Online & Ahram Weekly] From the initial portraits of the martyrs, which created street art around the country and brought tears to people’s eyes, to the iconic photos like Tahrir from above on [...]
Posted in Ahram Online, Published Articles Tags: Art, Culture, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Gallery, Photography, Photojournalism 1 Comment »
February 5th, 2012 Rowan El Shimi Normally a happy, artful event, El Fan Midan became a podium for demands, cloaked in mourning for those killed in the attacks at the Port Said football stadium. [Published in Ahram Online] With Egypt in mourning following Wednesday’s brutal attack on fans in a Port Said stadium that left more than 70 dead and hundreds [...]
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February 1st, 2012 Rowan El Shimi Mohamed El Sawy’s job will be to strike a balance between the views of the country’s newly empowered Islamists and those of the artists, writers and filmmakers who make up one of the region’s most vibrant cultural scenes. [Published in The National UAE, Photo credits: Dana Smillie] CAIRO // Depending on how you look at [...]
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