#basma hamdy

[womenofgraphicdesign]

Basma Hamdy 

Co-author of Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution, 2014

“Basma Hamdy is an Egyptian artist, designer, and educator who is dedicated to researching and documenting street art of the Egyptian revolution. She graduated from the American University in Cairo in 1998 and completed an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2003. Her research interests include Arabic typography, cultural preservation, and Egyptian pop culture. She has been teaching art and design in the Middle East for 10 years. She is currently Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar.”

Book design by Torge Peters

[hyperallergic]

Egyptian customs officials in Alexandria have reportedly seized a shipment of 400 copies of the art book Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution, over fears that it might incite rebellion. Ahmed al-Sayyad, the undersecretary of the Finance Ministry, toldAl-Masry Al-Youm that the book, which features images of murals and tags that appeared on Egyptian streets during and in the aftermath of the 2011 revolution, is “instigating revolt” and offers readers “advice on confronting police and army forces,” according Egypt Independent.

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[arabious]

SPOTLIGHT: Indiegogo campaign for Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution (which is very cool and exactly what it sounds like). For the past year and a half, curators Basma Hamdy and Don Karl have collaborated with 50 photographers, 30 artists, and 20 writers to document the "Egyptian Street Art explosion."

Contribute/read more about it here.