2024-11-05T11:20:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149938940/giant-calligraffiti-mural-unites-community-in-cairo-slum Alexander Walter 2016-04-07T13:32:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b0/b01ef8e385df13e3edf7fdc79be09e84?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Amid Cairo's&nbsp;brick buildings and heaping piles of trash&nbsp;is a sprawling work of art, which, at first, looks messy and incoherent.&nbsp; But when you stand on the nearby hillside and read the spray-painted Arabic "calligraffiti," as its creator&nbsp;Tunisian-French artist eL Seed calls it, the message reads loud and clear: "If one wants to see the light of the sun, he must wipe his eyes." [...] in total secrecy from the Egyptian government due to the country's strict laws forbidding artistic expression.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/84/84f7baa8a60851f1d6cd7212ff56bea3.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/34/346aa7cabd462e033dff0bff9d720eba.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/d9/d9c0da2db42b231e712230e669800544.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/7b/7b774b187939317da6599573e34e82b3.jpg"></p><p>All images by the artist, eL Seed. For more images click <a href="http://www.techinsider.io/artist-el-seed-giant-mural-cairo-2016-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>More Cairo-related stories in the Archinect news:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/144053964/does-foster-partner-s-maspero-district-masterplan-neglect-the-local-residents" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Does Foster + Partner's Maspero District masterplan neglect the local residents?</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/140751379/egypt-s-challenges-to-build-its-new-capital-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Egypt's challenges to build its new capital city</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/93887707/egypt-s-street-artists-now-risk-even-more" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Egypt&rsquo;s street artists now risk even more</a></li></ul>