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Mona Abaza

Mona Abaza is a professor of sociology at the American University in Cairo.

ARTICLES BY Mona Abaza

  • Is Cairene Graffiti Losing Momentum?

    Is Cairene Graffiti Losing Momentum?

    Clearly Cairene graffiti has lost momentum during this year. Having been the faithful barometer of the revolution over the past three years, graffiti has recently faced transmutations and drawback..

  • Three Travelling Plaques Become Four in Mohamed Mahmoud Street

    Three Travelling Plaques Become Four in Mohamed Mahmoud Street

    This article should be read as the continuation of a series I wrote for Jadaliyya on art and the Egyptian revolution, the most recent of which was posted on 25 January 2013 and entitled “

  • Intimidation and Resistance: Imagining Gender in Cairene Graffiti

    Intimidation and Resistance: Imagining Gender in Cairene Graffiti

    The issue of women’s empowerment continues to be of paramount significance in determining the future of the incomplete Arab revolutions. Numerous scholars, activists, and feminists have commented with concern about the precarious position of women after the contagious revolutions, which started ..

  • The Dramaturgy of A Street Corner

    The Dramaturgy of A Street Corner

    Much like the ongoing revolutionary struggle in Egypt, this short piece is part of an in-progress work to chronicle the evolution of revolutionary art on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, also known as the “street of the eyes of freedom”—nicknamed as such since many protesters lost their eyes on that same..

  • The Revolution's Barometer

    The Revolution's Barometer

    The Mohammed Mahmud wall remains alive and kicking through its graffiti, which is getting altered by the hour. The walls continue to be whitened thanks to the efforts of Egyptian authorities. Yet drawings keep on appearing layers after layers to cover the older ones and the white paint. Not only..

  • The Buraqs of "Tahrir"

    The Buraqs of "Tahrir"

    The aesthetic and political significance of the murals and the graffiti of Mohammed Mahmud Street continue to draw much attention due to their mesmerizing beauty and their crucial significance for the visual and artistic narration of the revolution. It is not only the murals’ aesthetic appeal th..

  • The Art of Narrating the Egyptian Revolution: An Interview with Alaa Awad

    The Art of Narrating the Egyptian Revolution: An Interview with Alaa Awad

    The paintings on the walls of Mohamed Mahmud Street have generated a great deal of attention in the past months. In an interview with Mona Abaza, artist Alaa Awad takes us through the journey of creating the impressive murals he painted on the walls of Mohammed Mahmud and the area surrounding th..

  • An Emerging Memorial Space? In Praise of Mohammed Mahmud Street

    An Emerging Memorial Space? In Praise of Mohammed Mahmud Street

    Mohammed Mahmud Street, also known as sharei’ uyuun al-hurriyyah (the street of the eyes of freedom), is becoming an iconic space. The street has been recently discovered by numerous photographers and passersby, not only for its mesmerizing graffiti but also for the curiosity it..

  • Academic Tourists Sight-Seeing the Arab Spring

    Academic Tourists Sight-Seeing the Arab Spring

    I would like to share with this short piece a concern that several of us in academia in Cairo have been facing with the impact of the Arab Spring, to point to some frustrations regarding the continuing unequal academic relationship between so-called “local” and Western experts of t..