ABSTRACT
Tahrir Square is a symbol of tireless revolutionary struggle. It is from this site where, in 2011 and 2013, citizens took to the streets to revolt against Egypt's corrupt leadership. Today, street art near the famous square acts as an anonymous visual meter for the public in response to the current political structure. The author traveled to Egypt in the wake of the 2013 revolution and left just days before Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was elected to office. Her experience in Egypt has shifted her research to focus on these (sometimes) anonymous artists in Egypt and those whose activities take over the compromised public spaces of “the street” to subvert, and ultimately overturn, the oppressive authority that limits their freedom. This chapter contextualizes Egyptian street artists working from a similar revolutionary standpoint in the wake of the Arab Spring.
