With a population of about 7.9 million, Cairo is the largest city in Africa and the Arab world and has been at the epicentre of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and the Arab Spring
Anwar, political cartoonist at Al Masry Al Youm newspaper
Bosho, street artist
Protesters on Tahrir Square
Evening protests, Mohamed Mahmoud street
Disconnected – cultural activists in Cairo
With the Muslim Brotherhood‘s regime not fulfilling the people‘s demands, two years after the Arab Spring, Egypts post-revolutionary cultural activists are facing increasing frustrations within a devided society and a blocked political system.
Egypt, May 2013
Protesters on Mohamed Mahmoud street
Bedroom
Shennawy, cartoonist and founder of TokTok comic magazine
TokTok comic magazine
Shennawy working at home
Downtown Cairo
Metro Tahrir Square
Asmaa, artist and cultural activist at her father’s house
Asmaa
The Shores of the Nile with Maspero television building, housing the oldest state-run broadcasting organisation in the Arab world and Africa
The Mogamma, administrative governmental building on Tahrir Square and workplace of 18,000 Egyptian public servants
Metro Tahrir Square
Anwar, political cartoonist, Al Masry Al Youm newspaper office
Bosho at her studio
Mohamed Mahmoud street
Tank vs bike, street art by Ganzeer
Ahmed Naguib, a young activist shot dead in clashes by police in december 2012
Reem, graphic designer
Nile river
Downtown Cairo, early morning
Noran, art student
Building of the National Democratic party burnt during the Revolution
Street art with women's rights Graffiti
Raqib al Nassery, Rapper
Bosho at her studio