Along the corniche, Mansoura
“A martyr of the White Knights, Hussein Taha”
An image of a martyr who died in the revolution from Mansoura, and a member of the White Knights.
Along the corniche, Mansoura
“A martyr of the White Knights, Hussein Taha”
An image of a martyr who died in the revolution from Mansoura, and a member of the White Knights.
On the corniche, Mansoura
The first time I ever saw these tags I thought it was a gang of sorts. But then I learned that it was a soccer fan club, which being in Egypt, just made infinitely more sense. Each city has it’s own fan club that tags its team-specific graffiti around the city. I’ve seen it now in Alexandria, Mansoura, and Port Said. Pictures of those forthcoming.
On the corniche, Mansoura
An Ahly soccer fan club tags its graffiti right next to its rival Zemalak, pictured earlier.
Along the cornich, Mansoura
“Zemalak 100”
Zemalak, the second most popular club after the ways away front-runner, Ahly, gets some love via the Zemalak 100 fan club.
On the corniche, Mansoura
“I am behind you, wherever you go”
The hardcore soccer fans of Mansoura, noting their loyalty. You can see “UWK,” short for “Ultra White Knights” marked up all over the city in random places, usually in ways not worth taking shots of, but its presence is pretty ubiquitous. It’s important to note that graffiti didn’t just start with the revolution, but was somewhat present in the background, often in the form of soccer enthusiasm, long before. The political graffiti following the revolution just brought far more attention to it and got more people involved.
On the corniche, Mansoura
Most of the graffiti in this area of Mansoura has been done by soccer fans, a group which calls themselves the Ultra White Knights.
Across from Stanley Bridge, Alexandria
“Egypt’s individual peace with Israel is one of its biggest mistakes. The institute of Camp David is not the Quran. And its terms must be changed”
(The image to the right is of Mohamed ElBaradei, current Egyptian presidential contender. The quote, according to the artist, is Baradei’s words from 2009)
Across from Stanley Bridge, Alexandria
“A martyr cries out, calling ‘where are my rights, oh country of mine’ “
Across from Stanley Bridge, Alexandria
“the people”
Sporting, Alexandria (Abu Qir)
“Oh Egypt, the great”
Alexandria corniche
“long live Egypt”
Alexandria corniche
Bokla, Alexandria
Read carefully: “e-g-y-p-t”
Location: Alexandria corniche
Martyrs of the revolution.
Location: Alexandria corniche
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