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“Samia Ibrahim, 25 years old, was forcibly stripped and tested for virginity in front of army officers and soldiers, but she refused to give up her dignity, and brought a case before the Egyptian judiciary: no interest, no crowds, no media, nobody listened. AliaaElmahdy, 20 years old, stripped and revealed her body entirely of her own will. Crowds and media swarmed about her: around 3 million seeing her picture, and not less than fifty articles and numerous television programs”
Sources • Mia GröndahlRevolution Graffiti: Street Art of the New Egypt (New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2012) • Mia Gröndahl, AymanMohyeldinTahrir Square: The Heart of the Egyptian Revolution (New York” American University in Cairo Press, 2011) • Karima Khalil Messages from Tahrir: Signs from Egypt’s Revolution (New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2012) • Omar Attia; Timothy Kaldas; SherifAssaf; et al The Road to Tahrir: Front Line Images by Six Young Egyptian Photographers (New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2011) • Thierry SarfisLe PeupleVeut(Nimes: Grandir, 2012) • http://www.juancole.com • http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/jun/05/libya-gaddafi-street-art?intcmp=239#/?picture=375309091&index=0 • http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/4776/
Sources • http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/gallery/2011/may/20/tunisia-murals-zoo-project-in-pictures?intcmp=239#/?picture=374736030&index=0 • http://ganzeer.blogspot.com • http://suzeeinthecity.wordpress.com • http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/art-attack-how-graffiti-was-used-to-condemn-the-regimes-oppression-in-egypt-8533466.html