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Graffiti gives new perspective to impoverished Cairo neighbourhood

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Between brick buildings and heaping piles of trash in the Cairo neighbourhood of Manshyet Nasser, French-Tunisian artist El Seed has created a graffiti artwork to challenge the judgment and misconceptions society has about the area’s residents.

The artwork in Arabic calligraphy covers more than 50 buildings in the impoverished area, commonly known as “garbage city”.

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