Media Type:

Graffiti


Title

Graffiti promoting a general strike

Subject

Graffiti/street art

Description

This stencil on the walls of Cairo University supports a general strike called by the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions for 11 February 2012. The aim of the general strike was to end military rule and establish a civilian government free from the influence of supporters of the former regime of Hosni Mubarak.
In the first year or so following the stepping down of Hosni Mubarak, there were continuing protests calling for the removal of remnants of the former regime ('feloul') from all institutions, not only the government.
The general strike was controversial at Cairo University and beyond. Whilst supporters of the revolution saw this as a legitimate form of protest in the face of continuing military rule, many others saw this as unnecessary disruption of everyday life. SCAF criticised ongoing protests and strikes as undermining the economy, or 'the wheels of production'.
The image shows a spanner being jammed into 'the wheels of production', accompanied by the words 11 February. Below, it is written 'civil disobedience'.

Creator

unknown

Publisher

Nicola Pratt

Date Published

Rights

Creative Commons Licence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Language

Arabic

Date Created

11/02/2012

Citation

unknown, “Graffiti promoting a general strike,” Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, accessed October 6, 2024, https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/items/show/250.

Output Formats


Media

cairo 024.JPG