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06 January 2007

Ashwakii

Ashwakii

People always ask me about the banner I am using in this blog. Here in Egypt, in most of the poor districts, houses are unpainted. Simply, people there don't have enough money to paint them. The scene itself became so-Egyptian, and may be that's why I am using it here. Also one of my dreams is to be given paints, brushes, and the right to draw on those houses. I am not talking about painting them. What I really want to do is to draw, may be comic characters or whatever, on them. For me they are a big drawing surface that spans multiple buildings.

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13 comments:

  1. Very artistic point of view, however, just painting them first would be a nice idea :)

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  2. yah! ur discribtion is so breath taking keda..

    when u can, tell me to go draw with u :D

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  3. Isn't that the view from 'El-Daeri'?
    I'm not really sure what the district is called, but everytime I pass it by.. Something about it makes me wonder.. Leih? Ma3rafsh!

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  4. @Nesrin, it's not going to be art then

    @Blue, it's my pleasure

    @Deee, I have no idea, for me it is a view from Google

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  5. certainly it became an Egyptian look for buildings in poor and non poor areas actually,i've always wanted to paint them all in white and blue, they will look beautiful..but usually el sokkan will say we7na malna so, kal 3ada they'll remain the same:(

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  6. @Pinky, Guess what this photo is taken in Venezuela. So it came out that it's not only us :)

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  7. I love your banner. Can't wait to see your drawings. :-)

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  8. first time i saw this blog and the buildings pictures i didn't like it,by time i get used to it.

    and you are right
    we need lots of paintings
    but under one condition
    enough of those horrible contradicted bad colored painted buildings
    ;)

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  9. you went to Al-Mansoura?!?!? ya salam ya 3am! What were you doing there?

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  10. @Deb, You'll wait for a really long time them.

    @Heba, Actually, I still have plans to change it.

    @Amira, Yeah, it was a business trip, By the way, I am originally from a village near it.

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  11. which one? My family are from Deem El-Shelt. So why did you emigrate to the big city?

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  12. @Amira, I didn't, but my grandfather's parents did :)

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  13. actually a couple of days ago i was asking why those buildings were left un painted :$ :S
    it's a nice idea to paint on them...maybe u should take it seriously begad :D

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