Art Revolution Blooms After Arab Spring

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"Religions United" mural in Cairo, April 2011

In the U.S., graffiti is often condemned as vandalism. But during the Arab Spring, artists say city walls were often the only places where they could talk back to tyrants. Street art can be found across the Middle East and North Africa, and the Arab Spring protests inspired an artistic revolution. The "Creative Dissent: Arts of the Arab Wolrd Uprisings" exhibit at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan is putting that art on display. [link]