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Bahia Shehab: A thousand times no
Behija Šebab (Bahia Shehab): Hiljadu puta ne
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Istoričar umetnosti Behija Šebab je već dugo fascinirana arapskom rečju "ne". Kada je revolucija preplavila Egipat 2011.god., počela je da iscrtava slike na ulicama govoreći "ne" diktatorima, "ne" vladavini vojske i "ne" nasilju.
Bahia Shehab - Artist and historian
TED Fellow Bahia Shehab sends an important message through her street art in Cairo: “You can crush the flowers, but you can’t delay spring." Full bio
TED Fellow Bahia Shehab sends an important message through her street art in Cairo: “You can crush the flowers, but you can’t delay spring." Full bio
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Two years ago, I was invited as an artist
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Pre dve godine, bila sam pozvana da kao umetnik
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to participate in an exhibition commemorating
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učestvujem u izložbi obeležavanja
00:22
100 years of Islamic art in Europe.
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100 godina islamske umetnosti u Evropi.
00:24
The curator had only one condition:
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Kustos je imao samo jedan uslov:
00:27
I had to use the Arabic script for my artwork.
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trebalo je da koristim arapski tekst za moj rad.
00:30
Now, as an artist, a woman, an Arab,
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Kao umetnik, kao žena, kao Arapkinja
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or a human being living in the world in 2010,
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ili kao ljudsko biće koje živi u ovom svetu 2010.,
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I only had one thing to say:
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htela sam da kažem samo jednu stvar:
00:40
I wanted to say no.
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želela sam da kažem "ne".
00:43
And in Arabic, to say "no," we say "no,
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A na arapskom, reći "ne", znači reći "ne,
00:45
and a thousand times no."
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i hiljadu puta ne".
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So I decided to look for a thousand different noes.
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Zato sam rešila da potražim hiljade
drugih načina da kažem "ne",
drugih načina da kažem "ne",
00:51
on everything ever produced
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svemu ikad stvorenom
00:53
under Islamic or Arab patronage in the past 1,400 years,
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pod islamskim ili arapskim patronatom
u poslednjih 1 400 godina,
u poslednjih 1 400 godina,
00:58
from Spain to the borders of China.
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od Španije pa do Kine.
01:02
I collected my findings in a book,
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Sakupila sam svoje zaključke u knjigu,
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placed them chronologically, stating the name,
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postavila ih hronološki, navodeći ime,
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the patron, the medium and the date.
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pokrovitelja, posrednika i datum.
01:10
Now, the book sat on a small shelf next to the installation,
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Knjiga je stajala na maloj polici pored postavke
01:14
which stood three by seven meters, in Munich, Germany,
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dimenzija tri puta sedam metara, u Minhenu, u Nemačkoj,
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in September of 2010.
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septembra 2010.
01:21
Now, in January, 2011, the revolution started,
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Sada, u januaru 2011., revolucija je počela
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and life stopped for 18 days,
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i život je stao na 18 dana,
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and on the 12th of February,
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a 12. februara,
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we naively celebrated on the streets of Cairo,
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smo naivno slavili na ulicama Kaira,
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believing that the revolution had succeeded.
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verujući da je revolucija uspela.
01:38
Nine months later I found myself spraying messages
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Devet meseci kasnije sam ispisivala poruke
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in Tahrir Square. The reason for this act
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na Tahrir trgu. Razlog za ovakav akt
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was this image that I saw in my newsfeed.
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je ova slika koju sam videla u svojim vestima.
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I did not feel that I could live in a city
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Nisam osećala da mogu da živim u gradu
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where people were being killed
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u kom su ljudi ubijani
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and thrown like garbage on the street.
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i bacani kao đubre na ulicu.
01:58
So I took one "no" off a tombstone from
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Zato sam uzela jedno "ne" sa spomenika
02:00
the Islamic Museum in Cairo, and I added a message to it:
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iz Islamskog muzeja u Kairu i dodala poruku:
02:03
"no to military rule."
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"Ne vladavini vojske".
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And I started spraying that on the streets in Cairo.
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Počela sam da to ispisujem na ulicama Kaira.
02:08
But that led to a series of no, coming out of the book
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Ali to je vodilo seriji drugih "ne", koji su izlazili iz knjige
02:11
like ammunition, and adding messages to them,
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kao municija, dodavala sam im poruke
02:14
and I started spraying them on the walls.
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i počela da ih ispisujem po zidovima.
02:17
So I'll be sharing some of these noes with you.
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Zato ću podeliti neke od ovih "ne" sa vama.
02:19
No to a new Pharaoh, because whoever comes next
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Ne novom faraonu, jer ko god da dođe sledeći
02:22
should understand that we will never be ruled by another dictator.
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treba da razume da nikad više
nećemo biti pod vlašću diktatora.
nećemo biti pod vlašću diktatora.
02:26
No to violence: Ramy Essam came to Tahrir
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Ne nasilju: Rami Esam je došao u Tahrir
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on the second day of the revolution,
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drugog dana revolucije
02:32
and he sat there with this guitar, singing.
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i sedeo je tu sa svojom gitarom, pevajući.
02:35
One month after Mubarak stepped down, this was his reward.
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Mesec dana pošto je Mubarak podneo ostavku,
ovo je bila njegova nagrada.
ovo je bila njegova nagrada.
02:39
No to blinding heroes. Ahmed Harara lost his right eye
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Ne oslepljivanju heroja. Ahmed Harara je
izgubio desno oko
izgubio desno oko
02:45
on the 28th of January,
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28. januara,
02:46
and he lost his left eye on the 19th of November,
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a levo oko 19. novembra,
02:50
by two different snipers.
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od strane 2 različta snajpera.
02:53
No to killing, in this case no to killing men of religion,
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Ne ubijanju, u ovom slučaju "ne" ubijanju religioznih ljudi,
02:56
because Sheikh Ahmed Adina Refaat was shot
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jer je šeik Ahmed Adina Refaat ubijen
03:00
on December 16th, during a demonstration,
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16. decembra, tokom demonstracije,
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leaving behind three orphans and a widow.
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ostavljajući za sobom 3 siročeta i udovicu.
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No to burning books. The Institute of Egypt was burned
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Ne spaljivanju knjiga. Egipatski institut je spaljen
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on December 17th, a huge cultural loss.
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17. decembra, što je ogroman kulturni gubitak.
03:14
No to stripping the people,
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Ne svlačenju ljudi,
03:17
and the blue bra is to remind us of our shame
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plavi brushalter treba da nas podseti na sramotu
03:20
as a nation when we allow a veiled woman to be stripped
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nas kao nacije kada dozvoljavamo da žena
pokrivena velom bude skinuta
pokrivena velom bude skinuta
03:24
and beaten on the street, and the footprint reads,
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i prebijena na sred ulice, ostaje nam poruka
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"Long live a peaceful revolution,"
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"Živela mirna revolucija",
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because we will never retaliate with violence.
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jer se nikada nećemo suprotstaviti nasiljem.
03:34
No to barrier walls. On February 5th,
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Ne barikadama od zidova. 5. februara,
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concrete roadblocks were set up in Cairo
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betonske barikade su postavljene u Kairu
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to protect the Ministry of Defense from protesters.
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da zaštite Ministarstvo odbrane od protestanata.
03:47
Now, speaking of walls, I want to share with you the story
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Govoreći o zidovima, želim da podelim sa vama priču
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of one wall in Cairo.
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o jednom zidu u Kairu.
03:52
A group of artists decided to paint a life-size tank
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Grupa umetnika je odlučila da
nacrta tenk u prirodnoj veličini
nacrta tenk u prirodnoj veličini
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on a wall. It's one to one.
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na zidu. Razmera jedan prema jedan.
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In front of this tank there's a man on a bicycle
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Ispred tenka je čovek na biciklu
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with a breadbasket on his head. To any passerby,
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sa korpom za hleb na glavi. Slučajnom prolazniku,
04:05
there's no problem with this visual.
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nije ništa čudno kod ove slike.
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After acts of violence, another artist came,
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Nakon akata nasilja, drugi umetnik je došao,
04:12
painted blood, protesters being run over by the tank,
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nacrtao krv, protestante koje je pregazio tenk,
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demonstrators, and a message that read,
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demonstrante i poruku na kojoj piše:
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"Starting tomorrow, I wear the new face,
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"Od sutra, imam novo lice,
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the face of every martyr. I exist."
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lice svakog mučenika. Ja postojim."
04:27
Authority comes, paints the wall white,
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Vlasti su došle, prefarbale zid u belo,
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leaves the tank and adds a message:
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ostavile tenk i dodale poruku:
04:32
"Army and people, one hand. Egypt for Egyptians."
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"Vojska i narod, ruku pod ruku.
Egipat Egipćanima."
Egipat Egipćanima."
04:37
Another artist comes, paints the head of the military
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Drugi umetnik je došao, nacrtao
komandanta vojske
komandanta vojske
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as a monster eating a maiden in a river of blood
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kao čudoviste koje jede devojku u reci krvi
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in front of the tank.
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ispred tenka.
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Authority comes, paints the wall white, leaves the tank,
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Vlasti su došle, prefarbale zid u belo,
ostavile tenk,
ostavile tenk,
04:51
leaves the suit, and throws a bucket of black paint
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ostavile boju i bacile kantu crne boje
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just to hide the face of the monster.
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čisto da prekriju lice čudovista.
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So I come with my stencils, and I spray them on the suit,
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Zato sam ja došla sa svojim šablonima
i utisnula ih na tu boju,
i utisnula ih na tu boju,
04:59
on the tank, and on the whole wall,
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na tenk i na ceo zid,
05:02
and this is how it stands today
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pa danas to izgleda ovako,
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until further notice. (Laughter)
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do daljnjeg. (Smeh)
05:06
Now, I want to leave you with a final no.
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Želela bih da vam ostavim i poslednje "ne".
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I found Neruda scribbled on a piece of paper
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Našla sam Nerudu skiciranog na parčetu papira
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in a field hospital in Tahrir, and I decided to take a no of
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u bolnici u Tahriru i rešila da uzmem "ne" iz
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Mamluk Mausoleum in Cairo.
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Mamluk Mauzoleja u Kairu.
05:21
The message reads,
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Poruka glasi,
05:23
[Arabic]
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[Arapski]
05:29
"You can crush the flowers, but you can't delay spring."
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"Možete da slomite cveće,
ali ne možete da odložite proleće."
ali ne možete da odložite proleće."
05:33
Thank you. (Applause)
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Hvala vam. (Aplauz)
05:37
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
05:46
Thank you. Shukran. (Applause)
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Hvala vam. Shukran. (Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bahia Shehab - Artist and historianTED Fellow Bahia Shehab sends an important message through her street art in Cairo: “You can crush the flowers, but you can’t delay spring."
Why you should listen
Bahia Shehab is an artist, designer and art historian. She is associate professor of design and founder of the graphic design program at The American University in Cairo, where she has developed a full design curriculum mainly focused on visual culture of the Arab world. She has taught over fourteen courses on the topic.
Shehab's artwork has been on display in exhibitions, galleries and streets in Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, UAE and the US. The documentary Nefertiti's Daughters featuring her street artwork during the Egyptian uprising was released in 2015. Her work has received a number of international recognitions and awards; TED fellowship (2012) and TED Senior fellowship (2016), BBC 100 Women list (2013, 2014), The American University in Beirut distinguished alumna (2015), Shortlist for V&A’s Jameel Prize 4 (2016), and a Prince Claus Award (2016). Her book A Thousand Times NO: The Visual History of Lam-Alif was published in 2010.
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