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Monday, April 4, 2016

An Epic Mural



LOOKING OUT FROM Mokattam Mountain towards the Cairo, Egypt neighborhood of Manshiyat Naser, you’ll notice something beautiful. There, in the center of the neighborhood often referred to as Garbage City (named so for its trash-lined streets) is a painted mural that spans more than 50 buildings. From any other perspective, the swirl of orange, blue and white is beautiful but illegible. But from this mountainside, a quote from a 3rd century Coptic Bishop clearly reads in arabic calligraphy: “Anyone who wants to see the sunlight clearly needs to wipe his eye first.”

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To see how this mural came to be, check out the other photos in the slideshow at the link below.


http://www.wired.com/2016/04/epic-mural-spanning-50-buildings-fully-visible-one-spot/?mbid=nl_4416#slide-1

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