Mother of the Martyr
subject: Graffiti/Street Art
description: These images depict a mother mourning her child. They refer to the mothers of the martyrs - those killed by the police during anti-regime protests. Such images sought to mobilise sympathy not only for those killed and their families but also for the revolution and its goals.
description: On one of the images, there is a stencil of Alaa Abd El-Fatah -a famous revolutionary activist who was imprisoned a number of times after 2011, most recently in September 2020.
creator: Unknown Street Artist
publisher: Nicola Pratt
rights: Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
relation: https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/exhibits/show/martyr-of-the-revolution/martyr-of-the-revolution
language: Arabic/English