MOROCCO: Streetart Tamnougalt – Desert Art – DAVID CHOE’s Igloo Hong Project – Urban Creations in the Middle of Nowhere

The small enclave of Tamnougalt is a Berber village with around 500 inhabitants near the small town of Agdz in the Draa Valley in southern Morocco. In the middle of nowhere stands an old clay building complex, where a large number of urban artworks have been created by a group of artists around DAVID CHOE for the IGLOO HONG project. The mix of abstract paintings, portraits and graffiti together with the isolation in the Moroccan hinterland is simply magnificent. This place is actually a small art gallery that no one knows about.

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ESWATINI: Streetart Malkerns – Middleveld Graffiti – Manzini Region – Urban Art Collection

The small town of Malkerns is located in the Middleveld in the Manzini region on the Lusutfu River and has a population of around 9700 inhabitants. In addition to the breathtaking nature and wildlife scenery, a visit to the Mahlanya Market and the Swazi Candles Factory is highly recommended. And also here, as like everywhere else in the world, you will find beautiful works of art in urban space.

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SOUTH AFRICA: Streetart Johannesburg – Maboneng Creative District – Urban Art Collection

The district, or more precisely the “township” of Maboneng, was a run-down area of the city for many decades, but recently a lot of artists and galleries have settled down, also alternative bars and clubs opened and unconventional art projects are happening. The neighborhood has gentrified from a ghetto district to an attractive place where interesting urban art gets created.

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EGYPT: Inspiring Portrait Paintings in the Neigbourhood – Positive Vibes for the Community – Maha Gamil

On a mission to pass on motivation, hope and heartfelt energy through colors and creativity. The great artist MAHA GAMIL from the Egyptian city of Luxor is meanwhile well known across the country, she had more than 50  exhibitions and can make a living from her art. But she has chosen in new ways to dedicate her colors not only for demarcated galleries and museums, but for the people and the neighborhoods of her country by creating art in urban space.

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EGYPT: Double Temple of Kom Ombo – Sanctuary for the gods Sobek and Horus

The Double Temple of Kom Ombo is an ancient Egyptian temple complex on the eastern bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt. The historic site was built during the Ptolemaic Dynasty from 180 till 47 BC and is dedicated to the two deities Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus, the falcon-headed god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun and the sky. The temple complex is located about 3.5 kilometers southwest of the center of Kom Ombo, a town of about 70,000 inhabitants.

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EGYPT: Luxor Suburb Villages – The Alabaster Forges – Colorful Streetart at the Craftsmen

The Valley of the Kings near Luxor was not built in this place without reason. Regardless of the geometric constellations, an important aspect was that just around the corner there were extensive deposits of alabaster, basalt, granti and other high-quality rock types. Therefore you can find workshops everywhere, many are painted from the outside with a mixture of interesting hieroglyphics and great streetart.

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EGYPT: Temples of Abu Simbel – Honorable Memorials of Ramses II – The moved Temples Project

The temples of Abu Simbel are two rock temples on the western shore of Lake Nasser. They are located in the Egyptian part of Nubia near the town of Abu Simbel and were built in the 13th century BC under Pharaoh Ramses II of the 19th dynasty of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom. Between November 1963 and September 1968, a world-wide collaborative project took place to relocate and save the historic and architecturally important site.

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EGYPT: Nagaa Suhayl Gharb – Fantastic Streetart in the Nubian Village near Aswan

South of the city of Aswan on the west bank of the Nile lies the Nubian Village as part of the town of Nagaa Suhayl Gharb. The place is just an astonishing treasure trove of interesting culture and great urban art. Nearly most of the buildings are provided with grandiose works of art or simply completely painted as large complete works. Included are murals by ROMA, RAMY TAG, ROBY, MAHA GAMIL and many more.

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EGYPT: Alexandria – Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa – Underground Hidden Treasures

The catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa are considered one of the best archaeological sites in Alexandria. They were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century and are considered to be one of the largest Roman burial sites. These tombs were excavated in the Mother Rock at the time of Emperor Antoninus in the 2nd century A.D. These tombs represent the last major existing construction in the interest of the ancient Egyptian religion.

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