The city walls of Mansoura were radically transformed within the space of a month into a fixed gallery of wonderful, creative drawings and paintings by a youth initiative called Artmania. This eye-catching initiative consists of the work of 30 university students who are also painters, Eman Mohamed, a member of the group, told Egypt Independent on Monday. At first we chose to work on walls in side streets as doing this type of [graffiti] art out in the open would require permission from the authorities," Eman explained. But it wasn't long before the group received support from the Daqahlia governor,"The governor instructed the government agencies to allow us to draw on the city walls. Eman said the group aims to create art that will make passersby, drivers and passengers feel happy when they go around the city.

Source: Egypt Independent May 01, 2017 13:52 UTC