This Artist Secretly Turned A Neighborhood Into A Gorgeous Work Of Art With Graffiti
French-Tunisian artist eL Seed said he wanted to created a piece of art that would bring life back to a maligned community.
Last April, French-Tunisian artist eL Seed decided to transform one of Cairo's poorest neighborhoods with his own unique take on graffiti.
eL Seed
The Coptic community of Zaraeeb have been given the name “zabaleen” or "garbage people" by other residents due to their jobs collecting rubbish, which they then take back to their homes to reuse.
eL Seed
"I wanted to create an art piece in Zaraeeb to beautify a place that I thought was dirty and poor," he told BuzzFeed News. "It was a way to say that if you want to look at something in the right way, you need to change the way you look at it."
eL Seed
After almost a year of planning, eL Seed and a team of 20, many of whom are local to the area, set about creating a mural across 50 buildings.
eL Seed