Mohamed Abla has a house on the island. There he creates artwork that has been shown both in Cairo and overseas.
He says that in recent years his artwork has changed – just like many other parts of Egyptian culture. The art is now based mostly on politics and the struggle to create a free, productive society out of disorder.
“I hope that we are going to develop our own democracy. Our own I idea. An Egyptian way of doing democracy.”
In June, the artist stood with protesters demanding the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood-led government. He says the Brotherhood was working to suppress free expression. But he says the arrest of its members will only increase tensions.
“Now part of the Egyptian society has been discussing that we are not going to get rid of Muslim Brothers, all. We have to accept that there are young Muslim Brothers and some people that were not part of the violence.”
Mr. Abla also works in another office in downtown Cairo. He rented it in 2011 to be close to the revolution.
Before that time, he says, Egyptian art reflected traditions and style like those in his “Nostalgia” collection. In his studio today, he creates more political work that documents the trouble in Egypt.
“This changed the arts very much. The people who used to make arts in a usual traditional [way]-now they do nothing because it is over now. Now is the time of art that moves the people. Art that is reflective of the situation.”
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