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Monday, April 6, 2009

Nahdet Masr


Egypt Awakening is the title of this monumental sculpture that stands at the entrance to Cairo University. It is the work of Mohamed Mokhtar (1891-1934) one of Egypt's earliest modern artists. It portrays a woman and a sphinx.
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3 comments:

  1. LowellApril 6, 2009 at 11:01 PM

    I didn't realize how large this was until I saw the car! Impressive!

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  2. glduro_marieloupeApril 7, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    Wow! Its amazing! I had goosebumps! How wonderful work!

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  3. HildaApril 9, 2009 at 3:43 AM

    Monumental is right! It's huge! I like it, though I would also like to be able to ask the artist why he gave it that name. Ah well…

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