This piece of art-work is about Egypt. I am trying to express my feelings about my country. Egypt is ruled by a fascist dictator and there is no democracy in my country. People are divided and many are very unhappy about our ruler, myself included. However there are also many people in support of him. I used an Egyptian newspaper as well as threads with different colours, using red and green, the colours of Egyptian flag itself in my jigsaw piece. The jigsaw symbolises the different aspects and opinions of people and the fact that there is something missing. As it is easy to loose a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. I used Egypt as symbol of the situation in Middle East. All of the Middle East is now falling apart. Since early 2011, the rulers of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have been driven to exile or behind bars.
In my first year at UCS when I was told to start to think about my theme and I was not sure what and how I should start, then it suddenly crossed my mind to choose Egypt as the subject of my theme. I made a piece of art work about Egypt . But before I started to do the work I made lots of sketches until I decided on the final piece.
as examples Egypt remains locked in a protracted process of political transition after the resignation of the long-serving leader Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, with most of the real political power still in the hands of the military. Syria After a year and a half of unrest in Syria, conflict between the regime and the opposition has escalated to full-scale civil war.Fighting has reached the capital and key members of the government have been killed or have defected
