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First Certificate Exam A- Citizenship Today

The Wall

Blanco Ferreira, Ana Clara

However, that is not the only example of graffiti connected to social crisis. Another example is New York. In New York City, graffiti appeared in the 1970’s because of the social discontent, the sudden popularity of gangs and the invention of spray paint. In those years, there was a lot of graffiti in subways, something that nowadays is not so common.

In 2011, post-revolutionary Cairo graffiti took an important place in the society. Graffiti writers were