Cairo Egypt

Sun Glasses Shop Ad – Zamalek, Cairo – Cairo Correspondent, Iman R. Abdulfattah

Mar 2nd, 2016

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A fading ad for a sunglasses shop in Zamalek, Cairo – I.R. Abdulfattah

Sesame – Tahini Products – Cairo, Egypt – Iman R. Abdulfattah, Cairo Correspondent

Mar 1st, 2016

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Spotted on my walk to the French Archaeological Institute: an ad for a company specializing in sesame/tahini paste-based products – I.R. Abdulfattah

Michelin Tires – Cairo, Egypt – Iman R. Abdulfattah, Cairo Correspondent

Oct 26th, 2015

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Michelin ad on 26th of July Street, Bulaq, Cairo © Iman R. Abdulfattah

Meet the ghost-sign hunters | Cities | The Guardian | Melbourne – Nick Gadd

Nov 5th, 2014

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The Omega Oil sign in New York. Often these adverts are hidden for decades by buildings, billboards or trees – reappearing briefly during a construction project, before they are destroyed forever. Photograph: Frank Jump

Nick Gadd – Wednesday 5 November 2014 04.56 EST

Melbourne- They’ve just knocked down an unremarkable little building on Latrobe Street, Melbourne, so they can throw up an apartment block – sorry, an “iconic 43-storey residential tower with a jewel box podium”. When the old building went down, it revealed the words “Paragon Printers” in fading paint on an adjacent brick wall. But not for long: the next time I passed, that wall had gone too, revealing another wall behind it, with a vibrant blue sign bearing the words “Henry Richardson, Saw Maker and Importer”. For a few days Richardson’s name was visible, as it had been 60 or so years earlier. Soon after, the site was nothing but rubble, and now that iconic tower is on its way.

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Maggi Billboard – Olympic Electric – Sayyidah Zaynab Square, Cairo – Uptown Correspondent, Iman R. Abdulfattah

Apr 4th, 2014

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IMAN: My final contribution from Cairo: the ads are rather dull (both the typography and companies advertised), but the high concentration of ads in this area is visually interesting and says a lot about cityscape.

FAB: Just got your upload. So, the Maggi ad is self-explanatory. What does the other one say? I see “olympics” or is that a car logo?

IMAN: The ad on the right is for an appliance company called Olympic Electric, but it is also a palimpsest as the black text is an ad for an advertising company called Diana.

Laughing Cow – Appliance Store Palimpsest – Sayyida Zaynab Square, Cairo – Uptown Correspondent, Iman R. Abdulfattah

Mar 24th, 2014

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A nice palimpsest for you: La vache qui rit/Laughing Cow trademark is at the top; and an ad for a company that specializes in household appliances, where you can pay in cash or by installments, is at the bottom. – Iman R. Abdulfattah