KHALED SAID

On Monday 19Prize September 2011, Khaled Said was posthumously awarded the Friedrich Ebert Foundation’s 2011 Human Rights Prize in Berlin. His sister, Zahraa Kassem, accepted the prize on behalf of her murdered brother. During the ceremony, the German photorealist and graffiti artist Andreas von Chranowski (known as ‘Case’) worked alongside Khaled’s sister, Zahraa Kassem, to paint a portrait of Khaled Said on two T-shaped sections of the Wall.

In October 2011, Case painted another portrait of Khaled Said – this time in his home city of Alexandria as part of a street art project organised by the local Goethe-Institut.

Khaled Said, aged 28, died on 6 June 2010 after being severely beaten by the Egyptian police. Among other things, he had posted videos online showing police officers committing acts of abuse and engaging in drug dealing. A photograph of his body was circulated on the internet.

This led to the founding of the ‘We Are All Khaled Said’ movement. This movement sparked the massive protests that followed. Ever since, Khaled Said has been regarded as a symbolic figure and the face of the Egyptian revolution.

Khaled Said’s portrait has since inspired numerous graffiti artworks throughout Egypt. It was very important to his sister to honour him in Berlin as well.

https://www.fes.de/menschenrechtspreis/menschenrechtspreis-2011