“Yassin’s “A Plea to God,” which he drew in 2018 while imprisoned in Egypt present bird’s-eye views of men — presumably the artists themselves — hunched over drawings in their cells.”
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“As a way of coping with prison life, he developed his painting and drawing skills inside, documenting what he saw.”
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“Mohamed Abd El Aziz (Yassin Mohamed) reproduced the bleakness of an Egyptian prison, but also festooned it with lush tangles of vegetation.”
