I researched the topic of the popular arts in contemporary Islamic culture: the role of graffiti and/or street-art during the 2010-2012 Arab uprisings and ongoing. From the research I conducted I chose my theme to be self-expression. The Arab uprisings influenced the explosion of street art and human expression. The graffiti that was produced was a symbol that represented the citizen’s freedom of speech. In the revolution, the Arab graffiti was also a way of self expression and a means for the youth to be heard. Self expression is a universal human need and everybody does it but it can be demonstrated in different ways. Many different countries such as Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Syria, and Libya all have used graffiti as a means of communication as well as compensating for their anger by painting and painting all over the walls. The citizen’s vision for the present and future are plastered for all to see. Different countries with people speaking different languages are all trying to communicate the same message and somehow they are united by doing the same thing and using graffiti. My piece represents this by a mixture of all different graffiti art from different countries but they are unified by coming and blending together on one page. I am satisfied by the way my project came out and I learned a lot in the process especially the researching aspect. Enjoy!