The Global Street: The Rise of Cairene Street, 2011-2012 The use of social media to unite participants in the ongoing struggles in the Middle East has dominated the narratives of the Arab Spring. In the case of the rapid proliferation of street art in Cairo, these networks have been instrumental in the spread of what is essentially local art to a worldwide network. Street art and political graffiti were almost nonexistent prior to the uprisings of 2011. Since this time, an explosion of street art has occurred in the streets of Cairo, much of which contains an overtly political message. Planned events, such as Ganzeer’s declared “Mad Graffiti Week(s),” accompanied by Google maps of the painted murals, suggest the intentionality of the artists participating in this movement. The wide-spread, conscious documentation and digital sharing of Cairene street art has transformed this most ephemeral, and localized form of art into an eternal and global expression. Revolutionary images have spread beyond Egypt as artists abroad participate in parallel projects in solidarity with the Cairene movement. Moreover, the artists themselves often make clear references to street artists elsewhere in the Arab world and beyond. This paper investigates the nature of street art, at once local and universal, in revolutionary Egypt, and the role of revolutionary art in a digital, global age.