Understanding the impact of political art on the Arab Spring: A survey research to determine the perspective of young people

This thesis is an investigation into the role of political art during the Arab Spring and how it shaped the conscience of young people to overthrow brutal regimes. This research is an evaluation of how political art was used as an effective tool and how many forms of pollical art spread the message of standing against the tyranny in the four countries, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, and Syria. The literature has revealed different political visual art in the streets of these countries which demonstrated the defiance of the population against the tyrants. However, almost a decade it is interesting to understand how that visual art became a significant tool in the hands of youth. In this research-rich, the young population from the four countries were identified through personal links and via departmental search. A survey questionnaire was prepared to get the responses of all the participants. The survey link was sent to the potential participants, and they were asked to complete the survey. Moreover, all the participants were provided with details of the survey and how their data is going to be used. 56 responses were obtained and these revealed interesting findings. The majority of respondents believed that political art is a tool for revolution and popular uprisings. Furthermore, respondents also revealed that they have engaged in different forms of political visual art such as graffiti, and paintings. The respondents also stated to utilize social media as a medium to propagate their visual art and spread their message of rising against brutal regimes. In this way, the respondents favored the use of visual art during popular uprisings. Keywords: Political Art, Graffiti, Arab Spring, Social Media, Street Art