El Zeft’s stencil of a riot-ready Queen Nefertiti first appeared on Cairo streets in 2012, as, in his words, "a tribute to all women in our beloved Revolution." When Amnesty International initiated a global campaign to address mounting human rights violations in Egypt, their German section partnered with El Zeft to make this their symbol. Amnesty activists wrote thousands of letters to the Egyptian authorities and president, circulated petitions, held protest marches with self-made Nefertiti banners, and wore bloodied masks using the image. Based on a famous statue in Berlin’s Neues Museum, El Zeft’s updated icon helped to build media attention and worldwide pressure.
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Century of self relates to advertising and how it affects people differently. Big company's uses woman insecurity and men pride to there advantages so they can buy the company's products.This picture shows me that even at bad times like a protest rally big company's can still benefits from it. Every one is wearing a similar mask that some one else made witch gave his or her company a higher profit That moment. All though protest is a form of rebelling someone else always benefits from a person lost.
The Trayvon martin movement is a prime example of big company's benefiting from a protest
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