Gridlock Dreams

An endless stream of cars, tuk-tuks, and motorbikes fills the streets, framed by palm trees and high-rise blocks. The scene is vibrant and alive, yet suffocating; capturing Cairo and Alexandria’s daily reality where motion becomes standstill, and survival becomes a negotiation with chaos. Beneath the colors and noise, the image points to the weight of urban overgrowth, where infrastructure lags behind the people it is meant to serve.

This piece transforms traffic into a metaphor for stalled progress. It asks: how can a society move forward when its streets are gridlocked, when systems designed to carry people instead trap them? The work aspires to reimagine mobility not just as transportation, but as dignity, efficiency, and possibility.