By Rana Khaled, Daily News Egypt “If you want to see the change, be the change”. With this motto, a group of students at Helwan University’s Faculty of Fine Arts are waging a war against the dull grey colour that dominates Egypt’s streets. Aiming to change this frustrating reality, the group came up with the idea of colouring different parts of the city, aiming to introduce comfort and happiness to the hearts and minds of the people in Cairo. “Everything in my life is attached to colours,” said Marwa Nasser, a second year student at the Faculty’s Decoration Department, and the initiative founder. The whole thing started when Nasser noticed how most of Egyptians go to their work with a miserable, fretful look on their faces. “I was thinking how exchanging the dull grey colour that dominates most of the Egyptian streets with other bright colours,” she said, “[this] may help improve people’s mood which will eventually reflect on their satisfaction and productivity levels.” As Nasser explained the idea to a group of her friends, they became very enthusiastic to take part in the project. Although they thought that permissions…
