The recently launched Cairo Dish Painting Initiative has taken its activities to rooftops in El-Marg, an informal area in the north-east of Cairo.

The initiative, launched by American resident artist at Artellewa Jason Stoneking, has gained popularity on social media merely a week after its launch.

Stoneking hopes Cairenes will take it upon themselves to paint their own dishes, so the movement continues beyond his short lived residency in Egypt's capital.

Photos by Rowan El Shimi, with some courtesy of the artist