Farghali Abdel Hafiz has represented Egypt at several editions of the Venice Biennale and "Stupid Terrorism", made in 1992, is the last from a series of twelve works shown in 1993 at the Egyptian Pavilion. The rest are in public and private collections.

1992 saw the first attack by militants on foreign tourists in Upper Egypt. On September 30 a spokesman for the main militant movement, the Gama'a al-Islamiya warned tourists not to enter the province of Qena, which includes some of Egypt's most famous Pharaonic temples & tombs. The attacks began on 1 October, when a Nile Cruiser carrying 140 German tourists was fired on, injuring three of the Egyptian crew. On October 21 militants ambushed a tourist bus, killing one British woman and injuring two British men. The woman was the first foreigner to die in militant related violence in Egypt.

By this time Farghali was using natural materials such as mud, clay and straw, incorporating them into his canvases to give them richly textured surfaces. The series contrasts modern and traditional symbols, just as it juxtaposes the earthy colours of mud and clay with his bright, unmixed acrylics. This series marks the high point in Farghali's experiments with the texture, thickly encrusted with mud and incorporating a mud brick.