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Upper Egypt
“Extend Your Grace, O Tiba”: Reviving Religious Chanting and the Hilali Epic for Children at Luxor Public Library
Luxor’s Egypt Public Library hosts historic workshops for children, featuring Egypt’s first female Hilali Epic narrator and renowned chanter Shaimaa…
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Lower Egypt
Alexandria’s Historic Tram System: A Journey Through Time (1863-2026)
Explore the 163-year history of Alexandria’s iconic tram system, Africa’s oldest streetcar network, as the Egyptian city prepares to bid…
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Upper Egypt
Aga Khan Necropolis Reveals Missing Link in Aswan’s Cemetery History
Egyptian archaeologist Ahmed Masoud discusses groundbreaking discoveries at the Aga Khan archaeological necropolis, revealing new insights into Late Period, Ptolemaic,…
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Analysis
The Man Behind the Lens: Youssef Chahine’s Hidden Actor Within
How an unfulfilled acting ambition shaped one of Arab cinema’s most controlling and visionary directors By Yehia Khalifa
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Upper Egypt
Voices from Egypt’s High Dam: 55 Years of Stories from the Builders Who Made History
The Aswan High Dam stands as one of the world’s most ambitious engineering projects. On its 55th anniversary, the Egyptian…
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Lower Egypt
Alexandria Footnotes Walking Tours: A City That Doesn’t Reveal Its Secrets Easily
By Mirna Gohar Exploring Alexandria’s hidden layers through footnotes walking tours
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Uncategorized
Daoud Abdel Sayed (1946-2025): Egyptian Film Director Who Taught Me to Love Wisdom, Stories, and Life
A Personal Eulogy for the Auteur Filmmaker Behind ‘Land of Fear’ and ‘Messages from the Sea’ By Yahya Khalifa When…
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Lower Egypt
Art Deco Architecture in Alexandria: Why This 100-Year-Old Style Still Matters Today
A century ago, Alexandria became an unexpected laboratory for Art Deco—the world’s first truly global architectural style. European architects fleeing…
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Greater Cairo
Guests at the sixth edition of the Climate Forum: Priority must be given to planet Earth
Two days ago, Diwan Library, in collaboration with Wales, organized the sixth edition of the Climate Forum at the Cultural…
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Greater Cairo
Baligh Hamdy: A brilliant beginning and a dramatic end
His name was Baligh Abdelhamid Hamdy Morsi. He was born on October 7, 1932, on Tawfiqia Street in Rod al-Farag,…
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