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Lower Egypt
Alexandria’s Historic Tram Faces Modernization: Residents Fear Losing Africa’s Oldest Transit System
Egypt’s 164-year-old “Tramway” modernisation plan sparks debate between progress and preservation in the Mediterranean coastal city. Modernisation Plans for Africa’s…
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Greater Cairo
Red Sea Simsimiya vs. Suez Canal: How One Instrument Tells Two Egyptian Stories
For three thousand years, a wooden lyre has travelled the Red Sea, first strung with animal intestines, later with fishing…
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Lower Egypt
Abdel Hamid Al-Basyouni: The dilemma of similarity between a writer and a soccer player
Novelist and short story writer Abdel Hamid Al-Basyouni sits on the balcony of his house overlooking a small garden, the…
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Lower Egypt
“Petros Kassab”… Another forgotten house in Suez falls
The residents of the Suez neighborhood woke up to the sound of excavators demolishing “Petros Kassab’s house,” which overlooks the…
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Lower Egypt
Rescuing the wall of “Beit al-Masagiri”… Suez restores the spirit to the ancient house
The Suez District Presidency removed what it described as cultural distortion in the wall of the Masagiri House building by…
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Lower Egypt
In praise of mango… between the heritage of simsimiyya and Metqal`s Rababa
On an open stage in a public park, the Ismailia and Sharqia folk art troupes performed songs that blended tradition…
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Lower Egypt
Birdwatching in Port Said: How did it start and where is it headed?
Amateur photographer Ahmed Dabea is awaiting a new challenge in photographing the migration of birds to Port Said, which begins…
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Lower Egypt
“Simsimiyya Forum” celebrates global documentation and local demands to support musicians
While Dr. Nahla Imam, advisor to the Minister of Culture for Intangible Heritage, called at the third Simsimiyya Festival in…
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Lower Egypt
“Mango tourism” in Ismailia: summer fun with a taste of heritage
There are no beaches here, no air-conditioned museums, no temples, and no historical monuments. Just trees to shelter us from…
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Lower Egypt
“Al-Argoul”: Attempts to revive the heritage of the Egyptian rural instrument
The most famous moment in which the argoul appears may be the scene in which the character Masoud, played by…
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