Greater Cairo
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From Mouth to Ear: How the Coptic Church Preserved Ancient Egyptian Melodies and the Coptic Language
From temple rituals to church liturgy: Egypt’s unbroken musical thread
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Daoud Abdel Sayed: Ranking the Films of Egyptian Cinema’s Philosophical Auteur
How Daoud Abdel Sayed balanced philosophical depth with popular appeal across a four-decade career. The late Egyptian director Daoud Abdel…
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Spirit and Love: Egyptian Museum Opens Major Christmas Exhibition Celebrating Coptic Heritage
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation showcases rare Christian artefacts and icons in a two-month exhibition highlighting Egypt’s religious diversity.
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Dreaming in Color: An Egyptian Artist’s Surreal Journey Through Moulids and Modernist Legacy
In his exhibition ‘A Festival, O World,’ visual artist and scholar Mohamed El-Behiry navigates the mystical spectacle of Egypt’s street…
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Demolition of Cairo’s historic cemeteries erases 1,200 years of history
Partly destroyed tomb in Sayeda Nafisa cemetery. Photo Ibrahim Taie The ongoing demolition of Cairo’s historic cemeteries, known as the…
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Monica Hanna’s ongoing battle to protect Egypt’s heritage amid online smear campaign
Monica Hanna, the founding dean of the Faculty of Cultural Heritage at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime…
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The fall of Robin Symes’ network for smuggling Egyptian antiquities
The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, built on 120 acres at a cost of $1 billion, prompted scholars to…
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International press celebrates the Grand Egyptian Museum: the most significant cultural event of the decade
“The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM): Egypt’s historical legacy comes back to life.” This is how the international press celebrated the…
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Antiquities Authority refuses to demolish Abdel Majeed Pasha Palace in Mallawi
Recently, a memo circulated on social media indicating the start of procedures to demolish the historic Abdel Majeed Pasha Palace…
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“Tales of Crossing”.. Folk Heritage in the Memory of War
Not all heroism is written in books; it lives on in stories that are told and novels that are passed…
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