Lower Egypt
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The Sultan Hussein Building in Alexandria: From Cotton Merchant’s Headquarters to Art Exhibition Center and Museum
In the heart of Alexandria’s old streets, specifically on Sultan Hussein Street, stands a unique heritage building, the palace of…
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The Golden Smile Exhibition: When Fragility Becomes Art and Resistance Becomes Features
In his latest exhibition, The Golden Smile, Shadi Habiba relied on technology to create something new and different from an…
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Sustaining the dream.. Women rewrite history in Al-Gharbia
On the main rural road in the village of Hannoun, in the center of Zifta in Al-Gharbia governorate, a simple…
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Interview | Dr. Muhannad Foda: Heritage is not a luxury… and “Save Mansoura” fights oblivion through documentation
In a city haunted by real estate maps and on the verge of losing the features that centuries of history…
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“Port Said Lighthouse”.. The world’s first concrete structure at the crossroads of history and navigation
In the heart of Port Said stands the ancient Port Said Lighthouse, a testament to engineering genius and navigational vision…
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Theater never dies… Mansoura saves its heritage and restores it as an opera house
Not everything that is demolished collapses. Some buildings remain, even if they are destroyed, simply because they carry the memory…
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Can alternatives in western villages compensate for the absence of cultural centers threatened with closure?
When one door closes, attention turns to other doors that were there but were not visible before. In cultural centers,…
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The birth of “Ibn Salam” … The memory of a companion who brings life back to a village in the Dakahlia Governorate
I don’t remember how old I was when I received my first gift from one of my elderly relatives. I…
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After being removed from the red list | Abu Mina: a saint loved by all but neglected by the “Antiquities Authority” for decades!
For nearly a quarter of a century, the site of the Abu Mina monastery in Alexandria remained on UNESCO’s red…
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A minaret is dying and a dome has been buried without a cry… Will Mansoura save its oldest mosque?
In a city that only pays attention to those who shout, the mosque of the righteous king Ayyub stands as…
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