Lower Egypt
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“The Simsimiyya Told Me to Sing, and I Listened” Egypt’s First Female Simsimiyya Player on Music and Resistance
Interview with Fatma El-Morsy, Pioneering Musician preserving Egyptian folk music across generations
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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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Beyond the Rosetta Stone: Discovering Egypt’s Best-Kept Architectural Secret
Exploring the Ottoman houses, French connections, and ancient traditions of Egypt’s Nile delta gem
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Prince Omar Tosson Palace Alexandria: Historic Royal Residence Faces Urgent Restoration Crisis
Students and faculty of Alexandria University fight to preserve the deteriorating Royal Palace amid a Heritage crisis.
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What is Kiahk? Ancient Egyptian Coptic Month Blends Christian Prayer with Agricultural Traditions
While much of the world marks December with Christmas preparations, Egypt’s Coptic Christians observe Kiahk, a month-long convergence of Marian…
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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.
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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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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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Rediscovering Alexandria’s Soul: The Iskenderona Project Celebrates a City’s Layers
Beyond the well-trodden paths to ancient libraries and sunken palaces, a different kind of excavation is underway in Egypt’s legendary…
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Why Egypt’s “Red Palace” Was Demolished Despite Heritage Laws
The demolition of the “Red Palace,” also known as the “Iskandar Pasha Palace,” in the Egyptian city of Mansoura has…
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