Alexandria
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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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Lower Egypt
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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Lower Egypt
The Sayed Darwish Museum in Alexandria.. False promises renewed every year
Although more than a century has passed since the death of the people’s artist Sayed Darwish, Alexandria—his birthplace—still has no…
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Analysis
“Dreams” of Sayed Darwish Now
Sayed Darwish passed away on September 15, 1923, at his sister’s house in Moharram Bey. He died with visions and…
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Lower Egypt
“The massacre of Abu Qir trees”… A traffic expansion project sparks outrage in Alexandria
A heated debate has erupted on social media in recent days after photos circulated of huge trees being cut down…
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Lower Egypt
Will life return to the ancient Ibn al-Nabih cistern in Alexandria?
In the heart of ancient Alexandria, where archaeological monuments are scattered among narrow alleys and heritage buildings, stands the Ibn…
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Analysis
Fardis, the people below
Perhaps the ancient Egyptians succeeded in their obsession with special measures for dwelling in eternal paradise after leaving this world,…
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Lower Egypt
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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Lower Egypt
“In the Presence of the Maqam”: A Research Project to Document the Memory of the Mariout Lake Region
The French Cultural Institute in Alexandria organized an evening event entitled “In the Presence of the Maqam,” which presented the…
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Lower Egypt
Monk “Tadaus Afamina”: Abu Mina site back to life… Plans to build a museum and hotel in the area
The archaeological site of Abu Mina in Borg Al Arab, Alexandria, one of the holiest Coptic shrines in the world,…
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