Culture
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Analysis
The Abu Qir Train: a one way ticket and lost memory
As we wait for the promised fast and efficient metro that is replacing the slow-paced Abu Qir train in Alexandria…
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Upper Egypt
Bastetodon: the Discovery of a 30-Million-Year-Old Predator in Fayoum
Proof that the largest extinct creature once roamed the Egyptian desert was uncovered in February 0f 2025 by the Vertebrate…
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Greater Cairo
Masalla Park Under Threat: Petition Demands Halt to Construction and Concrete Works
More than three months after Bab Masr investigated the activities at Masalla Park in Zamalek—under the headline “Soil Excavation and…
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Greater Cairo
Remains of the Poet are no more: the demolition of Mahmoud Sami al-Baroudi’s Mausoleum
Cairo’s historic cemeteries witnessed yet another demolition on 6 February 2025 of the mausoleum of poet and former minister of…
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Analysis
Om Kalthoum’s Cairo: The City that Found its Voice
No human voice dominated, and still dominates Cairo’s spaces, like Om Kalthoum’s voice. It has become a feature known to…
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