{"id":941,"date":"2025-06-24T02:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babmsr.com\/en\/2025\/06\/24\/play-this-game-for-free-on-steam-this-weekend\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:01:26","slug":"homes-are-the-irreplaceable-starting-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babmsr.com\/en\/2025\/06\/24\/homes-are-the-irreplaceable-starting-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview | Dr. Shawkat Al-Masri: Culture is the shield of identity\u2026 and its homes are the irreplaceable starting point"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Monufia has woven its own cultural fabric since ancient times, opening its arms to art, storytelling, poetry, and science without hindrance, just as its land has opened its heart to fertile agriculture and various folk and traditional arts, intertwining with the capital in a charming and attractive harmony.<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Shawkat Al-Masri, assistant professor of modern literary criticism at the Academy of Arts in Cairo, is an active intellectual and one of the symbols of the cultural scene in Egypt. 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