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Alex royal jewelry museum reopened after 3-year closure
October 19, 2014
Alex royal jewelry museum reopened after 3-year closure
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty and Alexandria Governor Tarek al-Mahdy reopened on Sunday the Royal Jewelry Museum after three years of…
Stories of Change: Capturing the moment with revolutionary insight
October 14, 2014
Stories of Change: Capturing the moment with revolutionary insight
In light of the wave of sociopolitical changes sweeping the Middle East, a group of artists have joined efforts to…
A search for globality in al-Darb al-Ahmar
October 13, 2014
A search for globality in al-Darb al-Ahmar
A few hours before the start of the Global Photo Contest, which is organized around the world in October of…
Museums for free on World Tourism Day
September 10, 2014
Museums for free on World Tourism Day
Ahmed Mutawa, director of the Archaeological Sites Development Department, said all museums will be for free on World Tourism Day…
TEDx Cairo presents Hany al-Masry: An Egyptian artist icon
June 15, 2014
TEDx Cairo presents Hany al-Masry: An Egyptian artist icon
In a cozy two-floor coffee shop on Cairo's Nile river banks in Zamalek, TEDx Cairo featured a speech by an…
Russia erects statue for prominent Egyptian writer
March 13, 2014
Russia erects statue for prominent Egyptian writer
Mohamed al-Badry, the Egyptian ambassador to Moscow, unveiled a statue of the Egyptian thinker and writer Abbas Mahmoud al-Akkad on…
Art Day to be inaugurated Thursday after 33-year suspension
March 13, 2014
Art Day to be inaugurated Thursday after 33-year suspension
Interim president Adly Mansour will inaugurate on Thursday evening the Art Day after 33 years of suspension.Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb,…
Cartoon exhibition on environment features 35 artists
January 22, 2014
Cartoon exhibition on environment features 35 artists
Cartoonists George Bahjory and Gomaa Farhat open on Wednesday a cartoon exhibition entitled "alarm," organized by the Egyptian Society for…
‘A Human Being’ wins Arab Mobile Film Festival award
January 20, 2014
‘A Human Being’ wins Arab Mobile Film Festival award
The Egyptian film A Human Being won the top prize in the Arab Mobile Film Festival in Amsterdam this year. Judges said the…
Not your grandma’s furniture
January 4, 2014
Not your grandma’s furniture
Pull up a chair as these two Cairo-based furniture designers will keep you at the edge of your seat. Mariam Elias,…