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Mummified monk inside Buddha statue is museum draw
March 6, 2015
Mummified monk inside Buddha statue is museum draw
A Buddha statue from China that conceals the remains of a monk who turned himself into a mummy almost a millennium ago…
Youssef, 16, runs art galleries, highly-awarded
March 4, 2015
Youssef, 16, runs art galleries, highly-awarded
“I long for the days of my course with Syran plastic artist Sorour Elwany,” with those words 16-year-old Youssef Ayman,…
Madonna wants ‘a drink’ with French far-right leader Le Pen
March 3, 2015
Madonna wants ‘a drink’ with French far-right leader Le Pen
Madonna wants to "sit down and have a drink" with France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen to hear out the…
Culture Ministry investigates Salam theater portrait destruction
March 3, 2015
Culture Ministry investigates Salam theater portrait destruction
Culture Minister Gaber Asfour ordered an investigation over the destruction of the "100 years of enlightenment" portrait in February and…
Mohamed Mounir: Tourism video should have targeted all nationalities
March 3, 2015
Mohamed Mounir: Tourism video should have targeted all nationalities
Egyptian Singer Mohamed Mounir has expressed happiness about reactions made to the Masr Orayeba song, which recently appeared on TV…
National Post Authority issues postage stamp for Faten Hamama
March 2, 2015
National Post Authority issues postage stamp for Faten Hamama
The Egyptian National Post Authority issued a postage stamp bearing the image of the late Arab screen and Egyptian cinema…
Iraq says to track down antiquities after IS museum rampage
March 2, 2015
Iraq says to track down antiquities after IS museum rampage
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS) militants who destroyed priceless antiquities from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have…
Celebrity Paris Hilton visits Cuba
February 27, 2015
Celebrity Paris Hilton visits Cuba
Socialite Paris Hilton began a visit on Thursday to Cuba, where her family lost a hotel a half-century ago when…
Mohamed Mounir’s “Masr Qariba” most tweeted hashtag
February 27, 2015
Mohamed Mounir’s “Masr Qariba” most tweeted hashtag
Mohamed Mounir’s “Masr Qariba” (Egypt is Near) was the most tweeted hashtag on Twitter in the early hours of Friday…
Stolen Picasso worth millions discovered in New York
February 27, 2015
Stolen Picasso worth millions discovered in New York
A Picasso painting, snatched more than a decade ago from a storeroom in Paris, has surfaced in New York and…