history
Hosni, Hawass challenge antiquities bill
Egypt
January 26, 2010
Hosni, Hawass challenge antiquities bill
At a parliamentary session Tuesday, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni and Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA),…
Politics and war of Elie Hobeika
Archaeology
January 24, 2010
Politics and war of Elie Hobeika
Born on 22 September 1956, Elie Hobeika was a Lebanese Forces militia commander during the Lebanese Civil War, and a…
Queen Farida, King Farouk’s first wife
Archaeology
January 20, 2010
Queen Farida, King Farouk’s first wife
Born in 1921 in Alexandria, Saphinaz Zulfikar, or Queen Farida, member of the Egyptian-Circassian family of Zulfikar, was King Farouk's…
Immigrant’s gate to America
Egypt
December 26, 2009
Immigrant’s gate to America
Zahi Hawass: “I want it back”
Archaeology
December 20, 2009
Zahi Hawass: “I want it back”
Zahi Hawass, Egypt's foremost archaeologist and secretary general of the High Council of Antiquities, caused a stir in the UK…
Special relationships
Archaeology
December 8, 2009
Special relationships
Weeks after the Algeria and Egypt football game in Sudan, media talkshows and newspapers in Egypt continue to pose angry…
Conservation conflicts
Books
December 7, 2009
Conservation conflicts
Although Ahmed Sedky’s book features charts and graphs, an extended bibliography, and copious footnotes, its target is not a university…
Truth and secrets: The Sadat assassination trial 24 years on
Egypt
December 6, 2009
Truth and secrets: The Sadat assassination trial 24 years on
The confiscation by State Security this week of a recently-deceased judge’s personal diaries and court documents has reignited debate about…
Algeria and Egypt: A tale of two histories
Archaeology
November 24, 2009
Algeria and Egypt: A tale of two histories
Dublin--Earlier this month, when referring to the Egypt-Algeria fiasco, television commentator Amr Adeeb asked the rhetorical question: “Why do they…