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Restoration work underway for Saint Catherine Monastery Library
Archaeology
August 2, 2020
Restoration work underway for Saint Catherine Monastery Library
The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry has begun renovating the western part of the Saint Catherine Monastery’s Library alongside restoring the…
Highways raise alarm in Cairo’s historic City of the Dead
Features/Interviews
August 1, 2020
Highways raise alarm in Cairo’s historic City of the Dead
CAIRO (AP) — For centuries, sultans and princes, saints and scholars, elites and commoners have been buried in two sprawling…
Erdogan declares Hagia Sophia a mosque after Turkish court ruling
Middle East
July 11, 2020
Erdogan declares Hagia Sophia a mosque after Turkish court ruling
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to…
Video: Egypt launches guided virtual tour of Ottoman-era masterpiece door
Archaeology
April 28, 2020
Video: Egypt launches guided virtual tour of Ottoman-era masterpiece door
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has launched a new guided virtual tour taking viewers inside the Museum of Islamic…
Auschwitz online: raising Holocaust awareness in the digital age
World
April 14, 2020
Auschwitz online: raising Holocaust awareness in the digital age
Every day, Pawel Sawicki, head of social media at the Auschwitz Museum, posts several photos of victims of the former…
Egypt begins restoring Sultana Melek Palace in Heliopolis
Archaeology
March 9, 2020
Egypt begins restoring Sultana Melek Palace in Heliopolis
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has begun restoration work for the Sultana Melek palace in Heliopolis, the head of the…
Immigration Minister visits first museum opened by Egyptian in Chicago
Culture
February 24, 2020
Immigration Minister visits first museum opened by Egyptian in Chicago
Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Nabila Makram visited the Halim Time and Glass Museum on Monday, accompanied by the…
Egyptian screenwriter Wahid Hamed to author third part of series about Muslim Brotherhood
Culture
February 17, 2020
Egyptian screenwriter Wahid Hamed to author third part of series about Muslim Brotherhood
The United Company for Media revealed that it has signed an agreement with Egyptian screenwriter Wahid Hamed to write the…
Photos: Forty foreign ambassadors in Egypt visit Abdeen Palace
Culture
February 5, 2020
Photos: Forty foreign ambassadors in Egypt visit Abdeen Palace
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Anani invited ambassadors from 40 foreign countries in Egypt to visit the Abdeen Palace…
In blessing annexation, Trump erodes an international norm
Middle East
February 4, 2020
In blessing annexation, Trump erodes an international norm
Annexation, at its heart, is a byproduct of conflict. Almost never is it an act of peace, though it has…