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Celebrating Sinai Liberation Day: Gems of Saint Catherine's Monastery

Saint Catherine’s Monastery was the place where God spoke to Prophet Moses and manifested to him on the mountain.

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Celebrating Sinai Liberation Day: Gems of Saint Catherine's Monastery

Cairo International Forum for storytelling dedicates its first Edition to Hassan El-Geretly

From Ocean to Gulf: Heritage Music of The Arab World - Music of Happy Yemen (8th Century BC-19th Century AD)

Renovation of Al-Khalifa district Houses: 500 metres of hope and heritage

Video: Habayebna singing troupe chants the night away at Beit El-Sehemi

Video - Talking Heritage: Kahk

From Ocean to Gulf: Heritage Music of the Arab World – Hajja Zeinab El Mansouria (1898-1935)

Ramadan Icons: The Cannon of Hajja Fatma

El Warsha troupe opens Ramadan season at Beit El Sit Wasila

Ramadan icons: Delicious Konafa and Qattayef!

From Ocean to Gulf: Heritage Music of the Arab World – Tanburi' Muhyiddin Ba’yun (1868 -1934)

El-Damma Theatre reopens to mark 1st annual commemoration of El-Rayess Zakaria

From Ocean to Gulf: Heritage Music of the Arab World - Sāmī al-Shawwā (1889-1965)

From Ocean to Gulf: Heritage Music of the Arab World; Munīra al-Mahdiyya (1884-1965)

In Photos: Open-air art studio in Downtown Cairo marks 1056 years of the Egyptian capital

Meet Downtown Cairo’s latest initiative: Museum of the People

Ramadan Icons: Meet the legendary Amou Fouad

Ramadan icons: Egypt's National Quran Broadcast turns 60

Ramadan icons: Meet Sayyed Al-Nakshabandi – The munshid of the holy month

Ramadan icons: Meet Sheikh Mohamed Refaat – The official voice of the holy month

Exploring the Red Land II: Shahira Fawzy - The Lady of the Eastern Desert

William Sedhom (1948-2023): 'Father of Dreams'

Egyptian women in public domain: Models of awareness, will and passion

March of Egyptian Women: Nabaweya Moussa

March of Egyptian Women: Aziza Hussein

March of Egyptian Women: Doria Shafik

March of Egyptian women: Huda Shaarawi

Meet Professor Essam Safi El-Din: An Egyptian architect and tutor

Egyptian architectural historian May El-Ibrashy wins Prince Claus Fund’s Impact Award

'Every stone has a meaning': On Hassan Fathy, architecture, and New Gourna

May El-Ibrashy: We are here to exchange knowledge

Walks

Palestine from Cairo series: Palestinian songwriter, vocalist Amal Kaawash moves audience to tears at El Warsha

Talented Palestinian artist Amal Kaawash brought the audiences to tears as she performed songs from her album Ally Al Maragih (Let the Swings Swing Higher) at the El-Warsha Theatre troupe last week.

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Palestine from Cairo series: Palestinian songwriter, vocalist Amal Kaawash moves audience to tears at El Warsha

Sham El-Nessim - A very ancient Egyptian Easter

Own the city: Esna - Where 'the habra is big enough for 10'

Exploring the Red Land III: Wadi Skeit, guardians of the gold mines and the treasure map of the Romans

Exploring the Red Land I: A meteor pool - An ancient valley & the Ababda sky-reading secrets

Own the city series: Al-Sakakini – The old Cairo district named after a Syrian Bey

Meet Ismailia, Egypt's first company town

Egypt enlists Journey of the Holy Family festivals on UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Dalida's Shubra: Walk pass the diva's old balcony and enjoy the charm of the historic district

Stabene: Preserving the rich history of Port Said

Own the City: It is Christmas in Heliopolis!

Mogawra celebrates 10 years of community engagement, preservation, and restoration

Take a Walk: Sundays in Al-Moez’s Cairo

Cairo Biography: The beauty is in the details

Take a walk: Alexandria, the city blessed by Ra

Along the trail of Historic Cairo: Imam Al-Shafii district

Al-Madaq: Historical trails of Cairo online

Long before the Nakba became a word half the world avoids, it was lived — day by day, raid by raid, village by village. As Palestinians mark 77 years of dispossession, we revisit the pages of Al-Ahram, which chronicled the catastrophe as it happened.

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