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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/8/2023 3:35:30 PM
The Palestinian dabkeh dance, birthday celebrations for the Prophet Muhammad in Sudan, and the art skills and Arab metal engraving are now listed on UNESCO's World Heritage list.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/6/2023 5:11:51 PM
The world celebrates the traditional Palestinian Dabkeh as UNESCO adds it to the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
12/5/2023 9:39:50 PM
The Imhotep Museum at the Saqqara Necropolis opened to the public this week, offering a window into the wonders of ancient Egyptian engineering and architecture, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Egypt
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Society
9/28/2023 2:02:42 PM
The Egyptian Cabinet approved on Wednesday Egypt's membership of UNESCO's "Revised Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas, and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab states."
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Heritage
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Heritage special
9/17/2023 3:27:00 PM
The United Nations' cultural organization conference voted Sunday to list the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which occupies the territory.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
9/15/2023 6:20:10 PM
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the UNESCO Office in Cairo have recently launched new Guidelines for the Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites in Egypt.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/7/2023 1:39:29 PM
The Council of Arab Foreign Ministers of the Arab League endorsed on Thursday Egypt's former tourism and antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany as the Arab candidate for the post of director-general of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - 2025-2029.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/1/2023 1:57:00 PM
Renowned archaeologist Zahi Hawass has urged UNESCO to collaborate with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on repatriating Egyptian artefacts long-housed at the British Museum.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
8/29/2023 7:58:43 PM
Monday 28 August witnessed the closing ceremony of a three-year-long UNESCO project to preserve the culture of craftsmanship in Cairo's Khan El-Khalili and El-Darb El-Ahmar historic areas, held at Al-Azhar Park.
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Antiquities
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Coptic
8/28/2023 6:01:10 PM
Delegations from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and UNESCO Cairo Regional Office visited St. Catherine World Heritage Site and the ongoing Great Transfiguration Project in South Sinai.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/22/2023 10:23:14 PM
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Heritage
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Heritage special
8/21/2023 5:14:25 PM
Egypt inaugurated the House of Heritage at the Foustat Traditional Crafts Centre in Old Cairo on 20 August.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/15/2023 9:38:01 PM
A broader range of perspectives must be heard if fear-mongering and the suppression of inconvenient truths are not to push us towards the wrong solutions to the world’s problems.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
8/7/2023 10:27:00 AM
Thousands of years before cookbooks were written elsewhere in the world, the ancient Egyptians were documenting recipes on the walls of tombs, like the one found in the tomb of Rekhmi Ra, a minister, that depicted the stages of preparing tiger nut cake.
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World
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International
7/31/2023 8:24:05 PM
The UN's cultural agency UNESCO on Monday recommended that Venice be added to its list of world heritage in danger, saying the Italian authorities needed to step up efforts to secure the historic city and its surrounding lagoon.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
7/29/2023 3:41:46 PM
Internationally acclaimed art exhibition ‘Forever Is Now’ is scheduled to launch its third edition at the Great Pyramids of Giza between 26 October and 18 November, as unveiled by the organizer Art D’Egypte.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/23/2023 10:48:14 PM
UNESCO on Sunday condemned Russia's "brazen" attack on Ukraine's Odesa, which hit several sites in the port city's World Heritage centre.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/22/2023 9:29:00 AM
The Marshes of southern Iraq, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are being turned into desert by ongoing drought. Report from Chibayish in the Dhi Qar Province of Iraq
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Heritage
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Heritage special
7/11/2023 5:40:18 PM
Egypt and the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will co-organize a series of events celebrating 20 years since the adoption of the 2003 Convention of Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
7/2/2023 4:08:44 PM
Young Moroccan women are bringing new and inclusive energy to the centuries-old art of Gnaoua, a spiritual musical repertoire traditionally reserved for men.
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