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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
6/20/2023 9:13:37 PM
A new translation is introducing the work of 16th-century traveller Leo Africanus to new generations of readers, writes David Tresilian
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Antiquities
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Museums
6/19/2023 7:42:00 PM
During his visit to Washington DC, as part of his lecturing tour in the US, Ahram Online discussed plans for the inauguration of the GEM and controversial theories on the origins of Egyptian civilization as reflected in the recent Netflix Cleopatra film with renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass.
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World
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International
6/7/2023 8:22:22 PM
Prince Harry accused a tabloid publisher of "industrial scale" phone hacking as he wrapped up almost eight hours of court testimony on Wednesday, becoming the first British royal in over a century to take to the witness stand.
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World
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International
6/7/2023 4:04:03 PM
Prince Harry was back on the stand for a second day of cross-examination in a London court on Wednesday, the first British royal in more than a century to give evidence on the witness stand.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
6/2/2023 12:57:51 PM
From an ancient Middle Eastern limestone elephant to seventh century Chinese sculptures, New York prosecutors have seized hundreds of priceless artefacts looted from around the globe that have earned it the reputation as a key global hub for art trafficking.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
5/18/2023 4:40:55 PM
Norwegian Ambassador Hilde Klemetsdal said that Egyptian-Norwegian relations date back to the 13th century, when King Haakon IV Haakonsson (1217-1263) of Norway decided to send an ambassador to Cairo along with gifts to the Egyptian Sultan, which were trained hunting falcons.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/15/2023 2:59:18 PM
In this extract from his recent book, Abdel Wahab El-Messeri reflects on the many mutations of antisemitism in the Western mindset, and interrogates one of the strangest transformations in the history of the 20th century -- how, as death approached, the Jews in the Nazi camps became "Muslims"
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/12/2023 6:58:50 PM
The path of Orthodox-Catholic reconciliation has been a long one, lasting 15 centuries, said Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/12/2023 5:34:00 PM
Thousands flocked to cinemas in Dhaka on Friday as Shah Rukh Khan's blockbuster "Pathaan" hit the big screens, the first Bollywood movie to get a full release in Bangladesh in more than half a century
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World
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International
4/12/2023 7:52:11 PM
Spain recorded its second hottest and driest March this century, the country's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) said late on Tuesday.
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Sports
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World
4/8/2023 9:35:23 PM
Paulo Dybala fired Roma third in Serie A with the decisive penalty in Saturday's 1-0 win at Torino, while Bologna won 2-0 at Atalanta to boost their hopes of European football for the first time this century.
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Books
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Reviews
4/7/2023 5:54:00 PM
The stories of academic, professional and artistic achievement of 38 women offer a glimpse into the changing status and role of women in Egypt throughout the 20th century.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
4/5/2023 11:07:00 AM
Zahi Hawass describes the tunnel within the tomb of the ancient Egyptian king Seti I, discovered in 1817 but excavated over a century later
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
4/4/2023 2:55:26 PM
The sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ramses II arrived in Paris and was unveiled on Monday before it will be displayed in the French capital for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
3/26/2023 10:27:20 PM
Director and actor Mohamed Sobhi presents his new play Eila Etaamallaha Block (A Family That Has Been Blocked) in which he takes us back a century and then brings us back, while presenting the evolution of family relationships.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
3/14/2023 4:34:48 PM
Syrian poet Adonis, perhaps the most influential figure in Arabic letters alive today, spoke to Mohamed Al-Qazzaz about life, art, and the way out of the current cultural impasse
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Books
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News
3/9/2023 10:24:20 PM
This month, Arab World Books celebrates 25 years of an evolving pursuit to catalogue Arab writers and to introduce their ideas and titles to the non-Arabic speaking world.
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Books
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Reviews
3/4/2023 1:02:28 PM
A recently published title offers an insight into what some top writers have read for over a century.
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Life & Style
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International
2/15/2023 10:22:05 PM
Over the past century, the Earth's average temperature has swiftly increased by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The evidence is hard to dispute. It comes from thermometers and other sensors around the world.
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World
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Region
2/10/2023 6:22:54 PM
Aimilia Balta's mother fled Turkey after a vicious war with Greece a century ago but it has not stopped the elderly Greeks from donating clothes for the thousands left homeless by the deadly earthquake there.
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