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World
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International
7/23/2025 11:15:34 AM
The United States said Tuesday it would quit UNESCO, saying the UN cultural and education agency, best known for establishing world heritage sites, is biased against Israel and promotes "divisive" causes.
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World
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Region
7/22/2025 2:59:27 PM
The United States will leave the United Nations' culture and education agency UNESCO as President Donald Trump continues to pull his country out of international institutions he has long criticized, two European diplomats told Reuters.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/21/2025 9:09:23 PM
Nigeria has officially endorsed Egypt’s candidate, Dr Khaled El-Anany, for the post of Director-General of UNESCO ahead of the election scheduled for October 2025.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/16/2025 5:13:18 PM
Egypt welcomed UNESCO’s decision to remove Abu Mena Monastery from the List of World Heritage in Danger, describing it as a new milestone that underscores the country’s commitment to safeguarding its cultural heritage according to international standards, a cabinet statement said Wednesday.
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World
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Region
7/1/2025 1:18:28 PM
Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural agency said on Tuesday.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
6/3/2025 9:14:28 PM
UNESCO and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) have launched a new platform designed to boost the visibility, mobility and leadership of Arab women scientists across the region.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/23/2025 2:23:44 PM
The African Union-European Union third ministerial meeting's final communiqué highlighted the African Union's endorsement of Egypt's Khaled El-Enany as a candidate for the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) director-general post.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/23/2025 10:07:40 AM
Egyptologist and former minister of tourism and antiquities Khaled El-Enany is running for UNESCO director-general.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
4/17/2025 9:37:48 PM
A modern vision has met traditional resistance as the pilot operation of the long-awaited Giza Plateau Facilities Development Project faces initial criticisms
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Egypt
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Politics
4/9/2025 10:33:10 PM
Egypt’s candidate for the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General post, Khaled El-Enany, presented his candidacy and strategic vision to members of UNESCO’s Executive Board in Paris on Wednesday.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
4/7/2025 7:43:57 PM
The Treasures of Czechia exhibition, along with its accompanying program showcasing Czech UNESCO tangible and intangible heritage, highlights the shared commitment of both Czechia and Egypt to preserving and celebrating cultural heritage.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/7/2025 1:59:14 PM
Nesmahar Sayed reports on consultations ensuring the ethical implementation of artificial intelligence.
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World
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Region
2/10/2025 9:58:11 PM
Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but still awe-inspiring, and open to the public following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
1/4/2025 10:00:00 PM
Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi's cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab, the national musical instrument of his homeland, took shape under his deft hands.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/28/2024 3:17:53 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty expressed Egypt's gratitude to Gabon's President Brice Oligui Nguema on Friday for withdrawing Gabon's candidate for Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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Egypt
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Tourism
12/9/2024 9:26:21 PM
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has awarded the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) the prestigious Prix Versailles award for being one of the world’s most beautiful museums for 2024.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/5/2024 9:42:38 PM
Semsemeya music instrument crafting and playing and Henna-centred rituals, aesthetics, and social practices were enlisted yesterday on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity of UNESCO.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/4/2024 6:50:00 PM
The UN's cultural organisation added Aleppo's famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list Tuesday with Syria's second city again wracked by war.
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Egypt
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Tourism
11/26/2024 4:20:01 PM
Khaled El-Enany, Egypt’s candidate for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) director-general post, has been chosen as the UN Tourism Ambassador for Cultural Tourism.
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World
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Region
11/17/2024 3:54:10 PM
Hundreds of cultural professionals, including archaeologists and academics, called on the United Nations to safeguard war-torn Lebanon's heritage in a petition published Sunday ahead of a crucial UNESCO meeting.
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