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Egypt
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Politics
2/26/2023 10:56:29 AM
The family of late Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat has filed an “urgent statement” in the House of Representatives directed to Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the cabinet after El-Sadat’s diplomatic passport was sold by a US auction house.
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Antiquities
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Region
2/7/2023 6:38:57 PM
The UN's cultural agency UNESCO said two sites listed on its World Heritage list in Syria and Turkey sustained damage in the devastating earthquake and warned several others may also have been hit.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/6/2023 4:55:44 PM
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Heritage
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Walks
2/5/2023 5:51:29 PM
In our third article on documenting the social history of historic districts of Egypt, Ahram Online walks with Mohamed Yehia, founder of Semsemia tours, and explores the stories behind the construction of the country's first company town during the digging of the Suez Canal in the mid-19th Century.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
1/31/2023 8:35:37 PM
A new Paris exhibition is marking 100 years of heritage and archaeology in Afghanistan, writes David Tresilian
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World
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Region
1/25/2023 7:11:58 PM
An ancient Yemeni kingdom and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park were added Wednesday to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in danger, the latest entries from The Middle East.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
1/22/2023 2:45:58 PM
Fayrouz Karawya spoke to Ahram Online, talking about her first critical narrative book, Kol Dah Kan Leih? (“What Was All That For?”), reveals a spiral way of reading the musical history of the late 19th and 20th century Egypt.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
1/21/2023 2:42:00 PM
Dean of the Higher Institute of Folk Arts Mustafa Gad explains the Coptic contributions to Egyptian life on the occasion of the Feast of the Epiphany to Dina Ezzat
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
1/16/2023 4:26:56 PM
Cairo's Al-Taliaa Theatre (Avant-Garde Theatre) launched a new project, the Al-Taliaa Orchestra, dedicated to reviving Egypt’s musical theatre heritage, with auditions continuing until 2 February
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/13/2023 12:26:00 PM
Egypt has expanded its Productive Families project to help Arab exhibitors showcase their authentic cultural heritage and folklore.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
1/12/2023 3:24:52 PM
The European Centre for Middle East Studies, headquartered in Germany, is organising its third international scientific conference in Tunisia on 25-26 February.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
1/6/2023 1:43:34 PM
For the past few weeks, Cairo's historic cemeteries have been in the limelight after an idea was floated in local media to rebury iconic Egyptian figures in a new site to be called “A Garden for the Immortals” has received pushback from affected communities.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
12/19/2022 4:50:37 PM
Many of Ukraine’s monuments and archeological sites have come under Russian gunfire, endangering the country’s cultural heritage as well as a collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts.
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Heritage
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Photo Heritage
12/7/2022 10:35:43 PM
Marked for Demolition, an art exhibition held at downtown's Cairo Atelier from 4 to 10 December, is the culmination of efforts by a group of artists to showcase the artistic grandeur and priceless cultural value of the historical cemeteries of the Egyptian capital.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/4/2022 1:12:10 PM
Cuban cultural authorities have declared the musical movement known as Nueva Trova, a folk-music genre melding poetry and progressive politics, to be part of the nation's cultural heritage, the official newspaper Granma reported Saturday.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/1/2022 5:55:53 PM
Raucous, expressive and revolutionary: Algeria's Rai music took its place on the United Nations' list of intangible cultural heritage on Thursday.
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Heritage
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Walks
11/30/2022 3:10:03 PM
“Festivities and celebrations affiliated with the Journey of the Holy Family in Egypt are now on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,” professor Nahla Imam, heritage consultant at the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and country representative of Egypt at the 2003 Convention of Safeguarding the Intangible Heritage of UNESCO, told Ahram Online on Wednesday
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Living
11/29/2022 10:19:10 PM
Architect Menna H. Ashour shares her exploration of Cairo’s design scene and architectural heritage at the first Cairo Design Week in Heliopolis
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Heritage
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Inspiring Minds
11/28/2022 1:02:15 PM
As he submitted the final maquettes (small-scale models) of Egypt's folk architecture to the soon-to-open Museum of Folk Arts, Ahram Online spoke to the master himself about the merits and grace of architecture.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
11/20/2022 3:23:27 PM
With the slogan "empowering creative minds," the platform empowers young independent Egyptian and Arab talents to be part of the realm of creative industry.
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