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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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Life & Style
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City Lights
11/19/2022 5:29:54 PM
The Spanish Embassy in Cairo celebrated World Heritage Day on 16 November with a public exhibition of photos around the embassy’s perimeter in Cairo’s Zamalek district that will remain on view through the end of the month.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
11/19/2022 12:39:11 PM
On Thursday El-Warsha, Egypt’s first independent theatre troupe, celebrated 35 years of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage with a performance at Rawabet Theatre in the heart of downtown Cairo.
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COP27
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Focus
11/18/2022 1:09:22 PM
One of the world's first cities came close to being wiped off the map during tragic floods this summer in Pakistan. Though Mohenjo Daro survived, it has become a symbol of the threat global warming poses to humanity's cultural heritage.
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Business
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Energy
11/13/2022 11:16:05 PM
Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a number of local and international partners to promote the use of small solar energy plants at archaeological sites and museums.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
11/11/2022 2:16:00 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Culture celebrates the rich intangible cultural heritage of Egypt including its traditional environmentally-friendly handicrafts through a number of cultural and musical events that highlight at the COP27.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/8/2022 10:07:00 AM
October and November are often thought to be the best months to dive in Egypt. The attractions are calmer now that the summer has gone, the temperature is relatively moderate, the wind is calm, and the visibility underwater is at its best.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/2/2022 2:00:38 PM
Carnival celebrations are a defining feature of the annual calendar in Brazil. During a massive street party over six days, scores of bands, often on big trucks, parade through the streets around the country. Every year, more than two million people come to Brazil’s northern state of Bahia to celebrate a particularly lively carnival.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
10/21/2022 8:06:35 PM
Old tram tickets, images of old cinemas and theatres, origins of churches and palaces and other priceless stories from history of the district of Shubra in north Cairo are being documented and shared with the public, with a lot of passion and much love.
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Sports
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Africa
10/14/2022 5:20:40 PM
Adidas acknowledged on Friday that the design for its new jersey collection for Algeria's national soccer team was inspired by Morocco's zellige mosaic pattern, resolving a dispute with the Moroccan government that had accused the sport apparel company of ``cultural appropriation'' of its heritage.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
10/11/2022 8:57:29 PM
Mai Samih reports on Turathna (Our Heritage) exhibition
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/11/2022 6:49:22 PM
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday officially requested that UNESCO add the historic port city of Odessa to its World Heritage List in a bid to protect it from Russian air strikes.
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Egypt
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Society
10/9/2022 12:53:31 PM
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly inaugurated on Sunday the fourth edition of the Torathna Exhibition for Handicrafts and Heritage at the Egypt International Exhibition Center (EIEC) in New Cairo.
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Sports
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Africa
9/30/2022 7:47:49 PM
The Moroccan government called on sports apparel company Adidas to pull off the market its new jersey collection for Algeria's national soccer team, alleging that the featured mosaic pattern amounted to `"cultural appropriation'' of Moroccan heritage.
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Egypt
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Politics
9/29/2022 11:03:16 PM
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Egypt Hong Jinwook paid a visit to the Upper Egypt governorates of Minya, Assiut and Sohag to explore possible cooperation, especially when it comes to cultural heritage, development, education and gender equality.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
9/23/2022 5:09:44 PM
El-Warsha performed at the closing ceremony on 15 September of the Sard Creative Camp, a joint project between Netflix 'Because She Created' programme and Sard screenwriter’s hub to train women in creative writing and develop their storytelling.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
9/22/2022 11:49:27 PM
Historic Cairo will celebrate on friday the 10th anniversary of Al-Athar Lina (The Monument is Ours) - one of the most successful and inspiring community engagement initiatives, with a heritage walk through the historic Al-Khalifa neighbourhood.
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