Heritage
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Walks
12/26/2021 7:32:00 PM
Own the City is a series documenting the social history of historic districts of Egypt. Share your memories and photographs of your favourite neighbourhood with us and we will add/update it to the story that runs for one month.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/20/2021 7:34:11 PM
Last night, Egypt celebrated renowned director and founder of Egypt’s first independent theatre troupe, Hassan El-Geretly, at the closing ceremony of the 28th edition of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (CIFET).
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Heritage
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Walks
12/20/2021 6:27:18 PM
Last Saturday Al-Khalifa district celebrated 10 years of community engagement at Al-Khalifa Heritage and Environmental park.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/16/2021 11:42:50 AM
The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO on Tuesday added the Congolese rumba dance to its intangible cultural heritage list, sparking delight in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/15/2021 10:32:34 PM
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/15/2021 2:43:38 PM
Yesterday at UNESCO’s online 16th session of the intergovernmental committee for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, Arabic calligraphy knowledge skills and practice have been registered on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of Humanity.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
12/12/2021 5:51:29 PM
The first edition of the Hollywood Arab Film Festival (HAFF) will take place in Los Angeles in April 2022.
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World
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Africa
12/12/2021 5:16:08 PM
Tigray rebels on Sunday recaptured the north Ethiopian town of Lalibela, home to a UNESCO world heritage site, local residents told AFP, 11 days after Ethiopian forces said they had taken it back.
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World
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Africa
12/9/2021 6:47:23 PM
Father Tsige Mezgebu was leading an afternoon prayer service in August when a column of haggard-looking rebels entered Lalibela, prompting worshippers to cry out "God save our city!"
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Heritage
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Heritage special
12/9/2021 2:11:07 PM
The concept of demolishing cemeteries affects much more than the tangible heritage or historical monuments involved
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
12/8/2021 11:02:09 PM
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival rolled out its first-ever red carpet on 6 December in Jeddah’s old-town (Al Balad), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in a ceremony that was attended by many regional stars.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
12/7/2021 10:55:49 PM
This year’s 11th Arab Federation for Youth and the Environment Forum emphasised the need to preserve heritage cities from the repercussions of climate change
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World
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Africa
12/1/2021 7:28:59 PM
Ethiopia said Wednesday that pro-government forces had recaptured the UNESCO World Heritage site Lalibela, which fell to Tigrayan fighters in August, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration seeks to wrest back territory from the rebels.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
11/30/2021 9:41:41 PM
Last month’s Alexandria Heritage Days were a successful example of how the wider public can engage with local and national heritage, writes Farah Al-Akkad
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Heritage
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Heritage special
11/26/2021 4:28:45 PM
The “Live Heritage, Live Communities” workshop, a project that engages the local communities of Historic Cairo and Luxor in crafting a program for cultural heritage and sustainable tourism, was launched earlier in the week.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
11/21/2021 6:01:23 PM
The Bab Masr local intangible heritage and culture platform held its art exhibition Al-Rehla (The Journey) over the past week in Alexandria.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
11/15/2021 7:57:46 PM
The American Research Centre in Egypt (ARCE) held a most inspiring conference titled ‘Exalted Spirits, The Veneration of the Dead in Egypt throughout the Ages’ from 10 to 12 November.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Theater
11/9/2021 8:51:07 PM
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Lectures
11/9/2021 8:42:14 PM
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Heritage
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Heritage special
11/3/2021 5:49:27 PM
The French Cultural Centre in Alexandria announced in a press conference held on Monday that the 12th edition of Alexandria’s ‘Heritage Days Festival’ will be returning in a physical, offline form soon.
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