The Palestinian dabkeh dance, birthday celebrations for the Prophet Muhammad in Sudan, and the art skills and Arab metal engraving are now listed on UNESCO's World Heritage list.
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The world celebrates the traditional Palestinian Dabkeh as UNESCO adds it to the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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A rare photo collection of British Mandate-era Palestine in 1921 is currently on display at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo.
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The series opens with a brief vivid history of Palestinian Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
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Thoth annual heritage and culture festival celebrated on 27-28 October the 50th memorial anniversary of the renowned cultural figure Taha Hussein (1889-1973) in New Hermopolis, Minya.
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The third season of Egyptology in Arabic initiative, which has recently opened, delved into the origins of fuul (fava beans), food columns, and the Egyptian kitchen.
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The fifth edition of Egypt's premier handicrafts exhibition put traditional artisans on track to the global market.
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Ahram Online joined the first heritage walk in the historic Upper Egyptian city of Esna, witnessing firsthand the local proverb that "the habra (traditional women's head and body scarf) is big enough for 10," which reflects the generosity of Esna’s people.
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Egypt celebrated World Tourism Day last week by sharing VISIT-Esna project as a successful model of Value Investment in Sustainable Integrated Tourism (VISIT).
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Every year during the first week of January, Egypt observes the moulid, a Sufi celebration commemorating the death anniversary of Imam Al-Rifaai, at the mosque that bears his name, located in the Al-Khalifa district in the heart of Historic Cairo.
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In the heart of Historic Cairo, the mausoleum and mosque of Sayeda Zeinab (6-62 hijri), the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, centres the square and district that holds her name.
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Monday 28 August witnessed the closing ceremony of a three-year-long UNESCO project to preserve the culture of craftsmanship in Cairo's Khan El-Khalili and El-Darb El-Ahmar historic areas, held at Al-Azhar Park.
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In the third and final part of the Exploring the Red Land series, Ahram Online visits Wadi Skeit, one of the oldest gateways of Ancient Egyptian Civilization and home to emerald mines and ancient Roman settlements.
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Egypt inaugurated the House of Heritage at the Foustat Traditional Crafts Centre in Old Cairo on 20 August.
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The mosque and mausoleum of Sayeda Nafisa were finally opened to the public after being closed during the covid years for restoration, making quite a buzz in Egyptian society.
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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina launched a restored copy of Egypt's first Hieroglyphics/Arabic/French dictionary that was handwritten by renowned Egyptian Egyptologist Ahmed Kamal Pasha (1851-1923) after a two-and-half-year restoration project.
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An informed source confirmed that the Egyptian minister of endowments will reopen the newly restored Al-Sayeda Nafisa Mosque to the public on Thursday.
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Safwat Abbas is an illuminating documentation of the life, work, and biography of the Egyptian artist by the same name.
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Egyptian anthropologist, human rights activist and designer Shahira Fawzy lived a life with 'no margins' among the desert tribes of the Red Sea.
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Ahram Online camped in one of Egypt's most beautiful protectorates, in a first of a series to explore the Red Land. Guided by a seasoned expert in desert and sea exploration, this expedition promises to unveil the secrets of the land and its people, taking readers on a historical tour like no other.
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