France’s National Museum of Immigration has reopened to visitors after three years of renovation, presenting an image of the country as both an importer and exporter of populations, writes David Tresilian
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The Battle of Alamein produced a remarkable British memoir of World War Two’s Desert War, writes David Tresilian in an occasional series on books by visitors to Egypt
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First president of independent Senegal Leopold Sédar Senghor stood out among the African leaders of his generation for his commitment to the arts, as a new exhibition explains, writes David Tresilian
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The autobiography of Albert Arie, one of the last surviving members of Egypt’s once-thriving Jewish community, makes for unique and fascinating reading, writes David Tresilian
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Three new exhibitions at the Arab World Institute in Paris are exploring relations between Palestine and the rest of the world.
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Embarking on a journey to explore the Moroccan imperial cities of Meknes and Fez.
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A new translation is introducing the work of 16th-century traveller Leo Africanus to new generations of readers, writes David Tresilian
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Novelist, travel writer, and founder of the British Egypt Exploration Fund Amelia Edwards has been given
a rewarding new biography, writes David Tresilian in an occasional series on books by visitors to Egypt
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The British forensic scientist Sir Sydney Smith spent much of his career in Egypt and recorded his impressions in a set of revealing memoirs, writes David Tresilian in an occasional series on books by visitors to Egypt
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The Alexandria exhibition at the Museum of the Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean in the French port city of Marseilles just closed, writes David Tresilian
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David Tresilian visits a major exhibition on decipherer of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics Jean-François Champollion at the Louvre Lens Museum in northern France
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David Tresilian reports on a trip to the Mediterranean island of Sicily, once part of the mediaeval Fatimid Caliphate and still retaining traces of its Arab heritage today.
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Stories about the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan have been finding a more and more important place in the international media — as two Paris exhibitions confirm, writes David Tresilian
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The ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, one of the New Kingdom’s greatest kings, has touched down in Paris as part of an international blockbuster exhibition
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Last year’s centenary of the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian golden boy-king Tutankhamun has led to a round of competition among publishers, writes David Tresilian
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Stories about the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan have been finding more and more important place in the international media — as two Paris exhibitions confirm, writes David Tresilian
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A new Paris exhibition is marking 100 years of heritage and archaeology in Afghanistan, writes David Tresilian
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In the last in a three-part series on the centenary of the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamun, David Tresilian describes the afterlife of the discovery
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In the second in a three-part series on the centenary of the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun, David Tresilian describes the opening of the tomb
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