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Art exhibition reviving Darwish’s music through rare revolution pictures
The AUC’s 1919 Revolution’s celebration also witnessed an art exhibition, held by the graphic design students who presented their vision of the revolution and Sayed Darwish’s songs in modern and digitised photographs taken for the marches which were saved among the authentic documents at the Rare Books and Special Collection Library. The students were assigned …
In a crowded Eurovision field, standouts emerge
AUC brings 1919 Revolution’s art work back to life
In two hours, Mahgoub, Eskenderella captured hearts of audience, took them back in time to revolution’s original songs
7th India by the Nile festival brings homeland’s cultural legacy to Egypt
Egypt studying launching similar cultural festival, Egypt by the Ganges, by 2020
Strategies to help bookstores survive reader atrophy
In isthmus of road: exhibition featuring women’s alluring beauty
For me, men only present physical power, cruelty in art, says artist
Kom El-Shoqafa archaeological site fully renovated
Saving hundreds of rare relics from drowning, the Ministry of Antiquities announced completing the restoration of Kom El-Shoqafa archaeological site in Alexandria. The renovation process included lowering underground water that was threatening the relics in the tombs. The restoration was conducted with the help of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the …
Oldest tattooing tool discovered in North America
‘This gives some insight into how people used tattoos for social, spiritual status in past,’ says lead author
Medical students revive 1970s in prom photoshoot
‘I was driven by a real passion to relive the era I love the most,’ says photographer
Fritz Lang's masterpiece 'M' revisited in a dark TV series
Checking in on Cologne's oldest Carnival association: the Rote Funken
Ancient New Kingdom’s sandstone workshop discovered in Aswan
It included 5-meter-long criosphinx statue
R. Kelly cancelled: What to do with art made by predatory men?
When a former Nazi forced labor camp houses a bowling club
French Minister of Culture visits gallery showcasing emerging Egyptian artists’ work
Visit aims to feature artistic assets, creations of young Egyptian artists
Two antiquities on display in Egyptian Museum for first time
Announcement made a day after receiving remains of Egyptian ancient mummy
9th Hakawy Festival: arts for children’s enlightenment
Festival provides platform for eight international troupes along with nine others from Egypt
Zawya screens documentary about Egypt’s only Sumo wrestler
Boody was only Arab wrestler to win Professional Sumo League
6,500 tourists witness sunbeams illuminated Ramses II statue
Sunlight invade through the dark chamber of the Great Temple of Ramses II illuminating the pharaoh’s statue twice a year on 22 February 22 and 22 October.
Anglicisms are 'natural,' but language diversity still essential
AIWFF honours Menna Shalaby
Actress left her mark through participating in significant Egyptian films depicting country’s political scene
Third Awladna International Forum for Arts of Gifted: leap into differently-abled children’s talents
Discrimination, lack of social acceptance main social struggle children with disabilities constantly go through, says UNICEF representative in Egypt
Egypt retrieves ancient Egyptian gilded coffin smuggled in 2011
Relic retrieved from Metropolitan Museum after investigation
People You May Know: exhibition daringly reflects Egyptian society’s relationships
Marriage, process of objectifying women in Egypt, regardless of the life she’ll have afterwards, says artist
Durban: lessons to learn in urban renewal and regeneration
Authorities detain figures accused of smuggling Egyptian artefacts to Italy
Brother of former finance minister, former Italian consul accused of smuggling 195 artefacts, 21,660 coins
Hepta: The Last Lecture goes international with Indian remake
Film takes audience into seven stages of love
Remembering popular Arab romance stories on Valentine’s Day
As Valentine’s Day knocks on the door, the world celebrates the red day with expressing their affectionate towards their partners. Decades before the love day was internationally recognised, the Arab world see iconic stories of loving couples whom endearment remained unforgettable over the years and even inherited across generations. Those love tales, which were written …
Titian's reboot of Renaissance painting in Venice
Roman-Ptolemaic maintenance workshop unearthed in North Sinai
An ancient Roman-Ptolemaic maintenance workshop which was used to repair ships during this era was discovered in Til Abu Sefi, North Sinai, the Ministry of Antiquities announced on Tuesday. The workshop was found to be built of bricks. The archaeological site used to be a well-known Roman city called Abu-Sila. Moustafa Waziri, secretary-general of the …