Egypt

World heritage centre planned for Cairo

Specialists would assist in protecting World Heritage Sites in Africa

Published online: 07 May 2013

Fight to preserve Egypt’s ancient Jewish sites

New leader wants the government to recognise that “Jewish temples are like the pyramids and the Sphinx”— an important part of the country’s history

Published online: 26 April 2013

Egypt’s art world rallies to defend freedom of expression

Artists, curators, critics and academics fear new constitution threatens censorship of the arts and culture

Published online: 24 January 2013

The Egyptian constitution and the threat to freedom of expression

Activists fear vague language will allow for extreme interpretations of the law and give clerics too much political power

Published online: 24 January 2013

Icom publishes “red list” of Egyptian antiquities at risk

Objects include statues, vessels, coins, textiles and manuscripts that the council warns should not be acquired without documented provenance

Published online: 21 February 2012

Arab protesters put their art on the streets

Artists have used the walls of Cairo, Damascus and Tripoli to document the uprisings

Published online: 30 December 2011

Graffiti art honours Egypt's revolution

German street artist Case is due to paint a portrait of Khaled Said in Cairo

Published online: 27 October 2011

Egyptian collector founds political party

Naguib Sawiris hopes to play a role in transforming the country into a “civil democracy”

Published online: 25 August 2011

Russian icons discovered in Egypt

Conservators say Sinai’s climate helped preserve art and artefacts

Published online: 01 August 2011

Zahi Hawass remains antiquities minister—for now

A cabinet reshuffle may well end his term, but it is proving difficult to find his replacement

Published online: 19 July 2011

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