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Articles of the author Samar Nasr
Exploring Cairo: The Mostafa Kamel Museum
To learn the history of four prominent figures in different fields is a great undertaking, but when those histories emerge from a very important historical period in Egypt's past, it will be indeed yield relevant and rich information. Here is the (...)

28 - 11 - 2017
Exploring Egypt: Gharb Sohail blends Nubian culture and Aswan's natural beauty
To visit a Nubian village is to experience something completely different from any other Egyptian village scene. At Gharb Sohail, a village of about 3,000 inhabitants a short distance from Aswan in Upper Egypt, visitors have the privilege of (...)

22 - 11 - 2017
Exploring Cairo: Banque Misr Museum narrates history of key Egyptian institution
To face challenges and insist on success is not an easy task, but when it is accompanied with a strong will, you will be able to reach your goal. This is how Mohamed Talaat Harb revitalised the Egyptian economy and established Banque Misr in (...)

15 - 10 - 2017
Exploring Cairo: Beit El-Umma offers glimpses of Saad Zaghloul's life
Beit El-Umma, or The House of the People, was built as a residence for the nationalist leader and founder of the Wafd party, Saad Zaghloul (1857-1927). Zaghloul's exile sparked the events that led to the Egyptian revolution of 1919. Ahram Online (...)

29 - 09 - 2017
Exploring Cairo: Modernist Egyptian art at the Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum
Mahmoud Mokhtar is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern Egyptian art; most Egyptians know him as “the Egyptian renaissance sculptor" due to his famous statue in El-Nahda square in Giza. Despite his short life (he died in 1934 at the age of (...)

07 - 09 - 2017
Exploring Cairo: Discover the lives of Egypt's royals at Abdeen Palace
Do you ever wonder what it was like to live in a palace? If the Egyptian royal family piques your curiosity, then you're in luck: parts of one the most magnificent royal palaces in Cairo, Abdeen Palace, are open to the public. The palace was (...)

13 - 07 - 2017
Exploring Cairo: Five places to enjoy Eid in the city
Within a few hours, the long awaited Eid al-Fitr break will start, and if you haven't thought of ideas to entertain yourselves, your friends and families, Ahram Online has prepared a list for how to enjoy and explore Cairo without breaking the (...)

23 - 06 - 2017
Exploring Cairo: An afternoon for train lovers at the Egyptian Railway Museum
The history of the railway industry holds a special fascination, for young and old alike. It's a joy to have the details of this history revealed in a simple and interactive way. This can only be achieved through a visit to the Egyptian Railway (...)

13 - 04 - 2017
Exploring Cairo: Unravel Egypt's history anew at the Textile Museum
As you walk along Islamic Cairo's famous El-Muezz Street, you will come across a grand Ottoman-era sabil, or building housing a public water fountain. The sabil of Mohamed Ali is now host to the Egyptian Textile Museum, which narrates the history of (...)

15 - 03 - 2017
Egypt's Grand Mufti responds to attacks on Islam in new book
Egyptian Grand Mufti Sheikh Ali Gomaa has released a new book in English entitled Master of Excellence: Methodology of moral discipline in the Prophetic tradition. The book is a response to the disparaging depictions of the Prophet Mohammad in some (...)

03 - 01 - 2013
Al-Adly and Mubarak innocent of killing protestors, lawyer claims
CAIRO: The much-anticipated trials of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, his sons, fugitive Hussein Salem, former Minister of interior Habib al-Adly – along with his six main assistants – are not being handled well, said Essam el-Bettawy, (...)

01 - 08 - 2011
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