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The British Museum
United Kingdom
World
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Palestine envoy urges govt to act over British Museum 'erasure'

Palestine's ambassador to the UK has asked the government to intervene in the matter, which he describes as an 'existential issue'.

The New Arab Staff
06 May, 2026
British Museum
British museum
Voices

The British Museum handling of Palestine erasure is in bad faith

Helio Figueiredo

Helio Figueiredo

16 March, 2026
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United Kingdom
World
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British Museum removes the word ‘Palestine’ from exhibits

Amer Sultan
15 February, 2026
Egypt Grand Museum
Grand Egyptian Museum
Unfiltered

From UNESCO to GEM, Egypt hides a dark side to grand archaeology

Mohamed Elshahed

Mohamed Elshahed

18 November, 2025
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Egypt
MENA
Live Story

New campaign demands return of stolen Egyptian artefacts

Nadda O.
05 November, 2025
The gold death mask of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun at the British Museum in London, the highlight of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition, UK [Getty Images]
British colonialism
Culture
Live Story

Has 'wokeness' made British museums face their colonialism?

Charlie Metcalfe

Charlie Metcalfe

19 August, 2021
Beirut port
Lebanon
MENA
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Shattered Beirut glass vessels to be restored in London

The New Arab Staff
31 July, 2021
British Museum
British museum
Offbeat
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British Museum will restore objects damaged in Beirut blast

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 July, 2021
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UK
MENA
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Extremely rare ancient statue returned to Libya by UK

The New Arab Staff
11 May, 2021
Iraq artefact
UK
MENA
Live Story

Britain to return looted 4,000-year-old plaque to Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 September, 2020
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Egypt
Analysis
Live Story

Should the British Museum return its Egyptian collection?

Ali Abbas Ahmadi
13 December, 2019
Ahdaf Soueif -- Getty
Repatriation
MENA
Live Story

Egyptian trustee resigns from British Museum over artefacts repatriation

The New Arab
17 July, 2019
British Museum
Tutankhamun
MENA
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British Museum to return looted Iraqi, Afghan artefacts

The New Arab
10 July, 2019
British Museum -- Getty
British museum
Society
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Activists urge iconic British Museum to return 'stolen goods'

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Sophia Akram

07 May, 2019
Astrolabes-British Museum
Islamic art
Narrated

Seeing stars: astrolabes and the Islamic world

The New Arab Staff

William Greenwood

11 October, 2018
British Museum
UK
MENA
Live Story

British Museum to return looted Iraq antiquities

The New Arab & agencies
09 August, 2018
Fadi Yazigi's mixed media on rice paper 2012
Art & Culture Exhibition
Society
Live Story

Living histories: Potent longings for fragile homelands

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Hadani Ditmars

11 October, 2017
Tablets stolen from Iraq - Getty
Mesopotamia
Perspectives

Hobby Lobby settlement whitewashes cultural colonialism in Iraq

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Ruqaya Izzidien

07 July, 2017