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Egypt
History
Culture
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Walking through history: Inside the Grand Egyptian Museum

From Tutankhamun's treasures to Egypt's reimagined cultural future, 5,000 years of history come alive at the Grand Egyptian Museum as it finally opens its doors

Bianca Carrera
28 October, 2025
Abdel_Wahab_Island
History and culture
History
Culture
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Tripoli welcomes back Abdel Wahab Island after years of neglect

The New Arab Staff

Maghie Ghali

21 August, 2025
A nine-metre-tall Turiasaurus skeletal specimen is seen during a promotional event for a dinosaur exhibition at a shopping mall in central Tokyo on 8 June 2015. [Getty]
Morocco
MENA
Live Story

Jurassic Turiasaurus teeth discovered in Morocco's mountains

Basma El Atti
18 August, 2025
Egyptologist_Monica_Hanna
Egyptology
History
Culture
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Monica Hanna on why Egypt must reclaim Egyptology

The New Arab Staff

Cara Burdon

30 July, 2025
Cleopatra_Liz_Taylor
Art & Culture Exhibition
Art
Culture
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The mystery of Cleopatra uncovered at Paris Arab World Institute

The New Arab Staff

Naima Morelli

03 July, 2025
Egyptian_Casette_Archive
Egyptian music
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Saving Egypt's music legacy with the Egyptian Cassette Archive

The New Arab Staff

Veronica Merlo

27 February, 2025
Temple_of_Queen_Hatshepsut
history
History
Culture
Live Story

Inside the historic excavations at Queen Hatshepsut's temple

Salwa_Samir

Salwa Samir

20 January, 2025
Cairo old town
Cairo
Society
Live Story

How one family is preserving Cairo's last bookbinding atelier

The New Arab Staff

Sara Amara

16 January, 2025
Nsenga Knight’s exhibition
Art & Culture Exhibition
Art
Culture
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Inside visual artist Nsenga Knight's Close to Home exhibition

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Adama Munu

16 January, 2025
Ishtar_gate
history
Society
Live Story

The forgotten cities of the Middle East ravaged by war

The New Arab Staff

Salwa Amor

29 November, 2024
Qala-e-Bost
Afghanistan
History
Culture
Live Story

The forgotten history of Afghanistan's Helmand province

The New Arab Staff

Ahmed-Waleed Kakar

26 November, 2024
Baalbek_Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
Live Story

Cultural experts urge UN to shield war-torn Lebanon's heritage

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 November, 2024
A cemetery undergoing demolition amidst ongoing roadworks at the historic City of the Dead necropolis of the Egyptian capital, Cairo in July 2020. [Getty]
Egypt
MENA
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Public outcry in Egypt after demolition of Khedive era cemetery

The New Arab
25 October, 2024
Gaza_mosque_cultural_devastation
Palestinian culture
Society
Live Story

The year that saw the cultural devastation of Gaza

The New Arab Staff

Hind Berji

24 October, 2024
Samahani cover
Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

Uncovering Zanzibar's unseen 19th-century history in Samahani

The New Arab Staff

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

02 October, 2024
Historic_Cairo
Cairo
History
Culture
Live Story

Historic Cairo celebrates success of restored iconic landmarks

Salwa_Samir

Salwa Samir

13 September, 2024
Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is a national symbol for Palestinians [Getty]
al-Aqsa mosque
MENA
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Al-Aqsa still under threat on 55th anniversary of arson attack

The New Arab Staff
21 August, 2024
Midyat Turkey
Turkey
History
Travel
Culture
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Ancient secrets unearthed in vast Turkish cave city

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

07 August, 2024
Saudi Arabia
MENA
Live Story

Ancient 'stone circles' discovered near Saudi Arabia's Al-Ula

The New Arab Staff
16 July, 2024
Switzerland
MENA
Live Story

Switzerland returns three confiscated artefacts to Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 May, 2024
Giza-Plateau-tourists
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt's Menkaure Pyramid restoration rejected by commitee

Nabila El-Gaafary
15 February, 2024