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Egyptian_Casette_Archive
Egyptian music
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Saving Egypt's music legacy with the Egyptian Cassette Archive

What began with a box of childhood cassettes, the Egyptian Cassette Archive, founded by Amr Hamid, now preserves Egypt's rich musical and artistic heritage

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
exhibition
Art
Culture
Live Story

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
Live Story

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

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Salwa Samir

13 September, 2024
Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is a national symbol for Palestinians [Getty]
al-Aqsa mosque
MENA
Live Story

Al-Aqsa still under threat on 55th anniversary of arson attack

The New Arab Staff
21 August, 2024
Midyat Turkey
Turkey
History
Travel
Culture
Live Story

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
Live Story

Egypt's Menkaure Pyramid restoration rejected by commitee

Nabila El-Gaafary
15 February, 2024
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Experts divided over Egypt's Menkaure Pyramid restoration

Thaer Mansour
31 January, 2024
Illustration - In-depth - Gaza/history
Gaza War
In-depth
Live Story

How Israel's war is erasing Gaza's history and culture

Alessandra Bajec
18 December, 2023
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egyptians call for ending demolition of ancient cemeteries

Nabila El-Gaafary
05 September, 2023
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Demolition of Cairo's historic mausoleums provokes outrage

Nabila El-Gaafary
30 August, 2023
Afghan pottery
Afghanistan
Society
Live Story

Afghan village potters keep centuries-old traditions alive

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

25 July, 2023