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Iftar-London

Iftar in London: a meal to bring communities together

the V&A Museum hosted a special Open Iftar, bringing together people of all faiths and backgrounds to mark Ramadan in one of London’s most historic spaces.

17 March, 2025
Charlotte Hocquet
Syria's national museum in Damascus has reopened for the first time since the overthrow of Assad
Syria
MENA
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Damascus museum reopens a month after Assad's fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 January, 2025
Great Egyptian Museum unveils tapestry of ancient history in Giza
Egypt
MENA
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Museum showing Egypt's ancient treasures to open for a trial run

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 October, 2024
Netherlands
World
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Egypt bans museum from excavations amid exhibition race row

The New Arab Staff
07 June, 2023
Was 1960s Beirut a 'golden era' or a manifesto for failure?
Beirut
Art
Culture
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Was 1960s Beirut a 'golden era' or a manifesto for failure?

Robert McKelvey

Robert McKelvey

20 April, 2023
The Curious Desert – Olafur Eliasson Exhibition opens in Doha
Qatar
Art
Culture
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The Curious Desert: Olafur Eliasson exhibition opens in Doha

Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey

Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey

06 April, 2023
Egypt
World
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Pharaoh Ramses II's sarcophagus in Paris for rare loan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 January, 2023
New Exhibition by Alfred Tarazi Highlights Significance of Lebanese Crafts
Lebanon
Culture
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Lebanese craftsman Alfred Tarazi preserves generational gift

Robert McKelvey

Robert McKelvey

12 December, 2022
The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. Photo by Maghie Ghali.JPG
Qatar
Culture
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Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art reopens amidst global fanfare

The New Arab Staff

Maghie Ghali

01 November, 2022
Iranian
MENA
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Iran closes museum for fumigation after viral video

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 August, 2022
Iraq flag [Getty]
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq National Museum welcomes visitors after 3-year closure

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 March, 2022
Iraq
MENA
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3,500 year old tablet returned to Iraq after thirty years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 December, 2021
Egypt mummy [Getty]
Pharaohs
MENA
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March of the mummies: Egypt readies for pharaohs' parade

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 April, 2021
Bassel al Assad portrait
Syria
MENA
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Bankrupt Syria builds museum for Bashar Al-Assad's deceased brother

The New Arab Staff
19 November, 2020
chora church
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey's latest mosque conversion provokes outrage over heritage 'destruction'

The New Arab Staff
28 October, 2020
Yemen National Museum
Yemen
MENA
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Heavy rains trigger collapse at Yemen's newly restored museum

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 September, 2020
hagia sophia prayers
Turkey
MENA
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First prayers in 86 years held at Hagia Sophia

The New Arab Staff
24 July, 2020
art
UAE
Society
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Free film screenings and gallery tours for your quarantine

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

06 April, 2020
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Tunisia
Analysis
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Cause for optimism as Tunisia plans first Jewish museum

Aidan Chivers
13 March, 2020
Mo Salah getty
statue
MENA
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Mo Salah to be immortalised at Madame Tussauds

The New Arab
24 January, 2020
Bamiyan buddhas destruction, Afghanistan (GETTY
Taliban
MENA
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Afghan museums to restore artefacts destroyed by Taliban

The New Arab
20 August, 2019