Mona Abdou | Egyptian Streets

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A Case For Pedestrian Wust el-Balad
A statue of Ibrahim Pasha stares down the Opera Square, seated over primal traffic and tumbleweeds of...

Mona Abdou 9 February 2022
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How Long Has It Been Since Egyptians Ruled Egypt?
Mohamed Naguib stands over a crowd. It’s 1952, and the street is a flood of vibrant compassion...

Mona Abdou 8 February 2022
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Egyptian Flags: A Century of Symbolism
Egypt’s soul is in constant evolution; its streets are a jigsaw-swing of different crowds and its name...

Mona Abdou 7 February 2022
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Egypt’s First President: Mohamed Naguib
A familiar face in history, but one often overlooked in the books: Mohamed Naguib. One of the...

Mona Abdou 6 February 2022
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Arts & Culture
Arabic Calligraphy: A Written Revolution
Calligraphy and Arabic are sisters of the same marrow – one has not existed without the other....

Mona Abdou 3 February 2022
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Arts & Culture
How Ancient Arabs Spoke in Poetry
Poetry defines the Arabs; this is not an exaggeration. Over the centuries, verse and literature have featured...

Mona Abdou 29 January 2022
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Cairo’s Cornerstone Religious Monuments
Across centuries, the Egyptian desert has bore witness to kings and prophets, messengers and messiahs, pariahs and...

Mona Abdou 29 January 2022
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Arts & Culture
A Year in Three Seasons: Ancient Egypt’s Calendar
Consistently, ancient Egypt has supplied modernity with some of its most fascinating finds and unexplainable feats; from...

Mona Abdou 28 January 2022
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Woven Storytelling: Coptic Tapestries
Egypt’s earliest memories were printed on papyrus, and its more modern ones, woven into tapestry. Tapestry-making has...

Mona Abdou 25 January 2022
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Arts & Culture
Felucca Culture: Egypt’s Sailing Legacy
There is no Nile horizon in Egypt undotted by felucca: light and swift sailboats, used in the...

Mona Abdou 19 January 2022
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Egypt’s Controversial Revolutionaries
Egypt is no stranger to unrest – rather, it seems to embrace the instability with enough grace...

Mona Abdou 12 January 2022
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Prominent Public Figures Wael al-Ibrashi and Tahany el-Gebaly Pass Away Due to COVID-19
After COVID-19 heath complications, Egyptian media icon Wael al-Ibrashi passed away on Sunday, 10 January 2022. His...

Mona Abdou 10 January 2022
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Arts & Culture
Film My Design Festival Returns for Its 2nd Edition in January 2022
The second edition of the avidly-awaited Film My Design (FMD) film festival has been scheduled to run...

Mona Abdou 10 January 2022
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Arts & Culture
Gravediggers: Symbology of Egypt’s Jackal
Small in size, dog-like in only appearance: Egypt’s prized scavenger is a staple of many histories and...

Mona Abdou 9 January 2022
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Business & Technology
From Egypt to the American Dream: How Laila Pence Defied All Odds
It’s 1967, and Laila Pence is shelled out of her home by warfare. She’d had “every luxury,”...

Mona Abdou 8 January 2022
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Two Arrested for Blackmailing Egyptian Girl Who Died by Suicide
Prosecution in Egypt’s Gharbiya governorate detained two men Tuesday 4 January, after allegations of blackmailing a minor...

Mona Abdou 5 January 2022
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Arts & Culture
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization to Host Egypt’s First Ever “World Art Forum”
In January 2022, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is scheduled to host the largest international contemporary...

Mona Abdou 30 December 2021

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