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Fantastic photo of the columns and ceiling of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt after the restoration. The reliefs and inscriptions had been covered by a coating of dirt and soot for about 2,000 years. They were uncovered in a 5-year project.

📸 D. v. Recklinghausen

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>>> Alaa Abdelfattah was a co-founder of APC member organisation Motoon in #Egypt and one of the leading voices and campaigners during the 2011 revolution. In 2024, Alaa was named Writer of Courage when Arundhati Roy shared her PEN Pinter Prize with him.

As we celebrate his freedom, we remain deeply engaged in Alaa’s and his family's fight for justice, while we also remember the many others facing similar situations for exercising their right to free speech.

https://www.apc.org/en/news/apc-celebrates-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattahs-release

Poster with the words "Free Alaa" next to his picture.

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In the mist of shite political news from around the world, here's a good news story, the Danish Foreign Minister give the Egyptian Foreign Minister a Lego set of the Pyramids as a gift, just look at his face ;)

#Politics #Denmark #Egypt #Lego #Joy #GoodNews

https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/03/danish-foreign-minister-gifts-lego-pyramid-to-celebrate-grand-egyptian-museum-opening/

Danish minister give the Egyptian minister a Lego set of the Pyramids in a formal looking room, flags, gold, big lamp shades, the expression on the face of the Egyptian minister is just pure joy and the biggest smile ever.

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Sounds about right.

#memes #humour #Brittian #Egypt #Museums

Photo of the pyramids in Egypt with the question: Why are the pyramids in Egypt?

Xavier replies: Because they are too big to transport to British museums.

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🛑🇮🇱Netanyahu and Israelis prove themselves unfriendly to Ukraine as Russian shadow-fleet vessel loaded with stolen grain from temporarily occupied territories remains docked in Haifa (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4113337-fm-monitors-ship-with-stolen-grain-stays-in-contact-with-israel.html #Ukraine #OSCE #UN #CoE #PACE #Press #Media #News #Headlines #Lebanon #Egypt #Syria #Gaza #Palestine #russiaUkraineWar
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For people looking to decolonize their bookshelves, I want to introduce you all to some of my favorite translated books that are about and by Egyptian women and feminists.

Books are:

The Golden Chariot by Salwa Bakr
The Harem Years: The Memories of an Egyptian Feminist by Huda Sha'arawi
Assiout: The Saga of an Egyptian Family by Hanna F. Wissa

@histodons @bookstodon #Egypt #feminism #late19thearly20thcentury

Books to Understand Egyptian Feminism

These books, both nonfiction and fictional tell the story of Egyptian feminism. It was in the 19th and 20th centuries that women in cities like Cairo and Alexandria began to define what it meant to be an Egyptian woman. The books listed are English translations of Arabic books to help educate people about the place Egypt had in Arab Feminism.

20th Century Women's Jail

Contains a book cover of The Golden Chariot by Salwa Bakr

This novel is a fictional account of the women who reside and work in an Egyptian women’s prison. The story uses magical realism through the character of Aziza who is trying to decide which of the women are worthy enough to join her on a golden chariot which will spirit them all to heaven. The story navigates the lives of the various women, from the poorest to the wealthiest, each with their own tale of how they arrived there. Even the female warden has a story to tell

The Autobiography of Huda Sha'arawi

Contains a book cover of The Harem Years: Memoires of an Egyptian Feminist by Huda Sha'arawi

This tells the true story of one of the founders of Arab Feminism and one of the key women instrumental in abolishing the harem culture in Egypt. Born herself into an elite family, Sha’arawi narrates what it was like to be raised in seclusion. Married at thirteen, she would be seperated from her husband to continue her education in France. On her return she would become the founder of the Egyptian Feminist Unions. Her writings in Arabic, French and other languages would have been read and discussed throughout the Arab world.

One of Egypt's First Modern Coptic Feminists: Esther Fanous

Contains a book cover of Assiout: The Saga of an Egyptian Family by Hanna F. Wissa

I am still in the process of reading this one as it was a bit difficult to obtain, but believe its essential to include. Authored by Esther Fanous’ son, it details his family’s history from the 19th through 20th century. There is also a detailed introduction to Coptic Christianity for readers unfamiliar with it. Most interested are the inclusion private photos and letters documenting Esther Fanous’ feminist activist work in Egypt during the 20th century. At the same time it provides key details into the lives of Copts, male and female alike.

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🛑🇺🇸Republicans, Trump, and US media ignore and silence evidence that Russia helps Iran strike American bases, killing soldiers in Middle East (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4110730-zelensky-us-ignores-evidence-that-russia-helps-iran-strike-american-bases-in-middle-east.html #Ukraine #Brussels #Belgium #Press #Media #News #USA #US #America #Trump #London #Republicans #Democrats #CNN #ABC #NBC #CBS #FoxNews #Berlin #Lebanon #Germany #UK #Headlines #UAE #Oman #Jordan #Kuwait #Qatar #Bahrain #Iraq #Syria #Egypt #SaudiArabia #russiaUkraineWar
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Bahia Shehab, _A Trade in Dreams: A Century of Egyptian Print Advertising_ (AUC Press | Cairo, 2026)

https://aucpress.com/9781649033024/

Paperback $34.95/ £29.99/ LE900.00
252 Pages, 9.50 × 8.25 in, 350 b&w and color illus.

>> Drawing on over 350 images of magazine and newspaper ads, #BahiaShehab reveals how consumer culture intertwined with political, social, and economic change during the period between 1880 and 1980 in #Egypt. She shows how the Egyptian market navigated the influx of European and American luxury goods, from fine fabrics and jewelry to agricultural machinery, and how these items became symbols of aspiration and, at times, ignited a wave of national resistance. At once a visual feast and a compelling history of commerce and industry in Egypt, _A Trade in Dreams_ sheds light on a time when ads did more than sell—they mirrored dreams, ambitions, and the realities of a nation in transition.

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Hi all #introductions #update My name is Mohammed. i'm #blind. I'm from #cairo, #egypt. I was born in 2003 and I studied #translation and #interpretation from #English into #Arabic and vice versa. I'm a #gamer, #musician, and a language lover. I love making #friends and using #tech as #technology is life. I am currently working as a remote #Customer_care advisor and i'm an NVDA Certified Expert by @NVAccess.

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“Although this was his first visit, Conan Doyle already knew something of Egypt. The country had been a popular theme in the European imagination, a place of mystery and glamour that had inspired various European works of art in the nineteenth century, from Shelley’s sonnet ‘Ozymandias’ to Verdi’s opera Aida.”

—Arthur Conan Doyle in Egypt

https://euppublishingblog.com/2026/07/21/arthur-conan-doyle-in-egypt/

#Scottish #literature #ConanDoyle #19thcentury #Victorian #Egypt #imperialism #orientalism

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