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Security lax at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum
Image via Wikipedia Security for Egypt’s treasures is under scrutiny after the Aug. 21 theft of a van Gogh painting from another museum in Cairo revealed some alarming gaps. Each year, nearly 9 million people visit Cairo’s museums and the haunting tombs of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, and these tourists are a vital... »
Film Review: Cairo Time
On very rare occasions you get to watch a movie so enticing that you never want it to end. Such is the case of Cairo Time, a stunningly beautiful film that leaves you wanting for yet another chance to reach a conclusion that is simply not there. Everyone who sees Cairo Time feels as much... »
Unified call to prayer will be first activated in Greater Cairo
Image via Wikipedia For more than 13 decades, the call to prayer has begun five times a day via microphones attached to Egypt’s mosques. Many of muezzins (the person who recites the azan or calls to prayer) have imperfect voices thus creating a citywide cacophony while reciting the azan. Although each of the five prayers... »
Heliopolis City of the Sun Under Destruction
Image via Wikipedia When Heliopolis was planned in 1905, the suburb was zoned with designated areas for villas, others for apartment buildings and others for entertainment and commercial use. Restrictive zoning and adherence to certain architectural styles is what gave Heliopolis its special character that is worth celebrating 100 years later. Heliopolis was laid out for... »
Luxury hotels carve a niche in Cairo
Image via Wikipedia A luxury hotel market is emerging in Cairo alongside the recovery of Egypt’s tourism industry after the downturn, hoteliers and analysts say. The hotel company Kempinski opened a boutique property in Cairo this month, while Ritz-Carlton and Rocco Forte are renovating and rebranding existing hotels. Other brands heading to the city include a... »
Firms bid to build Grand Egyptian Museum
Forty companies are vying to build the final phase of Egypt’s new $550 million museum which will showcase the largest collection of pharaonic treasures in the world. These firms submitted pre-bid documents for the main construction phase of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which will span 117 acres overlooking the great pyramids of Giza and will... »
New luxury hotel opens in Cairo
Luxury hotel chain Kempinski has opened the first five-star boutique hotel in Cairo. Offering 137 rooms and 54 suites, the Kempinski Nile overlooks the banks of the Nile and is the latest hotel to open in the city. The hotel is designed by French architect Pierre Yves Rochon, who is responsible for parts of the famed... »
Egypt Yellow Pages New Directory For Cairo And Alexandria
Egypt Yellow Pages Ltd, has just released its new print directory, updating its listings for Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, and the surrounding areas. Valid from June 2010 until June 2011, the new directory, offers the most comprehensive source for business listings in Egypt in both Arabic and English. The directory features an alphabetical index, which makes it... »
Truly a Gem of a Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was always intended to be an architectural masterpiece, a fit home for the display of the most outstanding objects produced by Egypt’s 7,000 years old civilisation. After eight years of work, the first two phases of the project — including a power plant, fire station, fully equipped conservation centre with... »
Initial stages of new Grand Egyptian Museum completed
The Grand Egyptian Museum now has a power plant, a fire station and its own conservation center, and over the next two years it will become home to some 100,000 artifacts. The main achievement so far is the construction of the new conservation center to restore damaged antiquities. Established with Japanese technical assistance, the center... »
