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Egypt celebrates 200 years of decoding ancient hieroglyphs

The Rosetta Stone is one of the main keys that helped to decipher the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the genesis of Egyptology.

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Al Masry: a song about all things Egyptian

Al Masry carries a message of conservation of everything that is truly Egyptian, set to a nice melody and with meaningful lyrics

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Google’s Science Fair sponsors young minds

Google is now accepting submissions through a website set up for the competition

Fair Trade Egypt

FTE collaborates with other NGOs to educate different groups of artisans and increase political awareness and medical support.

The epic tale of the Al-Hilaly tribe

Al-Seera Al-Hiliaya tells the story of the Bedouin tribe Al-Hilaly, which emigrated from the Arabian peninsula to North Africa

Mosireen teaches citizen journalism in Nag Hammadi

Mosireen Taking citizen journalism to the citizens of Nag Hammadi

Mawawil performs traditional mawwal music

Mawwal is a genre of music that expresses the daily life of peasants in the delta provinces

Political memes enliven Egypt’s art scene

The Bassem Youssef show proved a fertile ground for such memes to develop, in addition to the jokes created by protesters and citizens

Participants needed for World Press Photo’s storytelling course

WPP: The course takes place in the framework of a bigger project called “Reporting Change: Investigating and documenting transition in the Middle East and North Africa”

Old Cairo’s arms market

Many historical monuments have been suffering from negligence and disregard, and the old weaponry market is a prime example of this

Agora revives classic Hellenic concept through art

Agora aims to provide a place where the exchange of culture and ideas is allowed to flourish

Gozoor, exploring culture through dress

Gozoor is a newly-established Egyptian company that explores Egyptian culture and identity through clothes and fashion.

ADEF prepares youth for the digital age

The foundation has organised several training courses for youth in art, cinema, design, web design, and media technology. The courses are given by media veterans and professionals to make the participants more capable of expressing their thoughts, culture, and insights using open source software programmes.