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The Cairo Center is host to the Marilyn M. and William Kelly Simpson Library and the Project Archives. [5] It is intended as a base for academics from the United States when conducting research in Egypt. [citation needed] ARCE awards fellowships to pre-doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars for research in Egypt. [6] [7]
In 2006, the center digitized the photographic work of Lehnert & Landrock, photographers who had documented Egypt in the early 20th century. [11] In 2011, the center created a photographic exhibition called PME, and displayed Egypt's heritage with photos and mementos. [11] In 2015, the center published the memoirs of Egyptologist Selim Hassan. [12]
The New Administrative Capital (NAC) [1] [2] (Arabic: العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة, romanized: al-ʿĀṣima al-ʾIdārīya al-Gadīda) is the placeholder name for a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of Cairo City. It is planned to be Egypt's new capital and has been under construction since 2015. [3]
Egypt's Islamic Cultural Center, which houses Masjid Misr or the Grand Mosque, is a religious and architectural landmark located in the New Administrative Capital in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. [1] The center covers an area of 467000 square meters, and can accommodate 137,000 people. [2] At its completion, the cultural center received three ...
The image suggests a special relationship between Egypt as the first and America as the latest civilization. [1] Egyptomania refers to a period of renewed interest in the culture of ancient Egypt sparked by Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign in the 19th century. Napoleon was accompanied by many scientists and scholars during this campaign, which led ...
The first sites in Egypt were listed in 1979, when five properties were inscribed. Since then, two more sites have been listed, Saint Catherine Area in 2002 and Wadi al Hitan in 2005. The latter is the only natural site in Egypt, the other sites being listed for their cultural properties. [4]
The Port Said Cultural Entertainment Center, also known as the Port Said Opera House, is an opera house, theatre, and cinema in Port Said, Egypt. It opened in December 2016 and was inaugurated by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. [1] The main theatre, named for the Egyptian actor Mahmoud Yassin, [2] has a capacity of 1,200 people. It ...
Egyptian Americans (Arabic: الأمريكيون المصريون, romanized: al-Amirīkīyūn al-Miṣrīyūn) are Americans of partial or full Egyptian ancestry. The 2016 US Census estimated the number of people with Egyptian ancestry at 256,000, [ 8 ] most of whom are from Egypt's Christian Orthodox Coptic minority. [ 7 ]