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There are seven pillars to Egyptian identity, each bearing witness to a different strand in the country’s history and its record of successive civilisations, writes Samir Sobhi Samir Sobhi- Al-Ahram Weekly   The Seven Pillars of Egyptian Identity, a book by the late Coptic intellectual Milad Hanna, will be a main reference …

The 26th General Conference of the International Council of Museums will be the first to be held in the Arab region in a city that invented the very concept of the museum, writes Khaled Azab *Khaled Azab – Al-Ahram Weekly The 26th General Conference of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), …

What can be learned from reading the autobiographical self-presentations of the ancient Egyptians, asks Hussein Bassir. *Hussein Bassir – Al-Ahram Weekly   The writing of the non-royal self, or life-writing, is one of the most ancient literary practices through which individuals wished to express their identity and leave their fingerprints on …

The digital revolution is transforming all areas of life, perhaps particularly education, writes Ahmed Abdel-Tawwab Sharafeddin   Ahmed Abdel-Tawwab Sharafeddin- Al-Ahram Weekly Are you a digital citizen? I ask the question of the reader. Have you ever asked yourself what the word digitalisation really means? What is the relationship between digitalising …

Nevine El-Aref- Al-Ahram Weekly Four years after its discovery in Deir El-Madina on Luxor’s west bank, it has been revealed that a unique tattooed 3,000-year-old mummy belonged to an elite woman or a top official. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, says the discovery is important because …

The ancient Egyptian Temple of Dendur found a new home in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in recognition of US efforts to save monuments threatened by the construction of the Aswan High Dam, writes Zahi Hawass ZAHI HAWASS – Al-Ahram Weekly The Temple of Dendur, or Dendoor in …

Has the world entered into a dangerous state of cyberwarfare, asks Amina Khairy Amina Khairy The world is watching closely. Billions of people log in every morning, afternoon or evening to keep up with the news. There is hacking, data smuggling, information abuse, electronic militias, cyber-spy networks, online intelligence agents and …

Galal Amin, one of Egypt and the Arab world’s most outstanding thinkers, passed away last week, writes Walid M Abdelnasser Walid M. Abdelnasser Last week Egypt and the Arab world lost a great thinker, economist and intellectual with the passing of Galal Amin who for almost five decades was a professor …

Aziza Sami – Al-Ahram Weekly Galal Amin exerted a singular presence in Egypt’s intellectual life as a keen observer and chronicler of social change, no less than as an economist and university professor. His literary talent gave expression to an astute insight which led him to author eight books and …

Egypt is launching its first campaign to tackle bullying in schools, but much more still needs to be done to tackle this endemic problem, writes Amina Khairy Amina Khairy For the first time ever, Egypt has launched a national anti-bullying campaign in schools, with TV advertisements, bill boards and social-media materials all …