UNESCO adds Egyptian Koshari to intangible cultural heritage list
UNESCO has inscribed Egyptian Koshari on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity…
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UNESCO General Conference elects Egypt’s El-Enany, first Arab to lead body
The General Conference of UNESCO on Thursday elected Egypt’s Khaled El-Enany as Director-General of the UN cultural…
Egypt, UAE sign MoU to boost cultural, creative cooperation
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday to deepen cooperation in culture,…
Egypt: Guardian of Heritage, Waiting for the World’s Conscience
This month, a new chapter in history closes as the long-running dispute over Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai…
Egypt’s Sisi congratulates Khaled El-Enany on landslide UNESCO director-general election…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi congratulated former antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany on his landslide…
URGENT: Egypt’s Khaled El-Anany unanimously elected UNESCO director-general
Egyptian candidate Khaled El-Anany has been unanimously elected as the new Director-General of the United Nations…
Sisi presses for flawless launch of Grand Egyptian Museum on Nov. 1
President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi on Sunday reviewed preparations for the Nov. 1 inauguration of the Grand Egyptian…
Egypt, UNESCO sign deal to boost cooperation in architecture, urban planning research
Egypt’s ministry of higher education and UNESCO signed a cooperation agreement on Tuesday to strengthen research…
Egypt teams with UNESCO to declare first geological reserve in Fayoum
Egypt is working with UNESCO to declare its first geological reserve in Fayoum as part of efforts to expand its…
Egypt unearths three rare artifacts from Abu Qir waters
Egypt has successfully recovered three large artifacts from the Mediterranean Sea off Abu Qir, marking the…
Egypt’s PM eyes new projects with DR Congo – TICAD 9
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly met with Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Judith Suminwa to…
Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire’s discuss elevating relations to comprehensive…
Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire on Monday explored ways to elevate relations to a comprehensive partnership, in line with…
Egypt Agricultural Museum open for free
Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture will soft launch the Agricultural Museum for two weeks from 16 August 2025,…
Trump orders US exit from UNESCO amid ‘woke’ agenda, anti-Israel bias
US President Donald Trump has directed the United States to withdraw once again from the United Nations…
Sisi sends letter to Nigerian president affirming strategic ties
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty on Monday evening. During…
Egypt’s FM reiterates AU support for Anani’s UNESCO bid
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty reaffirmed the African Union’s backing of Dr Khaled El-Anany’s candidacy…
Egypt, UNESCO explore genetic resource preservation
Egypt’s Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) head, Adel Abdel Azim, met with UNESCO Regional Office Director in…
Egypt reveals heritage e-training portal
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy revealed that the ministry is developing an online…
Egypt, UNESCO explore plans to revamp Agricultural Museum
Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Alaa Farouk held a meeting with Director of the UNESCO…
Egypt proposes UNESCO water governance chair
Egypt proposed on Thursday the establishment of a UNESCO Chair for the Governance and Management of Shared…
Egypt, Lebanon discuss water, irrigation cooperation
Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam met with Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water…
Egypt, Mauritania FMs discuss Gaza, regional crises
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty held on Tuesday met with Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould…
Egypt’s FM hails Africa ties, urges support for Egyptian UNESCO candidate
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty has reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to African priorities, stressing that…
Grand Egyptian Museum receives UNESCO’s Prix Versailles Award for 2024
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received the prestigious Prix Versailles for 2024, naming it one of the world’s…
Egypt’s MCIT, UNESCO launch national AI Readiness Assessment
Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), in collaboration with UNESCO, launched on…
India to host 46th UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meeting
India will serve as the host nation for the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee, taking place in New Delhi…
UNESCO celebrates World Arabic Language Day
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is celebrating the World Arabic…
Israel destroys Gaza’s historic Al Omari Mosque
The Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) bombed on Friday the Great Omari Mosque, Gaza’s largest and oldest mosque,…
Israel targets, kills Palestinian scientist Sufyan Tayeh
An Israeli strike targeted and killed prominent Palestinian scientist Sufyan Tayeh and his family in their home,…
Mexico celebrates Day of the Dead, honouring ancestors
Mexico is celebrating the Day of the Dead, or el Día de los Muertos, to honour their ancestors on the 1st and 2nd…
Georges Hobeika becomes first designer to exhibit at Baalbek Temple
Georges Hobeika became the world's first-ever fashion house to showcase a Prêt-à-Porter collection at Lebanon’s…
Egypt launches new place to foster intangible cultural heritage
Egypt's Ministry of Culture launched on Sunday a new venue named House of Heritage to showcase and preserve the…
Switzerland returns fragment of Ramses II statue to Egypt
Switzerland returned on Monday a fragment of 3,400-year-old statue of Pharaoh Ramses II that was stolen decades ago…
France’s Mont-Saint-Michel abbey celebrates 1,000th birthday
France’s spectacular and admired by many abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has turned 1,000 years old.
Egyptian lawsuit tells Netflix to pay $2bln compensation for Cleopatra
An Egyptian team of legal and archaeological experts called for UNESCO's intervention and reaffirmed Egypt's right…
Egypt nominates El-Enany as UNESCO director-general
Egypt has nominated Khaled El-Enany, former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, to be director-general of the…
World Environment Day’s celebration today
World Environment Day (WED)'s celebration is yearly on 5 June
Egypt’s Abu Simbel temple to be illuminated Sunday by twice-yearly solar alignment
Egypt on Sunday is set to mark the bi-yearly occasion when the sun illuminates the statue of King Ramses II in his…
U.S. exit from UNESCO took Israel by surprise, was uncoordinated
Israel was surprised by the U.S. decision on Thursday to quit UNESCO, Haaretz reported. Four senior Israeli and…
Moushira Khattab invited to address Egypt’s parliament on UNESCO campaign
Egypt's parliament invited on Saturday Moushira Khattab, the country's candidate who contested last week's…