Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
- Exhibition: Coptic Art Revealed
drhawass.com Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny and Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) are organizing a press conference on Wednesday, December 8th at Al-Amir Taz Palace to announce the opening of the Coptic...
- Salaheddin The Great Builder
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) "Sultan Al-Nasser Salaheddin Al-Ayyubi... Between Cairo and Damascus" is the first exhibition to embody the German-Egyptian cooperation to display Islamic arts. Cairo Citadel in 1176; a portrait of Salaheddin; From far...
- Lured To The House Of Taz
Egytpian Gazette (Nayrouz Talaat) The story on this URL will expire shortly, so it has been reproduced in full here. The Egyptian Ministry of Culture is saving the treasures of Islamic Cairo, one of the most popular of them being the Mameluke Amir Taz...
- The Coptic Museum: A Silent Jewel
Al Ahram Weekly by Nadja Tomoum The Coptic Museum,situated in the heart of Old Cairo,was built in 1910 by Marcus Simaika Pasha who devoted his life to the preservation and promotion of the Coptic heritage. With the support of the Coptic church, Simaika...
- Coptic Art Revisited
This article is on a display of Coptic art at the Mamluk era palace Al-Amir Taz. The exhibition of 205 works of Coptic art is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Coptic museum founded in 1910. The article contains 15 pictures of the recently renovated...
Egypt
Egypt's illustrious Coptic heritage
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
The first-ever locally curated exhibition on Coptic art highlights the contribution of Egypt's Copts to the nation's heritage, Nevine El-Aref takes a look at this rich past
Last week Cairo's Saliba Street was even more crowded than usual. Cars by the dozen edged their way through the hundreds of pedestrians swarming in the street to buy and sell goods. However, around the corner in the Suyufiya alley just off Saliba Street, where the Mamluk Palace of Al-Amir Taz is situated, the atmosphere was serene and enchanting. Soft Oriental tunes filled the evening air of the open court at the centre of this vintage palace and a light winter breeze frisked the softly-lit trees and foliage. . . .
The museum was founded in 1910 by an influential Copt, Marcus Pasha Simaika, who created it as a permanent home for some of Coptic Egypt's heritage artefacts in a building next to the Hanging Church in Old Cairo. The Coptic Art Museum was renovated by the SCA and reopened to the public in 2006.
- Exhibition: Coptic Art Revealed
drhawass.com Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny and Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) are organizing a press conference on Wednesday, December 8th at Al-Amir Taz Palace to announce the opening of the Coptic...
- Salaheddin The Great Builder
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) "Sultan Al-Nasser Salaheddin Al-Ayyubi... Between Cairo and Damascus" is the first exhibition to embody the German-Egyptian cooperation to display Islamic arts. Cairo Citadel in 1176; a portrait of Salaheddin; From far...
- Lured To The House Of Taz
Egytpian Gazette (Nayrouz Talaat) The story on this URL will expire shortly, so it has been reproduced in full here. The Egyptian Ministry of Culture is saving the treasures of Islamic Cairo, one of the most popular of them being the Mameluke Amir Taz...
- The Coptic Museum: A Silent Jewel
Al Ahram Weekly by Nadja Tomoum The Coptic Museum,situated in the heart of Old Cairo,was built in 1910 by Marcus Simaika Pasha who devoted his life to the preservation and promotion of the Coptic heritage. With the support of the Coptic church, Simaika...
- Coptic Art Revisited
This article is on a display of Coptic art at the Mamluk era palace Al-Amir Taz. The exhibition of 205 works of Coptic art is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Coptic museum founded in 1910. The article contains 15 pictures of the recently renovated...