Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass)
- Timor Pasha's Sword On Display
Ahram Online Following recent articles published in Al-Ahram newspaper concerning some of the Museum of Islamic Art's collection, especially the sword and dagger of Timor Pasha, the Minister of State for Antiquities has decided to put both objects...
- Cairo Museum Of Islamic Art Opens After A Decade
All About Egypt With video. The largest collection of Islamic art in the world is back on display. After nearly a decade of renovation, Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art officially opened. The museum is the main abode for the national collection of Islamic...
- Museum Of Islamic Art To Open Soon
drhawass.com Press Release. Yesterday the Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni and I went on a tour of the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) at Bab El-Khalq area, to inspect the progress of the latest restoration projects. Several years ago the MIA was closed...
- 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...
- More Re Opening Of Arish National Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Five years after building started and many more years since its inception, the temple- shaped, honey-coloured Arish National Museum stood poised last Sunday for its official inauguration by Mrs Suzanne Mubarak. The long-awaited...
Egypt
The Museum of Islamic Art
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass)
If anyone were to ever ask me the question, "What is the most difficult project that you have had to work on as the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities?" I would have to answer, "The Islamic Museum." This is the story.
The Islamic Museum in Cairo, now on Port Said Street, was first opened in the Al-Hakim Mosque in 1881 with 111 objects on display. When I began my current job in 2002, the Port Said Street museum was closed and the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) intended this lovely neo-Mamluk building to be used to display Islamic art and a building in the Citadel to be used to display architectural objects. I thought that this division was counterintuitive. How would it be possible truly to distinguish between art and architecture? The two complement each other. I decided that the existing museum should continue to display both and that we should find an alternative use for the building in the Citadel.
- Timor Pasha's Sword On Display
Ahram Online Following recent articles published in Al-Ahram newspaper concerning some of the Museum of Islamic Art's collection, especially the sword and dagger of Timor Pasha, the Minister of State for Antiquities has decided to put both objects...
- Cairo Museum Of Islamic Art Opens After A Decade
All About Egypt With video. The largest collection of Islamic art in the world is back on display. After nearly a decade of renovation, Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art officially opened. The museum is the main abode for the national collection of Islamic...
- Museum Of Islamic Art To Open Soon
drhawass.com Press Release. Yesterday the Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni and I went on a tour of the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) at Bab El-Khalq area, to inspect the progress of the latest restoration projects. Several years ago the MIA was closed...
- 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...
- More Re Opening Of Arish National Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Five years after building started and many more years since its inception, the temple- shaped, honey-coloured Arish National Museum stood poised last Sunday for its official inauguration by Mrs Suzanne Mubarak. The long-awaited...