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From Egypt to India… on the wings of travel literature

This morning, I had the pleasure of attending the public defense held by Tongan Government College in Tirur, affiliated with the University of Calicut, Kerala, India. The defense was for Professor Mohamed Said, who successfully obtained his PhD for his dissertation on Egyptian travel literature about India since 1947, with a special

Dandrawi’s Portraits and Miniatures

Today’s guest at the gallery is artist Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al-Dandrawi (born in 1980 in Dendera, Qena Governorate, Egypt). He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor in 2002, specializing in Graphic Arts. In 2010, he obtained a diploma from the Higher Institute of Folk Arts at the Academy of Arts in Cairo. He served as the Head

Transformation of Love Marriages into Arranged Marriages

In my Valentine’s Day message, I discussed how the tradition of secret love (களவு) marriages in India was gradually corrupted into arranged marriages due to the influx of Aryans into South Asia between 1000 BC and 1000 AD. In this blog, I will explore how the Dravidian society in the Levant region was similarly influenced by Aryan

Cairo University Welcomes Delegations from KEDA and Cheongju University

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the two universities to expand their partnership, particularly in research projects related to aerospace engineering, artificial intelligence applications, and urban development. The signing ceremony was attended by Dr. Hossam Abdel-Fattah, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering; Dr. Ayman

Land of hypocrisy – Poetry from Egypt

The land of hypocrisy, I saw cheating ruled by With lies you feed us with betrayal you water us From the lips of sadness sometimes he will excuse me I wish sadness would cure us What does patience and fortitude do in a time! Metwally Mohamed Metwally Basal, a poet and storyteller from Egypt, shares his poetry Metwally