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Egyptian Hajj murals: a centuries old tradition
By Yayha Nurgat (@yahyanurgat) Every year, Muslims from across the world travel to the city of Mecca in order to undertake the Hajj, the fifth and final pillar of Islam. In many rural areas of modern-day Egypt, pilgrims return from Mecca to find the exterior of their home adorned with illustrations of the holy sites…
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Let the Minutes Speak: Documenting the Golden Age of Oppositional Politics in 1970s Egypt
By Andreas Nabil Younan (any21@cam.ac.uk) How does one write the political history of an authoritarian regime, where access tostate documents is restricted for national security reasons and censorship has beenwidespread? Egypt has been under strict military rule since the republic’s founding in 1952,following a coup d’état by the “Free Officers” movement against the British-backedmonarchy. President…
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