Egyptian culture under threat

It’s an unusually quiet morning for Egypt in the news today — bar Mohamed Salah’s 97th minute equalizer against Mozambique at Egypt’s opening match at Afcon — and the global press has found time to focus on threats to our heritage and contemporary art scene. Al Monitor spoke to researcher Shahira Mehrez about the lost legacy of traditional Egyptian costumes all the way from Nubia to the top of the Delta and everywhere in between that has slowly disappeared over the decades. Winding the clock forwards to the present day, AFP took a look at the demolition of the contemporary arts and exhibition space Darb 1718 in Fustat to make way for a new highway.