Museum of Islamic Art
Tourism minister receives Australian ambassador at his office
Egypt
August 3, 2022
Tourism minister receives Australian ambassador at his office
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Khaled al-Anany received the Australian ambassador to Cairo Glenn Miles, in his office at the…
Jewels of the Nile: 11 awesome Egyptian museums
Features/Interviews
October 1, 2019
Jewels of the Nile: 11 awesome Egyptian museums
(CNN) — For much of the 20th century, the Egyptian Museum in the center of Cairo was the gold standard…
Islamic Art Museum receives 10,000 visitors since inauguration last Wednesday
Archaeology
January 23, 2017
Islamic Art Museum receives 10,000 visitors since inauguration last Wednesday
Since its inauguration on Wednesday, the Museum of Islamic Art in Bab al-Khalq received 10,000 visitors as of Sunday, Al-Borsa…
Islamic Art Museum to open to public for free
Archaeology
January 20, 2017
Islamic Art Museum to open to public for free
Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany announced that the Museum of Islamic Art would be open to the public for free for…
Sisi inaugurates newly restored Islamic Art Museum 3 years after bombing
Archaeology
January 18, 2017
Sisi inaugurates newly restored Islamic Art Museum 3 years after bombing
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated the Museum of Islamic Art on Wednesday morning after the restoration work was completed, according to…
Egypt invites Bokova to inaugurate new UNESCO office
Art news
October 8, 2016
Egypt invites Bokova to inaugurate new UNESCO office
Higher Education Minister Ashraf al-Sheehy said on Friday that he has invited UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to inaugurate the new…
Prosecution seizes Islamic Art Museum cameras to investigate Cairo security directorate blast
Egypt
January 24, 2014
Prosecution seizes Islamic Art Museum cameras to investigate Cairo security directorate blast
The Supreme State Security Prosecution seized the surveillance cameras of the outside the Museum of Islamic Art, in addition to…
‘Reflections on Islamic Art’: A new way to talk about Islam, and art
Books
January 2, 2012
‘Reflections on Islamic Art’: A new way to talk about Islam, and art
“Reflections on Islamic Art,” edited by Ahdaf Soueif, appears at a time when Islamic art is surging back into fashion.…
Antiquities minister says nothing stolen from Islamic Art Museum
Egypt
June 24, 2011
Antiquities minister says nothing stolen from Islamic Art Museum
The Antiquities Ministry denied on Friday that some artifacts had been stolen from the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo,…
Egypt’s Museums I: The Museum of Islamic Art
Art news
September 29, 2010
Egypt’s Museums I: The Museum of Islamic Art
Egypt is home to dozens of museums, from downtown’s hugely popular Egyptian Museum to the strange and too-often overlooked Agricultural…