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Handmade dolls gain a following in Cairo art gallery
Handmade dolls characterising Egyptian life are on show at a gallery in Cairo.
They're the handiwork of a 75-year-old artist who first started making them more than 50 years ago as a college project.
Traditional characters from all corners of Egyptian society.
Sitting in her house in the eastern suburbs of Cairo, artist Nadia Hassan is beginning a delicate process she's spent decades perfecting.
She uses tin wire, old pieces of newspaper and pliers to create the shape of these unique oriental dolls.
What was once a hobby has now turned into a daily routine for the 75-year-old, she now makes dolls commercially for galleries and shops.
And it's a time consuming task; it takes 3 days to finish one handmade doll depending on the clothing and accessories.
I use lots of raw materials, she says.
First, I use tin wire for the internal parts, then I wrap the whole frame with newspaper pieces according to the shape I need. Then, I cover it's body with cotton cloth. It's originally white but I die it with black tea extract until it takes the colour of the skin.
Then I cover it with tights, then start coating every doll with its clothes. Then I assemble the head which is also stuffed with newspaper and covered by cotton and tights material.
Each of Hassan's handmade dolls are based on local Egyptian characters, from the northeastern coast to the southern border with Sudan.
Now, a well-known Cairo gallery - named Gallery Droub - is displaying her unique dolls, complemented with oriental paintings and sculptures.
Hassan's dolls have recently been growing in popularity due to their unique design.
The owner and director of Gallery Droub, Sawsan Salem, says she was amazed by the attention they first received when they went on show.
When the dolls were on display for the first time, a visitor came here and said that she'd never seen dolls like these before, she recalls.
Because the dolls are incarnated, they are in 3D. They represent different areas from all over Egypt with their clothes and accessories. That visitor bought all the dolls that time. And when Mrs. Nadia Hassan came here, she found that all dolls are marked with a red mark. So she asked about those marks and we told her that all of them are sold out. She didn't believe it. But later we asked her to produce more of them, because all of us loved the dolls. And it's a 100 percent Egyptian handmade doll.
Doll prices here vary from 300 ($41.5 USD) to 350 Egyptian pounds ($48.5 USD).
Many here are attracted by their unique and beautiful designs, including gallery visitor Manal Samir.
I came to the gallery because I know that rare arts are displayed here, she says.
I came and bought a doll. And its price is really good and affordable. It's not just a doll, it's like a shaped artistic sculpture. I guess it's made from tin wire and stuffed cloth plus its cute accessories. It's very beautiful and unique and I'm so happy that I've purchased one.
While Hassan's dolls display the same facial expressions, the first handmade models she made back in 1961 were very different.
The dolls she made for her college graduation project were smaller in shape and had complex detail on the eyes and lips.
My graduation project was on dolls that were slightly different to these, she says.
They had drawn eyes and eyelashes which were more specific. But the commercial style imposed that look behind me. Glued black eyes, mouth, that sort of thing.
Hassan's graduation project also included dolls from different countries including Romanian folk dancers, Spanish matadors and Indian belly dancers.
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I love Nokia and Photography, but when both combined in one place and one time along side with my dear friend Patrick Star, I became the happiest tech geek in the world :D
Me, my friend Ahmed and Patrick went yesterday to the 2nd Gezira International Contemporary photo gallery for the Egyptian Artist Ahmed Lotfy beside a lot of international photographers around the glob, the gallery this year was named by The Hidden and it shows a lot of photos about the people who are trying to hide from our eyes and the entire world , seeing this amount of art and playing with my lumias never been this awesome, specially when I'm capturing my moments with the Phenomena Nokia Lumia 1020....I felt very proud having this device among this number of DSLR's
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Inside the Vatican Museums | EWTN Vaticano Special
This Week on EWTN Vaticano. Episode 322.
Visit the Vatican Museums, take an exclusive look at the Vatican Library, and catch up with a review of the news and events from the Museums over the past year.
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Newly re-furbished and tastefully finished luxury apartments in Central Downtown (19 Adly St, off Talaat Haarb St), 10 mins. walk from the museum. The property is managed by the group responsible for the award-winning Mara House of Luxor. While Mara herself is staying in Luxor, her son, Stephen and partner Sara will endeavour to bring the Mara House experience to Cairo. Cairo is an amazing city but, as you might expect of a city with 20 million inhabitants, it can be a bit daunting to the first-timer. Here's where we come in offering the luxury, comfort and privacy of your own apartment combined with the knowledge of the area and round -the-clock assistance provided by Stephen and Sara to make your stay in Cairo a memorable one. Downtown is an ideal location for your base during your stay in Cairo. Away from the tourist-only ,5-star areas you can experience the real Cairo, a city of 20 million once known universally as the Paris of the East. While modern Cairo is expanding rapidly outwards, glimpses of this vibrant city's rich history are still evident in Downtown. The area is host to the Egyptian Museum, the American University in Cairo, numerous galleries, cafes, restaurants, bars and street upon street of shops to suit all tastes.
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Chanel presents Egyptian-themed collection around The Met's Temple of Dendur
An ancient Egyptian temple at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art provided the setting for Chanel's latest catwalk show, when the French fashion house debuted a collection featuring glittering tweeds, golden garments and bold jewels.
The catwalk looped The Met's Temple of Dendur – an Ancient Egyptian monument completed in 10BC – to create an appropriate setting for the debut of Chanel's 2018/19 Métiers d'art collection earlier this week.
With a taste for elaborate shows, creative director Karl Lagerfeld chose the decorative sandstone temple to provide the backdrop for the presentation, as well as inform the Egyptian-style aesthetic of the pieces.
Egyptian civilisation has always fascinated me: I get inspired by an idea, which I make a reality, said Lagerfeld in a project statement.
Floating regal garments, bold geometric prints and lavishly colourful accessories featured throughout the collection, along with plenty of golden garments in sparkling, shimmering and crackled textures.
Beige, white and black tweeds – a Chanel staple – are threaded with mohair, gold and beaded cotton.
I think the image of this collection is very much down to this refinement which should be seen close up, almost touched, to understand how it is done and to really appreciate the beauty of this work, said Lagerfeld, who also drew on the antiquities for pieces in his first sculptural exhibition.
Other motifs included the Ancient Egyptian scarab beetle, which can be seen a necklace, buttons, belt buckle, earrings and handbags, while the models' makeup resembled the Eye of Horus.
American music producer Pharrell Williams – who is set to collaborate with Chanel – was adorned with the facial marking while modelling baggy gold trousers and a bejewelled jumper.
Other features of this year's garments were intended asa nod to New York, including street-art-style graphics on printed t-shirts, and a patched denim two-piece worn by model Kaia Gerber. New York, it's an energy and a melting pot of cultures, it's very stimulating, said Lagerfeld.
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Cairo, Egypt - driving around Cairo daytime 4
Cairo, Egypt, the Triumphant City, known officially as al-Qāhirah is one of the world's largest urban areas and offers many sites to see. It is the administrative capital of Egypt and, close by, is almost every Egypt Pyramid, such as the Great Pyramids of Giza on the very edge of the city. But there are also ancient temples, tombs, Christian churches, magnificent Muslim monuments, and of course, the Egyptian Antiquities Museum all either within or nearby the city.
Cairo, Egypt is an amazing city full of life and movement, and it is that way almost 24 hours every day, with the noisy honking of horns, children playing in the streets and merchants selling their wears and services. And here, the Egyptians are most at home in this powerful, modern and ancient city
Cairo, Egypt provides great culture, including art galleries and music halls, such as the Cairo Opera House, as well it should, being one of the largest cities in the world. It also provides some of the grandest accommodations and restaurants in the world, such as the Four Seasons and the Cairo Marriott.
Cairo offers an incredible selection of shopping, leisure and nightlife activities. Shopping ranges from the famous Khan el-Khalili souk, (or bazaar) largely unchanged since the 14th century, to modern air-conditioned centers displaying the latest fashions. All the bounty of the East can be here. Particularly good buys are spices, perfumes, gold, silver, carpets, brass and copperware, leatherwork, glass, ceramics and mashrabiya. Try some of the famous street markets, like Wekala al-Balaq, for fabrics, including Egyptian cotton, the Tentmakers Bazaar for appliqué-work, Mohammed Ali Street for musical instruments and, although you probably won't want to buy, the Camel Market makes a fascinating trip. This is, and has been for over a thousand years, truly a shopper's paradise.
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Being the main of them the red chapel of Hatshepsut, the White Chapel of Senusret I etc
In this video you can see Amenhotep II chapel,Netery Menu of Hatshepsut,beautiful Sekhmet statues,fragments of the famous Senusret III Lintel (found in Nag El Madamud),The white Chapel of Senusret I, The Red Chapel of Hatshepsut,Amenhotep I's Alabaster Chapel, and finally, the Thutmose IV chapel & Temple
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World heritage at risk in Yemen | Curator's Corner Season 1 Episode 6
St John Simpson, Curator for Ancient Arabia and Ancient Iran, talks about the impact that the destruction of Yemeni cultural heritage will have on humanity. He also looks at what international museums can do to assist authorities in limiting the looting and trafficking of portable antiquities in a post-conflict Yemen.
UNESCO is working with the British Museum and nine other museums across the world as part of an international campaign to raise awareness of the destruction of Yemeni cultural heritage. From 24 to 30 April 2016 'Yemeni Heritage Week – Museums United for Yemen' will shine a spotlight on the current destruction and encourage people to explore and understand the region's cultural heritage.
Yemeni Heritage Week – Museums United for Yemen is organised by the UNESCO Office in Doha under UNESCO’s global campaign of #Unite4Heritage.
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Al Qasimi neighbourhood, old City of Sana'a, before the bombing of 12 June 2015. © Hadarat Umma.
Al Qasimi neighbourhood, old City of Sana'a, after the bombing of 12 June 2015. © GOPHCY.
Dhamar Regional Museum before its destruction on 22 May 2015. © GOAM.
Dhamar Regional Museum on the day of its destruction, 22 May 2015. © GOAM.
Cairo Citadel, Taiz, on 12 December 2014, before the bombing of 10 May 2015. © US Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit, NextView License (Digital Globe) Satellite Imagery Analysis by UNITAR-UNOSAT.
Cairo Citadel, Taiz, on 26 June 2015, damaged in the bombing of 10 May 2015. © US Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit, NextView License (Digital Globe) Satellite Imagery Analysis by UNITAR-UNOSAT.
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