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The restoration, which cost $7.68 million, was financed by the two countries after an agreement was signed in 2008

Minister of State for Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates' Affairs Soha Gendi has stressed that the state is deeply interested in the Journey of the Holy Family to be a global tourist and religious project for attracting millions of tourists. 

Several hundred documents and items revealing the names and other details of victims of slavery in France’s colonial empire is being added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World register. This latest addition, which the UN cultural agency approved last week, marks the first time that France has pushed for the inscription of documents on the UNESCO register that were previously archived in France's present-day overseas territories.

Experts in the sector say the global appeal of Arab and Islamic designs from other countries shows Egypt could do more to promote its rich, millennia-old artistic heritage.

The historic City of the Dead in Cairo is being demolished by bulldozers to make way for a highway. https://twitter.com/sallynabil/status/1660200096787582978 Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Si...