Cairo’s Islamic Arts Museum to Be Reconstructed
According to elgornal.net, he said Germany, Italy and the UAE will contribute to the reconstruction project, which includes repairing historical items.
El-Damaty added that UNESCO plans to hold an international forum to invite other countries to cooperate in the reconstruction of the museum.
The Museum of Islamic Art, in Cairo, Egypt, is considered one of the greatest in the world, with its exceptional collection of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, crystal, and textile objects of all periods, from all over the Islamic world.
In recent years, the museum has displayed about 2,500 artefacts in 25 galleries, but it houses more than 102,000 objects, with the remainder in storage. The collection includes rare manuscripts of the Qur'an, with some calligraphy written in silver ink, on pages with elaborate borders.
On January 25, 2014, a car bomb attack targeting Cairo governorate police headquarters in front of the museum on the other side of Bab el-Khalq Square caused damage to the museum facade and some artefacts.
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