Ancient/Now - June 21st

The "neo-pharaonism" of Egypt's ultra-nationalists, beautifully illustrated birds at Amarna, matching headless torsos and torso-less heads of ancient Greek & Roman statues, and more…

“Neo-Pharaonism” and Egypt’s ultra-nationalists

Earlier this month an African Arguments article highlighted the ultra-nationalism and “neo-Pharaonism” promoted by the Sisi regime in Egypt. Journalist Dalia Ibraheem writes,

Instead of Nasser’s pan-Arab brand of nationalism, or Sadat’s self-proclamation as the “pious president”, Sisi, while never referring …