Just-Food

Ezdehar Management acquires Egyptian snack maker Kemet

Pretzo snacks, produced by Kemet. Credit: Tamer A Soliman / Shutterstock.com Ezdehar Management has acquired a majority stake in Egypt-based snack manufacturer Kemet for an undisclosed sum. According ...
Artnet

Egypt Has Expelled a Dutch Museum’s Team of Archaeolgists From Saqqara in Revenge Over a Controversial ‘Afrocentric’ Exhibition

The exhibition was intended as a modern riff on ancient Egypt, bringing contemporary figures of musical royalty such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Miles Davis into conversation with the rich culture of the ...
Essence

Egyptian Authorities Angry About “Afrocentric” Exhibition, Ban Dutch Archeologists From Excavating At Burial Site

Dutch archaeologists from the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in Leiden have been “banned from carrying out excavations in Egypt’s rich Saqqara necropolis,” a sacred burial site located ...
Black Enterprise

Egypt Goes Hard Over Denial Of Afrocentric Portrayal Of ‘Kemet’ Exhibit, Says Dutch Museum Is ‘Falsifying History’

Things recently turned dark for Dutch archaeologists portraying Egypt from an “Afrocentric” perspective. CNN reported that Egypt has banned Dutch archaeologists at the Leiden National Museum of ...
Hyperallergic

Egypt Decries “Afrocentric” Exhibition at Dutch Museum

A view of the Kemet exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities in the Dutch city of Leiden (all images courtesy National Museum of Antiquities) Egyptian authorities have revoked a Dutch museum's ...