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  • Cavafy’s Cultural Politics and the Poetics of Liminality

    Cavafy’s Cultural Politics and the Poetics of Liminality

    Probing the work of C. P. Cavafy has been intriguing for me, not only because he is one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century European aesthetic culture, but also for another reason: as Cavafy records in his diary of his first trip to Greece in 1901 (written in English), he was positively predisposed toward…

  • Alexandria Aligned to the Rising Sun

    Alexandria Aligned to the Rising Sun

    According to a new research, the ancient city of Alexandria may have been built around a solar event occurring during Alexander the Great’s lifetime. Researchers used simulation software to plot the rise of the sun for the day he was born. They found that the “King’s Star” Regulus, located in the head of the constellation…

  • Egypt Pours €360 Million into Renewing Alexandria’s Tram Network

    Egypt Pours €360 Million into Renewing Alexandria’s Tram Network

    Egypt is set to start the renovation and modernization of the prominent Al-Raml Tram network in Alexandria in a project that will cost €360 million. Egypt’s Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation signed a €100 million loan agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD), which will partially finance the project. The upgrading process of the 13.7 kilometers…

  • Greek FM outlines vision for safety and security in Eastern Med

    Greek FM outlines vision for safety and security in Eastern Med

    Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias outlined his vision for the creation of an organization for security and cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean on the first day of the second international Conference for Security and Stability on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes. In his address to the participants from 19 countries at the conference, Kotzias said…