We collect old maps and tell stories about them.
إحنا بنجمع خرائط قديمة وبنحكي حكايات عنهم
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Born in Cairo, Kharita™ is a specialty print store dedicated to collecting and producing high quality vintage map prints, focusing mainly on maps in the MENA region. Kharita™ was founded on a mutual passion for history, heritage and cartography.
وُلدت خريطة في القاهرة، وهي متجر متخصص في الطباعة مكرّس لجمع وإنتاج مطبوعات خرائط قديمة عالية الجودة، مع التركيز بشكل أساسي على الخرائط في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا. تأسست خريطة™ بناءً على شغف مشترك بالتاريخ والتراث ورسم الخرائط.
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Singing Against Silence: Palestinian Music And It’s Fight Against Occupation
Every Palestinian story is a political act. Edward Said In all kinds of peace and war, music is produced and consumed every day. While the colonizer sings the triumphs of their wins, the colonized sing their hopes for triumph. The difference, however, is that the colonizer always tries to silence
Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Empires
As the current events in Kabul unfold, we’ve decided to shed light on the turbulent history of Afghanistan, a land often referred to as the “Graveyard of Empires.” Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan lies at the very heart of Asia. It connects three major cultural and geopolitical regions: the Indian subcontinent
Emotional Geography And The Experience Of The Displaced
There’s a reason why we get homesick; we tend to form emotional attachments to the places we’ve lived all our lives. That’s because our homes are more than just buildings; they are part of who we are. We grow fond of the streets we walk, the markets we shop in,
Old Rent and No Rent – Waqfs and Land Profits
Understanding the waqf A waqf is a form of endowment or land trust that has seen criticism in the past few decades, stemming from an Islamic law tradition to “imprison the capital and liquidate its fruit”. In essence, a waqf is created for the purpose of benefiting the people in
The History Of the Western Sahara Conflict
In the 19th century, European powers divided Africa among themselves. Spain claimed the Western Sahara in 1884 and named it “the Spanish Sahara”. Located in the northwest of Africa, the territory is bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria, and is home to the Sahrawi people. Often referred to as Africa’s
How Colonialism Changed Our Borders Forever
Modern nation-states are often thought of in terms of what one might call the “Sleeping Beauty metaphor”, the belief that the nation had always existed, simply awaiting its historical awakening. This metaphor, which gained popularity following the events of the Glorious and French Revolutions, was projected onto colonized states, where
Bodies at the Border: How Liberal Feminism Erases Women
A report that dates back to July 2024 claims that over 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. UN Women gives it a slogan, calls it a “war on women”. The gendered nature of state-sponsored violence is not new. Wars, and in this case genocide, have been
Вавада 100 бесплатных вращений с промокодом для игры
Вавада 100 бесплатных вращений с промокодом для игроков Вавада 100 бесплатных вращений с промокодом для игры Пользователи, желающие получить дополнительные преимущества, могут использовать специальный код, чтобы активировать щедрые предложения и насладиться новыми возможностями без лишних затрат. Этот код предоставит вам уникальный шанс улучшить свой опыт, открывая доступ к разнообразным акциям и бонусам, которые могут значительно …
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The Amazigh People in Libya: Indigenous Roots and Modern Struggles
In the hills of Jabal Nafusa, the streets of Zuwara, and the oasis towns of Ghadames and Awjila, the Amazigh flag waves once again. For decades, Libya’s indigenous people were silenced under the Arab nationalist regime. Today, they are slowly writing themselves back into the history of Libya. But what
Почему банки блокируют переводы в казино: причины, механизмы и юридические аспекты
Почему банки блокируют переводы в казино: BC Game причины, механизмы и юридические аспекты Введение в проблему банковских ограничений на гемблинг-операции В последние годы пользователи игорных платформ всё чаще сталкиваются с тем, что их банковские переводы в адрес онлайн-казино отклоняются или блокируются. Это явление не является случайным сбоем в системе эквайринга;
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Map of Arab League States 1960
In Cairo, on March 22, 1945, the six already sovereign Arab states (Egypt, Syria, Transjordan (later Jordan), Lebanon and Saudi Arabia) formed the Arab League.
This map is considered to be extremely rare, possibly the last remaining, as it would have been intentionally destroyed by the Ba’athist regime that ruled Iraq from 1963 to 2003 that would not have looked favorably upon any document that glorified Qasim.
