We collect old maps and tell stories about them.
إحنا بنجمع خرائط قديمة وبنحكي حكايات عنهم
About Us
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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How Colonialism Redrew Africa’s Map
Maps and power aren’t often paired, but in Africa’s story, they’ve always walked hand in hand. Lines were drawn not to guide, but to divide and rule. Before colonialism, Africa was a thriving continent of kingdoms, empires, and autonomous nations, each governing its affairs according to its customs, laws, and
World War II… In Egypt?
It might be surprising to hear that what is now home to beach resorts and mega projects was once a World War II battle ground. El Alamein, a city along the Egyptian Mediterranean coast, approximately 100 km west of Alexandria. Today it is flocked to by holidayers, concert goers, government
ايه حوار حلايب وشلاتين؟
وأنا صغير، كان عندي هواية غريبه نوعاً ما وهي إني دايمًا أتابع شريط توقعات درجات الحرارة اللي بيظهر على التلفزيون، واللي كان بيستعرض أحوال الطقس في مختلف مناطق مصر. وسط كل الأسماء اللي كانت بتعدّي، كان في منطقتين دايمًا بيلفتوا انتباهي وبيثيروا فضولي جدًا. وإحنا أطفال، كنا دايمًا فاكرين إن
Reading Between the Lines: What Popular Literature Reveals About Our Borders
Once we come to understand that borders are beyond geography, and the nation-states outlined through them are human-made ideas, it becomes important to ask how people see and feel these changes. It is usually the lives of the elite that get attention, hidden behind political treaties and talks. It is
الأندلس… المجد المفقود
تفتكر إن معلوماتك عن التاريخ الإسلامي كتير؟ لو إجابتك “أيوه”… فهي متوقعة جدًا.أكيد سمعت عن بدايات الإسلام، وعصر الخلفاء الراشدين، والفتوحات، والدول اللي قامت بعد كده زي الأموية، العباسية، والأيوبية… كل القصص اللي اتكررت على وداننا وإحنا صغيرين. لكن الحقيقة؟إن ده مجرد السطح بس.لأن جوا التاريخ ده في حكايات منسية مدهشة، غريبة، ومبهرة.ويمكن دي أكتر …
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
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
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
The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia: How One Man Built—and Broke—a Nation
The story of the Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia can be summarised by the rise and death of one man. A man who ruled the country for over four decades, and after his death, the country’s downfall ensued. Before we delve into the story of Yugoslavia, it is essential to
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,
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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.
