Museum of Islamic Art in Egypt Reopens After Car Bomb Damage | International News Live Blog

Museum of Islamic Art in Egypt Reopens After Car Bomb Damage | International News Live Blog

https://internationalnewsliveblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/museum-of-islamic-art-in-egypt-reopens-after-car-bomb-damage/





The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo reopened on January 20, some three years after it was damaged in a 2014 car bombing orchestrated by Egyptian jihadists. It is home to one of the world’s most significant collections of Muslim art, housing over 100,000 artifacts—179 of which were impaired in the explosion. … http://internationalnewslive.com/museum-of-islamic-art-in-egypt-reopens-after-car-bomb-damage/