Police violently break up protest by healthcare workers in Balochistan, Pakistan
On 6 April 2020, health care workers staged a protest in, Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province, to demand more personal protective equipment (PPE). The police resorted to baton charging the protesters and arrested about 150 medical workers. There are over 4000 coronavirus patients in Pakistan, and healthcare professionals are working with limited resources at their disposal. While doctors working directly with coronavirus infected patients […]
Women’s Fashion
Women of all classes wore ankle-length sheath dresses made of linen. Peasant women wore plain linen dresses and some statues show servant girls wearing dresses made of colored fabrics sewn in a checkered pattern. Upper-class women wore pleated dresses with fringes, sometimes covered with a transparent garment. Formal clothing was often more elaborate and the later periods brought Greek […]
Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Jewelry
Since the ancient Egyptian pharaohs needed to ensure their safe journey to the afterlife so that they could continue looking after their people, they had all the colors and animals necessary to successfully protect and guide them into the afterlife. Included in their collection of jewelry were representations of antelopes, birds, jackals, tigers, scarabs, and scrolls. A variety of […]
Yemen confirms first coronavirus case – supreme national emergency committee
Yemen has reported its first coronavirus case in Hadhramaut Governorate, supreme national emergency committee tweeted early on Friday. The committee added that the patient was stable and receiving health care, without elaborating. The United Nations and Western allies had pointed to the threat of coronavirus outbreak in the war-battered country.
Fashion in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian fashion consisted of clothes adorned with a variety of colors and precious gems and jewels. While fashion in Ancient Egypt was primarily constructed for the purpose of comfort, this did not mean that ancient Egyptians felt they should sacrifice beauty for comfort. Scholars of ancient Egypt get most of their knowledge of Egyptian fashion from […]
President Sisi orders free masks for dustmen, Development Ministry stresses protective plan
Egypt’s Local Development Minister Mahmoud Shaarawy stressed on Friday the necessity of providing blue-collar workers and dustmen with the necessary protective gear and masks to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The minister further added in a ministry statement that a set of safety instructions was introduced by […]
Tattoos as Symbolic Protection
These tattoos are thought to have been worn by a priestess to honor Hathor who, among her many duties, was also goddess of fertility. They were worn by other women as symbolic protection of a child in the womb and during child birth (although these are not mutually exclusive since priestesses could marry and have […]
Egypt provides 11k beds in 7 university dorms to receive COVID-19 cases
Minister of State for Information Osama Heikal told Egypt Today Thursday that 11,000 beds have been equipped in seven university dorms in Egypt under full medical supervision to receive coronavirus patients. “This comes to prevent the recurrence of dangerous scenarios that we all see in some countries,” Heikal said, adding that the World Health Organization […]
WHO lauds Egypt’s health system
Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Ahmed Al Mandhari has praised Egypt’s strong health system. He reiterated on Thursday that the Egyptian health system has rapidly responded to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus through carrying out medical tests and providing care for patients. Al Mandhari stressed that the Egyptian health authorities transparently […]
Egyptian Clothing: Pharoahs to Commoners
For more information on Egyptian clothing and other counter-intuitive facts of ancient and medieval history, see Anthony Esolen’s The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization. Egyptian clothing was made from locally-sourced materials—as were clothes from all ancient societies. Pastoral nomads created clothing from their livestock. AS one of the earliest agricultural societies, the ancient Egyptians wore […]
