Illustration of visitors viewing colorful manuscript reproductions in a Cairo gallery

اِفْتِتاحُ مَعْرِضِ مَخْطوطاتٍ مِكْسِيكِيَّةٍ فِي الْقاهِرَةِ

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اِفْتَتَحَتْ سِفارَةُ الْمِكْسِيكِ فِي الْقاهِرَةِ مَعْرِضَ «الْمَخْطوطاتِ الْمِكْسِيكِيَّةِ: الذَّاكِرَةُ وَالْمَعْرِفَةُ» فِي قاعَةِ صَلاحِ طاهِرٍ بِدارِ الْأُوبِرا الْمِصْرِيَّةِ. وَيَسْتَمِرُّ الْمَعْرِضُ حَتَّى ٣١ أُغُسْطُسَ ٢٠٢٦.

يُشاهِدُ الزُّوّارُ نُسَخًا مِنْ مَخْطوطاتٍ مُصَوَّرَةٍ قَديمَةٍ. صَنَعَتْها شُعوبُ الْمِكْسِيكِ الْأَصْلِيَّةُ لِتَسْجيلِ التّاريخِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ. وَفيها صُوَرٌ وَأَلْوانٌ وَرُموزٌ تُساعِدُ عَلى نَقْلِ الْمَعْلوماتِ مِنْ جيلٍ إِلى جيلٍ.

تَحْتاجُ الْمَخْطوطاتُ الْأَصْلِيَّةُ إِلى عِنايَةٍ خاصَّةٍ، لِأَنَّها نادِرَةٌ وَهَشَّةٌ. لِذٰلِكَ تَعْرِضُ الْقاعَةُ نُسَخًا مِنْها. وَنَظَّمَتِ السِّفارَةُ الْمَعْرِضَ مَعَ الْمَعْهَدِ الْوَطَنِيِّ لِلْأَنْثْروبولوجيا وَالتّاريخِ فِي الْمِكْسِيكِ وَوِزارَةِ الثَّقافَةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ. وَيُظْهِرُ الْمَعْرِضُ أَهَمِّيَّةَ الصُّوَرِ وَالرُّموزِ فِي حِفْظِ ذاكِرَةِ الشُّعوبِ.

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Mexican Codices Exhibition Opens in Cairo

The Mexican embassy in Cairo opened the exhibition “Mexican Codices: Memory and Knowledge” at the Salah Taher Gallery in the Cairo Opera House. The exhibition runs until August 31, 2026.

Visitors can see reproductions of old illustrated manuscripts. Mexico’s Indigenous peoples made them to record history and knowledge. They contain pictures, colours, and symbols that help pass information from one generation to another.

The original manuscripts need special care because they are rare and fragile. Therefore, the gallery displays reproductions of them. The embassy organized the exhibition with Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History and Egypt’s Ministry of Culture. The exhibition shows the importance of pictures and symbols in preserving peoples’ memory.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
مَعْرِضٌ noun exhibition
مَخْطوطاتٌ noun manuscripts
نُسَخٌ noun copies; reproductions
مُصَوَّرَةٌ adjective illustrated
رُموزٌ noun symbols
نَقْلٌ noun passing; transferring
عِنايَةٌ noun care
هَشَّةٌ adjective fragile
يَحْفَظُ verb to preserve; keep

Sources

  1. Ahram Online: Don’t miss “Mexican Codices, Memories and Knowledge” exquisite exhibition at Salah Taher gallery
  2. Ahram Online: Mexico showcases Indigenous heritage in Cairo codices exhibition

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