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Women of Egypt Mag,  An Advocacy Movement to Empower the Women of Egypt, Mahmoud Said’s Women, Tuesday August 29, 2017

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Stations from the life of the founder of modern painting Mahmoud Said, Cairo, 14 October, 2017

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- Ahmed Fadl Shabloul writes: about donkey riders and tales in plastic art

http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1972527.aspx

- Catalogue Reveals Pioneering Egyptian Painter’s Legacy

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