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With its most famed objects going to a fancy new site, this most iconic of museums is approaching a crossroads, and some worry Egypt isn’t facing up to the very real challenges.
Dene Mullen is a freelance journalist based between Cairo and London. His work has appeared in Ozy, Middle East Eye, the BBC and others. He previously lived and worked in Southeast Asia where he was editor in chief of Southeast Asia Globe magazine and an editor at the Phnom Penh Post.
With its most famed objects going to a fancy new site, this most iconic of museums is approaching a crossroads, and some worry Egypt isn’t facing up to the very real challenges.