Monica Hanna is an Egyptologist. She is Dean at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport.[1] In 2014, she was awarded the SAFE Beacon Award.[2]

Life

She graduated from American University in Cairo,[3] and from University of Pisa.[4]

She organized the Egyptian Heritage Task Force.[2] She opposed the movement of sphinxes to Tahrir Square.[5][6]

Works

  • Hanna, Monica, 2015. "Documenting Looting Activities in Post-2011 Egypt." Countering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods: The Global Challenge of Protecting the World’s Heritage. Paris: ICOM, pp. 47–63.
  • Monica Hanna, “What Has Happened to Egyptian Heritage after the 2011 Unfinished Revolution?,” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 1, no. 4 (2013): 371–75
  • Katherine Blouin, Monica Hanna and Sarah E. Bond, How Academics, Egyptologists, and Even Melania Trump Benefit From Colonialist Cosplay, Hyperallergic, October 22, 2020

References

  1. ↑ "Monica Hanna". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  2. 1 2 "Saving Heritage". EgyptToday. 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  3. ↑ "Alumna Monica Hanna Internationally Awarded for Saving Antiquities | The American University in Cairo". www.aucegypt.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. ↑ "Egyptian archaeologists rely on technology to preserve past". Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  5. ↑ "Egyptologists attack transfer of sphinxes to Tahrir Square". the Guardian. 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  6. ↑ "Relocation of Egyptian Sphinxes Exposes Them to Potential Environmental Damage, Experts Fear | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2021-04-03.


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