Damaged Islamic Art…

Cairo’s Islamic Art Museum, which houses a collection of almost 100,000 objects, suffered damage from one of the car bombs that exploded on Friday morning–killing several people, and injuring many more. Approximately 20 to 30 percent of the objects will now need to be restored. The last time that I was in the museum, I was especially drawn to its Fatimid glass lamps–a number of which, sadly, were completely destroyed by the blast. UNESCO has now offered to assess the damage and help restore the collection.