Egypt
Egypt Daily Star News (Reem Abu Zahra)
- Illegal Road On Antiquities Land Near Abusir
Cairo/Giza Daily Photo (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) Maryanne follows this story with the better news that he local families met the other night and told the members who built the road that they could not quarry in this area, but it still makes one wonder...
- More Re Concerns Over Development In The Faiyum
Reuters (Patrick Werr) Egypt's popular uprising may have arrived just in time to save a Neolithic site that holds the country's oldest evidence of agriculture and could yield vital clues to the rise of Pharaonic civilisation. The site lies in...
- Petition To Stop The Destruction Of The Lake Qarun Protected Area
PetitionOnline Thanks to Per Storemyr for sending this to me - a petition for the protection of the priceless antiquities in the Lake Qarun area of the Faiyum depression, to the southwest of Cairo. The petition can be viewed and signed above. They also...
- Starting Second Phase Of Developing Pyramids Area Project
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni toured on Sunday 19/10/2008 the second phase of the Pyramids plateau development project. He was accompanied by Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas. The second...
- Luxor Airport Upgraded
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/1.asp President Mubarak opened the expansion and upgrade work at Luxor International Airport with a speech to the Supreme Tourism Council. The upgrade to Luxor airport "includes six arrival and departure halls, one...
Egypt
‘Secret’ North Giza development project threatens residents
Egypt Daily Star News (Reem Abu Zahra)
Following over one year since the presidential decree to develop the entire district of North Giza in May 2007, the plans continue to trigger controversy due to the lack of information about the project.
The district of North Giza includes the underprivileged areas of Warrak, Munira and the large neighborhood of Embaba.
According to government sources, the project includes building roads linking Rod El Farag district to the Ring Road leading to Sixth of October City and linking Ahmed Orabi Street to the Ring Road through Embaba Airport Land, the site of what used to be Embaba Airport.
The project includes “making use” of the land surrounding Embaba Airport through encouraging investment in the area. The whole region of North Giza measures around 3,147 acres inhabited by 450,000 residents. The land surrounding Embaba Airport is around 160 acres.
The Popular Committee for the Protection of Embaba Airport Land, a grassroots group, has repeatedly criticized what they called “the secrecy” surrounding the development project and the lack of real data revealing its true nature.
- Illegal Road On Antiquities Land Near Abusir
Cairo/Giza Daily Photo (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) Maryanne follows this story with the better news that he local families met the other night and told the members who built the road that they could not quarry in this area, but it still makes one wonder...
- More Re Concerns Over Development In The Faiyum
Reuters (Patrick Werr) Egypt's popular uprising may have arrived just in time to save a Neolithic site that holds the country's oldest evidence of agriculture and could yield vital clues to the rise of Pharaonic civilisation. The site lies in...
- Petition To Stop The Destruction Of The Lake Qarun Protected Area
PetitionOnline Thanks to Per Storemyr for sending this to me - a petition for the protection of the priceless antiquities in the Lake Qarun area of the Faiyum depression, to the southwest of Cairo. The petition can be viewed and signed above. They also...
- Starting Second Phase Of Developing Pyramids Area Project
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni toured on Sunday 19/10/2008 the second phase of the Pyramids plateau development project. He was accompanied by Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas. The second...
- Luxor Airport Upgraded
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/1.asp President Mubarak opened the expansion and upgrade work at Luxor International Airport with a speech to the Supreme Tourism Council. The upgrade to Luxor airport "includes six arrival and departure halls, one...