Egypt
Egypt Daily Star (Jonathan Spollen)
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- The Museum Of Islamic Art
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) If anyone were to ever ask me the question, "What is the most difficult project that you have had to work on as the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities?" I would have to answer, "The Islamic Museum."...
- More Re Objections To Cairo Financial Centre
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) It is always nice to see Nevine El-Aref's name pop up at the head of an article discussing a subject that has been somewhat vaguely reported elsewhere. On this page she looks at the background to the current arguments...
- More Re Al-azhar Park Visitor Centre
Travel Industry Review Under the auspices of Egypt’s Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Dr. Zahi Hawass, and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s (AKTC) general manager Mr. Luis Monreal signed...
- Controversy Re High Rise Buildings Facing Citadel
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7015Penultimate article on the above page: "Controversy over what the media has dubbed the 'Citadel Towers' reached new heights last month after Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni reportedly suspended...
- Unesco Involvement With Saladin Citadel Project
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/804/feature.htm"Can UNESCO regulations bring the fierce debate over the Saladin Citadel project to a satisfactory close? Nevine El-Aref investigates an issue to be reckoned with. The past three months have not been easy...
Egypt
Controversy over potential threat to heritage by new business complex
Egypt Daily Star (Jonathan Spollen)
The new Cairo Financial and Tourist Centre (CFTC) in close proximity to the Citadel and Islamic Cairo — whose construction has been halted by Cairo’s Governor, Abdel-Azim Wazir — has become something of a lightning rod in the Egyptian debate over modernization vs. tradition. . . .Nosseir expects it to be a magnet for international investment, and create thousands of jobs in an area that was once a rock quarry and a garbage dump. “That is my dream,” Nosseir said in an interview with CNN. “It will be the working platform or station for…businesses to attract and let people come in.”
Critics, however, argue that it comes at a cultural price greater than any expected economic gain. Antiquities in Islamic Cairo — a Unesco world heritage site — they say will be damaged by the vibrations from construction work. And within a stone’s
throw from the Citadel, many, not least Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), feel the development is an unwelcome eyesore.
It was Hawass who convinced the governor of Cairo to shut down construction work on the project in July 2006 to allow a Unesco team to inspect the site. The resulting report stated that the center would have a “significant adverse impact on the visual integrity of the Citadel.”
- The Museum Of Islamic Art
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) If anyone were to ever ask me the question, "What is the most difficult project that you have had to work on as the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities?" I would have to answer, "The Islamic Museum."...
- More Re Objections To Cairo Financial Centre
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) It is always nice to see Nevine El-Aref's name pop up at the head of an article discussing a subject that has been somewhat vaguely reported elsewhere. On this page she looks at the background to the current arguments...
- More Re Al-azhar Park Visitor Centre
Travel Industry Review Under the auspices of Egypt’s Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Dr. Zahi Hawass, and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s (AKTC) general manager Mr. Luis Monreal signed...
- Controversy Re High Rise Buildings Facing Citadel
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7015Penultimate article on the above page: "Controversy over what the media has dubbed the 'Citadel Towers' reached new heights last month after Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni reportedly suspended...
- Unesco Involvement With Saladin Citadel Project
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/804/feature.htm"Can UNESCO regulations bring the fierce debate over the Saladin Citadel project to a satisfactory close? Nevine El-Aref investigates an issue to be reckoned with. The past three months have not been easy...