Egypt
- Taba's Salaheddin Citadel Set To Open Doors In July
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) After a year of extensive restoration Salaheddin Citadel on Pharaoh Island, 250 metres from Taba Beach in Sinai, opens to the public in July. What’s new? The restorations include repairing all eroded and corroded surfaces,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Palace Hotels
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7213Fourth article on the page: "While archeologists and hist-orians continue to warn of the dangers to the historic Citadel district posed by an in-progress office complex being constructed by Alkan Group,...
Egypt
Controversy re high rise buildings facing Citadel
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7015
Penultimate 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 Dr. Abdallah Kamel, the director of the Islamic and Coptic antiquities’ sector. Insiders claim Hosni berated Kamel for his failure to inform the ministry that a leading businessman was building a number of high-rise buildings on the hills facing the Citadel.
The question is: Why fire him now? It’s not as if the threat of high-rises so close to the Citadel hadn’t been discussed for months in Egyptian newspapers. The towers’ existence directly violates international antiquities preservation measures as they fall within the safety zone of the ancient Citadel. Under Egypt’s Antiquities Act, the Supreme Council for Authorities (SCA) has the right to halt any construction around a monument if it falls within a three-kilometer radius."
The question is: Why fire him now? It’s not as if the threat of high-rises so close to the Citadel hadn’t been discussed for months in Egyptian newspapers. The towers’ existence directly violates international antiquities preservation measures as they fall within the safety zone of the ancient Citadel. Under Egypt’s Antiquities Act, the Supreme Council for Authorities (SCA) has the right to halt any construction around a monument if it falls within a three-kilometer radius."
See the above page for the rest of this short piece.
- Taba's Salaheddin Citadel Set To Open Doors In July
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) After a year of extensive restoration Salaheddin Citadel on Pharaoh Island, 250 metres from Taba Beach in Sinai, opens to the public in July. What’s new? The restorations include repairing all eroded and corroded surfaces,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Palace Hotels
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7213Fourth article on the page: "While archeologists and hist-orians continue to warn of the dangers to the historic Citadel district posed by an in-progress office complex being constructed by Alkan Group,...