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- Resignation Of Sca Head Refused
A few days ago a number of news sites reported that the new head of the SCA, Mohamed Abdel Fatah, had resigned from his position. The reason given was that he felt that he could not do the job properly without being given full authority, and that the...
- More Re Unesco Assistance For Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During a meeting held yesterday at the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) offices, the director of UNESCO’s cultural department Tamara Twinasky announced UNESCO’s full collaboration with the SCA to restore and preserve...
- Egypt Antiquities Gets New Chief
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following two months of the cancelation of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appointed Mohamed Abdel Fatah the new Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). ...
- Restoration Of 19th-century Al-kutub Khana
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/834/eg4.htmNot Egyptology but certainly Egyptian heritage: "Amongst the Islamic monuments in the busy Cairo district of Bab Al-Khalq stands the Kutub Khana Al-Khedewiya, also known as the Dar Al-Kutub Al-Masriya (Egyptian...
- Virtual Museum Of Islamic Art
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/773/heritage.htmwww.discoverislamicart.org This is somewhat out of the scope of this blog, but I thought it might be of interest to some visitors. Al Ahram Weekly has an article about the launch of an online virtual museum...
Egypt
Egypt to host conference on Islamic heritage
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Egypt will host today the second conference of the Islamic heritage, organized by the Islamic Educational, Scientific, and cultural Organization (ISESCO) on September 17.
The conference will continue for two days and will be attended by the delegations of Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, and Malaysia.
Director General of the High Council of Antiquities, Mohamed abdel-Fatah, will deliver the opening speech. It is expected that abdel-Fatah will highlight Egypt's role in protecting the Islamic heritage as a way to achieve tourist development in the Islamic states.
- Resignation Of Sca Head Refused
A few days ago a number of news sites reported that the new head of the SCA, Mohamed Abdel Fatah, had resigned from his position. The reason given was that he felt that he could not do the job properly without being given full authority, and that the...
- More Re Unesco Assistance For Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During a meeting held yesterday at the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) offices, the director of UNESCO’s cultural department Tamara Twinasky announced UNESCO’s full collaboration with the SCA to restore and preserve...
- Egypt Antiquities Gets New Chief
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following two months of the cancelation of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appointed Mohamed Abdel Fatah the new Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). ...
- Restoration Of 19th-century Al-kutub Khana
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/834/eg4.htmNot Egyptology but certainly Egyptian heritage: "Amongst the Islamic monuments in the busy Cairo district of Bab Al-Khalq stands the Kutub Khana Al-Khedewiya, also known as the Dar Al-Kutub Al-Masriya (Egyptian...
- Virtual Museum Of Islamic Art
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/773/heritage.htmwww.discoverislamicart.org This is somewhat out of the scope of this blog, but I thought it might be of interest to some visitors. Al Ahram Weekly has an article about the launch of an online virtual museum...