Egypt
- More Re Troubles That Caused Leadership Change At The Sca
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Abdel-Fattah told Al-Ahram Weekly that his resignation did not stem from fear of the protests, but rather the contrary. "My resignation is not from floundering or cowardice, but I cannot direct the SCA in this form," he...
- 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 Hawass Contesting Accusations Published In Al Wafd
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Zahi Hawass says allegations that he smuggled Egyptian heirlooms out of the country have been made up by a disgruntled antiquities employee, writes Nevine El-Aref Zahi Hawass, minister of state for antiquities affairs,...
- Reshuffle
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/eg20.htmFollowing the elections, President Hosni Mubarak ordered Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to form a new cabinet. The reshuffle leaves the Minister for Culture (and minister responsible for the Supreme Council of Antiquities),...
- Zahi Hawass On Paris Exhibition
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/736/he2.htm Hawass's occasional column in Al Ahram Weekly is focused in this issue on the Paris exhibition "The Glory of the Pharaohs" which focuses mainly on the work of two important early French Egyptologists. He...
Egypt
More on Farouk Hosni Resignation
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/760/fr4.htm
"Hosni said the growing calls for his resignation had catalysed his decision to resign. 'I was facing personal accusations even before the investigations were over,' he told the Weekly. 'I submitted my resignation to President Mubarak so that he could take the proper decision.' Hosni's nearly 20-year stint at the ministry has been marred by recurring controversies over antiquities smuggling and shoddy restoration of monuments".
See the full story on the Al Ahram Weekly website, above.
- More Re Troubles That Caused Leadership Change At The Sca
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Abdel-Fattah told Al-Ahram Weekly that his resignation did not stem from fear of the protests, but rather the contrary. "My resignation is not from floundering or cowardice, but I cannot direct the SCA in this form," he...
- 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 Hawass Contesting Accusations Published In Al Wafd
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Zahi Hawass says allegations that he smuggled Egyptian heirlooms out of the country have been made up by a disgruntled antiquities employee, writes Nevine El-Aref Zahi Hawass, minister of state for antiquities affairs,...
- Reshuffle
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/eg20.htmFollowing the elections, President Hosni Mubarak ordered Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to form a new cabinet. The reshuffle leaves the Minister for Culture (and minister responsible for the Supreme Council of Antiquities),...
- Zahi Hawass On Paris Exhibition
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/736/he2.htm Hawass's occasional column in Al Ahram Weekly is focused in this issue on the Paris exhibition "The Glory of the Pharaohs" which focuses mainly on the work of two important early French Egyptologists. He...