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- Unesco Scientific Committee Meeting In Luxor
Luxor Times UNESCO, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Governorate of Luxor, organising the first Scientific Committee meeting on the safeguarding project of New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt. The UNESCO initiative aims to...
- Ongoing Work At The Avenue Of The Sphinxes
Luxor Times With lots of photographs. Yesterday after the opening of the Committee meeting on the safeguarding project of New Gourna Village. Dr. Samir Farag invited all media and press representatives to accompany him to have a look on the work is being...
- Luxor - Out With The New And In With The Old
The National News (Simon Mars) Samir Farag wants to reclaim the glories of ancient Luxor, even if it means demolishing a village or two. Will the governor’s dreams of tourism dollars save the city or destroy it? It’s the first week of December and...
- A Call To Save Luxor
Al Ahram Weekly An important report published on Al Ahram Weekly - go to the page for the complete report. Report: "Ongoing Development of the City of Luxor, Egypt" Submitted to: UNESCO's International Heritage Committee and the International Union...
- Al-gourna Residents To Be Relocated
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/822/fr3.htm "On Saturday, 3,200 families from Al-Gourna will be relocated to the Al-Taref city on Luxor's outskirts. They will be leaving their hometown to explorers who are bent upon unearthing not less than 100 ancient...
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More re Qurna evictions
Egypt Daily Star News
While the evacuation decision is irreversible, Gourna villagers struggle to adapt to the changes.
“I really don’t know what’s going on,” said Abdel El Hamid Haridi, a clerk who still lives in the area. “We were informed of a major plan for this area, but we don’t know exactly what they have in mind,” he added.
“Life is becoming almost impossible for me and other families in Gourna… many of our townsfolk left for the new area located four or five kilometers away.
“We have lived as one community and we’re waiting impatiently to be reunited. We visit each other regularly. Each has to wait for his turn to receive his new house in El Taref.”
However, the long-awaited relocation turned out to be a big disappointment for some who, for the past seven decades, have been dreaming of the promised better living conditions.
“Certainly moving to El Taref was a blessing for those who have been deprived of a sanitary system, water and electricity and other services for a long time,” said Mahjub Jaber, another Gourna resident.
“But arriving in the new area, some were shocked to find walls collapsing and pipes bursting. The third phase of the housing project was completed so clumsily that some had to be evacuated [again] so that repairs could be carried out.”
Of all neighborhoods on Luxor’s west bank, El Gourna is the most coveted due to the lucrative trade of pottery and the rumored clandestine trafficking of antiquities recovered from the tombs beneath the houses.
- Unesco Scientific Committee Meeting In Luxor
Luxor Times UNESCO, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Governorate of Luxor, organising the first Scientific Committee meeting on the safeguarding project of New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt. The UNESCO initiative aims to...
- Ongoing Work At The Avenue Of The Sphinxes
Luxor Times With lots of photographs. Yesterday after the opening of the Committee meeting on the safeguarding project of New Gourna Village. Dr. Samir Farag invited all media and press representatives to accompany him to have a look on the work is being...
- Luxor - Out With The New And In With The Old
The National News (Simon Mars) Samir Farag wants to reclaim the glories of ancient Luxor, even if it means demolishing a village or two. Will the governor’s dreams of tourism dollars save the city or destroy it? It’s the first week of December and...
- A Call To Save Luxor
Al Ahram Weekly An important report published on Al Ahram Weekly - go to the page for the complete report. Report: "Ongoing Development of the City of Luxor, Egypt" Submitted to: UNESCO's International Heritage Committee and the International Union...
- Al-gourna Residents To Be Relocated
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/822/fr3.htm "On Saturday, 3,200 families from Al-Gourna will be relocated to the Al-Taref city on Luxor's outskirts. They will be leaving their hometown to explorers who are bent upon unearthing not less than 100 ancient...