Egypt
Nefertiti at Milan Festival
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o050625k.htm
Queen Nefertiti traveled to Italy yesterday in a Pharaonic cortege on an Egyptian plane, to take part in the Egyptian tourist festival due to be held in Milan on June 18-19 under the auspices of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority and EgyptAir. 'This festival targets the activation and attraction of the Italian tourists to Egypt', said Magdy Attiya, the tourist expert in charge of this festival, adding that 'the festival will be held in Magda Palace, Milan's greatest theatres. This celebration will include folklore shows and Nefertiti's cortege that will be played by the Egyptian girl Randa Ghazi, who has the Italian nationality'.
This is the full article from the State Information Service website.
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