Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Gamal Essam El-Din)
- Ministry Of Antiquities Reinstated?
Youm 7 New ministers in Prime Minister designate Kamal el-Ganzouri’s government have started arriving at the Ministry of Planning’s headquarters in Nasr City, as a prelude to the final announcement of all the ministers. Six new ministers arrived at...
- The Dissolution Of The Antiquities Ministry
For a general update about the current state of the cabinet reshuffle see Shaden Shehab's report on Al Ahram Weekly. Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) A bold statement from the new head of the SCA. No one has been named to replace the previous and...
- More Re Farouk Hosni Nomination For Unesco
Egypt State Information Service Prime Minister, Ahmed Nazif, stressed on 22/9/2007 the government support for candidature of the Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for the post of Director-General of UNESCO, and the necessary efforts for the various ministries...
- More On Opening Of Coptic Museum
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/801/eg1.htm"Mogamaa Al-Adian, Old Cairo's religious compound, is finally free of the roar of trucks and lorries that have blocked the entrance to the Coptic Museum for three years now. And the museum itself, with its...
- More Re Japanese Loan For Grand Egyptian Museum
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/eg9.htmNevine el-Aref talking on the Al Ahram Weekly website about the previously (somehwat confusingly) mentioned Japanese loan for the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum. "It was a scenic evening at the Prince...
Egypt
Sites of battle
Al Ahram Weekly (Gamal Essam El-Din)
Following the Eid holidays, the People's Assembly and Shura Council will meet to discuss a raft of heated issues. Topping the agenda at the assembly will be 11 interpellations (questions that must be answered by cabinet ministers). The interpellations, directed at Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and ministers of finance and social solidarity, take the government to task for what is being called a dramatic rise in the cost of food and the number of people living below the poverty line. . . .
Two interpellations snipe at Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, charging him with failure to safeguard Egyptian museums against theft, not to mention the loss of many precious antiquities. They also claim that corruption is rampant in the Ministry of Culture and that special funds established for cultural development are being plundered by the minister's close aides.
- Ministry Of Antiquities Reinstated?
Youm 7 New ministers in Prime Minister designate Kamal el-Ganzouri’s government have started arriving at the Ministry of Planning’s headquarters in Nasr City, as a prelude to the final announcement of all the ministers. Six new ministers arrived at...
- The Dissolution Of The Antiquities Ministry
For a general update about the current state of the cabinet reshuffle see Shaden Shehab's report on Al Ahram Weekly. Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) A bold statement from the new head of the SCA. No one has been named to replace the previous and...
- More Re Farouk Hosni Nomination For Unesco
Egypt State Information Service Prime Minister, Ahmed Nazif, stressed on 22/9/2007 the government support for candidature of the Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for the post of Director-General of UNESCO, and the necessary efforts for the various ministries...
- More On Opening Of Coptic Museum
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/801/eg1.htm"Mogamaa Al-Adian, Old Cairo's religious compound, is finally free of the roar of trucks and lorries that have blocked the entrance to the Coptic Museum for three years now. And the museum itself, with its...
- More Re Japanese Loan For Grand Egyptian Museum
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/eg9.htmNevine el-Aref talking on the Al Ahram Weekly website about the previously (somehwat confusingly) mentioned Japanese loan for the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum. "It was a scenic evening at the Prince...