Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
- Changes At The Sca / Antiquities Ministry
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Twenty-four hours after his appointment as Egypt’s new antiquities minister, Mohamed Ibrahim Aly unveils his strategy to spruce up archaeology In a closed meeting, the new secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities...
- Antiquities Ministry Replaces Deposed Supervisor Of The Grand Egyptian Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El aref) After protests removed the previous supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Amin appointed Egyptologist Hussein Abdel Bassir to the post. Abdel Bassir...
- Abdel-maqsoud Sacked As Head Of Gem's Supreme Committee
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) More turmoil in Egypt's heritage management circles. Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, head of the Supreme Committee of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), has been removed from his post following protests by employees. Protests had...
- New Antiquities Head At The Sca, But Protests Continue
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following weeks of protests, which reached a head last week. One will just have to wait and see what happens next, but it sounds as though Abdel Fattah's resignation may have smoothed the way for Amine to secure finances...
- The National Museum Of Egyptian Civilization
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The scene as one steps into the 33-feddan site of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) overlooking Ain Al-Sira Lake in the heart of Egypt's first Islamic Capital, Al-Fustat, is totally different from...
Egypt
Tackling Egypt's heritage on a budget
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
Amin told Ahram Online that he needed some time to reorganise the SCA and its administrative and archaeological planning, but he promised to go forward and complete the SCA's mega projects such as the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) as well as removing all the encroachment on Al-Muizz Street in Islamic Cairo and the Avenue of the Sphinxes in Luxor.
Amin has appointed Adel Abdel-Sattar to replace him as head of the Islamic and Coptic Antiquities Department, and the former SCA secretary-general, Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, as the head of the NMEC supreme committee.
- Changes At The Sca / Antiquities Ministry
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Twenty-four hours after his appointment as Egypt’s new antiquities minister, Mohamed Ibrahim Aly unveils his strategy to spruce up archaeology In a closed meeting, the new secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities...
- Antiquities Ministry Replaces Deposed Supervisor Of The Grand Egyptian Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El aref) After protests removed the previous supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Amin appointed Egyptologist Hussein Abdel Bassir to the post. Abdel Bassir...
- Abdel-maqsoud Sacked As Head Of Gem's Supreme Committee
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) More turmoil in Egypt's heritage management circles. Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, head of the Supreme Committee of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), has been removed from his post following protests by employees. Protests had...
- New Antiquities Head At The Sca, But Protests Continue
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following weeks of protests, which reached a head last week. One will just have to wait and see what happens next, but it sounds as though Abdel Fattah's resignation may have smoothed the way for Amine to secure finances...
- The National Museum Of Egyptian Civilization
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The scene as one steps into the 33-feddan site of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) overlooking Ain Al-Sira Lake in the heart of Egypt's first Islamic Capital, Al-Fustat, is totally different from...