Egypt
- Heritage At What Cost?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Almost two months since he took on Egypt's antiquities portfolio, Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim tells Nevine El-Aref about his plans to develop and preserve Egypt's heritage -- including upping...
- 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...
- Palaces And The People
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) They are the veins of the cultural movement in Egypt. So described Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni cultural palaces and how he envisions the way these architectural wonders can spread what they have to offer across Egypt....
- Preserving Heritage Value
Al Ahram Weekly by Salah Zaki Lately, due to rising public awareness of the need to protect urban heritage, the Ministry of Culture cooperated with the Ministry of Housing in issuing Law #144 / 2006, which regulates demolition licenses and the conservation...
- A Play On Words
I felt the need to write a second article on the recent tightening of Egyptian law particularly on a couple of points. Firstly people scrawling their name on a monument is a violation of our shared cultural heritage and nobody other than the vandal cares...
Egypt
The Future of Culture' seeks solution to 'identity confusion'
Ahram Online ('Farah Montasser)
The head of parliament's cultural committee, MP Mohamed El-Sawy opened a three-hour discussion on the cultural development in Egypt on El Sawy Culturewheel's nine-year anniversary.
The founder of the Culturewheel invited a number of key cultural players to join its conference on The Future of Culture in Egypt on Thursday 23 February. . . . .The second council that should be set up, according to El Husseiny, is a “National Council for Antiquities”.“I fail to understand why the current regime has decided to make antiquities into a ministry on its own when it is part of the Egyptian culture,” she commented, highlighting the importance of making it only a council under the umbrella of the cultural ministry.“This council should supervise all of Egypt’s ancient sites and set standards for its proper use whether by government or private sectors.”The “National Council of Heritage” comes as the ministry’s third establishment, El Husseiny added. “The National Council of Heritage should include the national book and documents sector and all modern Egyptian museums such as the music library and that of modern arts, for example,” she explained.
- Heritage At What Cost?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Almost two months since he took on Egypt's antiquities portfolio, Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim tells Nevine El-Aref about his plans to develop and preserve Egypt's heritage -- including upping...
- 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...
- Palaces And The People
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) They are the veins of the cultural movement in Egypt. So described Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni cultural palaces and how he envisions the way these architectural wonders can spread what they have to offer across Egypt....
- Preserving Heritage Value
Al Ahram Weekly by Salah Zaki Lately, due to rising public awareness of the need to protect urban heritage, the Ministry of Culture cooperated with the Ministry of Housing in issuing Law #144 / 2006, which regulates demolition licenses and the conservation...
- A Play On Words
I felt the need to write a second article on the recent tightening of Egyptian law particularly on a couple of points. Firstly people scrawling their name on a monument is a violation of our shared cultural heritage and nobody other than the vandal cares...