Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket)
- More Grief At The Sca
The head of the SCA is still in conflict with the government, and SCA employees are now closing sites as part of their protests. I cannot imagine how SCA employees believe that closing sites to tourism is going to improve the finances available to improve...
- A Revolutionary Duck
CairObserver When walking along the waterfront in Garden City Cairenes and visitors wonder about one particular building across the Nile on the southern tip of Gezira (Zamalek) Island. If you take a falucca ride around here the boatman might tell you...
- More Re Mohamed Abdel Fattah, The Replacement For Hawass
New York Times (Kate Taylor) Mohamed Abdel Fattah, the head of the antiquities sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, will become the council’s secretary general, the position Mr. Hawass held before former President Hosni Mubarak elevated...
- Egyptian Antiquities Suffering Due To Turmoil At The Top
Al Masry Al Youm (Fatma Keshk Mohamed Azouz) A useful look at the current state of the SCA and how it got to its current position. To paraphrase scholar and geographer Gamal Hemdan's masterpiece "The Personality of Egypt", antiquities from the...
- 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...
Egypt
The Revolutionary Command Council Museum
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket)
A presidential decree in 1996 ordered that the 1952 Revolutionary Command Council headquarters be turned into a museum. Unlike the numerous museums erected in memory of former presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat, the building, which was originally the site of a marina for the boats of Egypt’s last monarch, King Farouk, would focus on the history of the short-lived Revolutionary Command Council (RCC).
After years of stalling, Ashraf Reda, head of the fine arts sector at the Culture Ministry, announced in April that work at the museum would resume. He even proposed devoting a hall to documenting the 25 January revolution.
The RCC was established right after the deposition of King Farouk to rule during the transitional period until an elected government could take over. General Mohamed Naguib was the RCC chairman and Nasser was vice chairman. The council remained in control until 1954, when it removed Naguib from power and chose Nasser as the head of state.
- More Grief At The Sca
The head of the SCA is still in conflict with the government, and SCA employees are now closing sites as part of their protests. I cannot imagine how SCA employees believe that closing sites to tourism is going to improve the finances available to improve...
- A Revolutionary Duck
CairObserver When walking along the waterfront in Garden City Cairenes and visitors wonder about one particular building across the Nile on the southern tip of Gezira (Zamalek) Island. If you take a falucca ride around here the boatman might tell you...
- More Re Mohamed Abdel Fattah, The Replacement For Hawass
New York Times (Kate Taylor) Mohamed Abdel Fattah, the head of the antiquities sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, will become the council’s secretary general, the position Mr. Hawass held before former President Hosni Mubarak elevated...
- Egyptian Antiquities Suffering Due To Turmoil At The Top
Al Masry Al Youm (Fatma Keshk Mohamed Azouz) A useful look at the current state of the SCA and how it got to its current position. To paraphrase scholar and geographer Gamal Hemdan's masterpiece "The Personality of Egypt", antiquities from the...
- 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...