Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
- The First Museum Management Institute In Egypt
Ahram Online In an attempt to develop the skills of Egyptian curators and restorers to meet the level of their counterparts abroad, the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) is to establish the first ever institute for Museology in Egypt. The...
- Reward For The Return Of Looted Artefacts
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Egyptian antiquities ministry offers LE 500 - 50 thousand ($86 - $8500) for the return of missing artefacts or information that leads to their whereabouts The ministry of state for antiquities affairs (MSAA) offers a reward...
- Hawass Meets Employees
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During his meeting today with representatives of the employees of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA), Zahi Hawass as minister discussed the current issues facing the organisation. The meeting discussed how...
- New Egyptian Era, New Complaints Section
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) A new department has been established at the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) to receive complaints against ministry employees. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s minister of state for antiquities affairs, said that the...
- Pride Cometh Before A Fall
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) Apologies that this is so out of date (6th March), but it may be useful to anyone who missed it. Zahi Hawass, the international face of Egypt's archaeology for some 10 years, has admitted that he was no longer able to...
Egypt
Unemployed egyptian archaeologists negotiate with state
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
A day after the old regime fell to its knees following popular demands for political and economic reform, protesters were seen picketing the Zamalek offices of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA). Many of the archaeologists and restorers involved in the protests were fresh graduates campaigning for employment within the newly created MSAA body. Some claimed they had been unemployed since 2002.
Now a group representing the protesters has returned to the MSAA building to offer their apologies to Zahi Hawass, minister of state for antiquities affairs, and offering him flowers as a gesture of goodwill.
During a meeting attended by Al-Ahram Weekly, the former students made it clear that their protests were held only because there had previously been a lack of information as to how the ministry, formerly the Supreme Council of Antiquities, was trying to address the lack of jobs available for newly-qualified archaeologists and restorers.
- The First Museum Management Institute In Egypt
Ahram Online In an attempt to develop the skills of Egyptian curators and restorers to meet the level of their counterparts abroad, the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) is to establish the first ever institute for Museology in Egypt. The...
- Reward For The Return Of Looted Artefacts
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Egyptian antiquities ministry offers LE 500 - 50 thousand ($86 - $8500) for the return of missing artefacts or information that leads to their whereabouts The ministry of state for antiquities affairs (MSAA) offers a reward...
- Hawass Meets Employees
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During his meeting today with representatives of the employees of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA), Zahi Hawass as minister discussed the current issues facing the organisation. The meeting discussed how...
- New Egyptian Era, New Complaints Section
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) A new department has been established at the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) to receive complaints against ministry employees. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s minister of state for antiquities affairs, said that the...
- Pride Cometh Before A Fall
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) Apologies that this is so out of date (6th March), but it may be useful to anyone who missed it. Zahi Hawass, the international face of Egypt's archaeology for some 10 years, has admitted that he was no longer able to...