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Sissi has discovered that it’s easier to build a new city or widen the Suez Canal than it is to tinker with the outmoded system that has been keeping most Egyptians’ heads just above water
Egypt and it’s tourism industry had been going through a tremendous hardship – some say it’s about to be considered destroyed. Egypt and it’s tourism industry had been going through a tremendous hardship – some say it’s about to be considered destroyed. Tourism officials are scrambling to think out of the box to relaunch this important economic pillow of the country. To capitalize on Egypt’s rich religious heritage, the Minister of Tourism, Hisham Zaazou, will launch a touristic program in October following the steps of the Holy Family through Egypt. According to the Christian B...
Etiopía anuncia que inició segundo llenado de presa del Nilo La Gran Presa del Renacimiento Etíope es el foco de un conflicto con Egipto y Sudán, que temen por su acceso al agua. Etiopía mandó este lunes (05.07.2021) a Egipto una carta oficial informando de que ha comenzado el segundo proceso de llenado de la presa que Adís Abeba está completando en el río Nilo, a pesar del rechazo de El Cairo y Jartum a que se llevara a cabo esta acción sin un acuerdo previo. En un comunicado en Facebook, el Ministerio de Recursos Hídricos de Egipto dijo que su titular, Mohamed Abdelaty, "recibió...
DUBAI: After recently coming fifth in the UNESCO International Competition for the Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Mosul’s Al-Nouri Mosque with his team, Samir Nicolas Saddi has big plans for heritage rehabilitation around the Middle East. The Beirut-born Canadian-Lebanese architect, who founded the Arab Research Center for Architecture and Design of the Environment
SHARE Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minister inaugurated the newly restored dome of the Imam Al Shafi'i Mosque in Old Cairo on Sunday in celebration of World Heritage Day. A prominent Ayyubid landmark of Islamic Cairo, the Imam Al Shafi’i mosque reopened in November after a three-year renovation. The dome, which predates the mosque by a few centuries, required more extensive work. The contract for the extensive restoration of the mosque and the dome, a joint effort by the ministries of tourism and awqaf, or religious endowments, was awarded to the state-owned Arab Contractors Company. T...