St Francis Magazine (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
The Egyptian minister of culture for the past decades, Farouk Hosni, is candidate for the UNESCO chair in Paris. Read the biting comment from one Egyptian woman who is not impressed with Farouk Hosni . The Lord keep us save! This is the same man under whose enlightened guidance, motherloads of books are banned from Egypt. Culture....
Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
During his 21-year tenure as minister of culture Farouk Hosni has been a controversial figure, frequently locked in feuds with the NDP, Islamist politicians and left-leaning intellectuals. His latest battle, as a candidate for UNESCO's director-general, is being fought on an international front. Assem El-Kersh and Nevine El-Aref speak to him about his campaign
Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
New pyramid found at SaqqaraThe newly discovered subsidiary pyramid of queen Sesheshet, mother of King Teti I, the founder of the Sixth Dynasty, is another clue to understand more such an enigmatic dynasty as writes Hosni and Hawass inspecting the five metres tall subsidiary pyramid of queen Sesheshet at Saqqara necropolis Last week the announcement of the discovery at the Saqqara necropolis...
Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... Israel stands fast against any Arab in international events. After its attack on Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, Egypt’s candidate for the post of Director General of UNESCO and lobbying against his nomination out of fear for the rest of the UNESCO’s 192 members from Hosni who presumably sets fire to any book in sight, it has now started another campaign against Arab League...
Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
... artefacts spanning the predynastic era through to the early Roman period. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni described the design of the new museum as having an aesthetic relationship with the Pyramids. The most important object to be housed in the museum will be the funerary treasures of the boy-king Tutankhamun and those of Hetep-Heres, the mother of Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid,...
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
African Press Agency The visiting Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and the Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni witnessed on Monday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries to strengthen the ties of friendship, cultural and scientific cooperation, and the protection of cultural heritage. The secretary general of the Egyptian Supreme Council...
Archaeonews (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
The visiting Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and the Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni witnessed on Monday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries to strengthen the ties of friendship, cultural and scientific cooperation, and the protection of cultural heritage. The secretary general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
... he or she can revisit history and discover the charm of the East,” the country’s culture minister Farouk Hosni said in an interview with the newspaper. In addition, former palaces of the Egyptian nobility, which are now used as cultural centers, art galleries and museums, could also be turned into hotels. Source RIA Novosti Net News Publisher Similar Posts: President Bush Wins Egyptian...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... he or she can revisit history and discover the charm of the East," the country's culture minister Farouk Hosni said in an interview with the newspaper.In addition, former palaces of the Egyptian nobility, which are now used as cultural centers, art galleries and museums, could also be turned into hotels.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... he or she can revisit history and discover the charm of the East," the country's culture minister Farouk Hosni said in an interview with the newspaper.In addition, former palaces of the Egyptian nobility, which are now used as cultural centers, art galleries and museums, could also be turned into hotels.
