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Morocco's higher education minister visits Teheran
Morocco-Iran, Education, 11/10/2001

UNICEF , SOS to establish Children Club in Qidseya
"The agreement signed between UNICEF and SOS is very important in the way that the two organizations are working within the framework of the Child Right Convention," said UNICEF ' s representative in Damascus Mohamed Bendriss Alami in a statement to ArabicNews on the occasion of an agreement signed between UNICEF and the SOS to establish a Children club in Qidseya, Damascus countryside.
Syria, Culture, 11/10/2001

Moroccan NGO's hold national colloquy on serious human rights violations
A group of Moroccan non-governmental organizations and the German Frierich Ebert Foundation opened on Friday a national colloquy to look into "serious human rights violations in Morocco: for a comprehensive, fair and just settlement."
Morocco, Culture, 11/10/2001

Mrs. Mubarak to open Arab women's summit conference Sunday
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, chairperson of the Arab women's summit and the National Council for Women (NCW), will open on Sunday the Arab women's summit conferences.
Egypt-Regional, Culture, 11/10/2001

National vaccination campaign in Sudan
Sudan, Health, 11/10/2001

Cairo's Arab extraordinary summit on women
the summit, to open Sunday, will debate the situation of women in the Arab world and means to overcome obstacles preventing women from taking their role in facing globalization challenges in the Arab world.
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 11/10/2001

Mrs. Mubarak inaugurates combating addiction institute
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated Thursday morning the National institute for rehabilitation and combating addiction in Abasya.
Egypt, Culture, 11/10/2001

Princess Lalla Amina launches construction of mentally-handicapped center in Rabat
Morocco's Princess Lalla Amina, honorary chairwoman of the association of friends and families of mentally-handicapped persons, launched on Friday construction of a social and vocational training center for mentally-handicapped persons.
Morocco, Culture, 11/10/2001

Iraq lauds Mrs. Mubarak's advocacy of Arab women's causes
An Iraqi delegate Thursday night praised Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak's efforts in championing causes of Arab women in statements upon arriving in Cairo to lead the Iraqi delegation to an extraordinary Arab women's summit. Hoda Saleh, a member of the Iraqi Baath Party added that Mrs. Mubarak's efforts were highly regarded across the Arab world.
Regional-Iraq, Culture, 11/10/2001

165 countries approve Kyoto rules in Marrakesh
International delegates agreed on Saturday to the first-ever rules aimed at stopping global warming at the end of their meeting in Marrakesh Saturday.
Regional, Environment, 11/10/2001

UNESCO: Alexandria, the book capital for 2002
The UNESCO has unanimously ratified the proposal presented by the international publishers union and the international libraries union to have Alexandria the "book capital" worldwide in the year 2002.
Egypt, Culture, 11/10/2001

Project to restore Bahnasa antiquities
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) finalized an integrated project to restore Al-Hassan Ibn Saleh Mosque, the oldest mosque at Al-Bahnasa city in Menya, which dates back to the Fatimid era.
Egypt, History, 11/10/2001

Egypt revives Pharaonic marathon
Over 200 runners from around the world are participating on Friday in the first stage of a marathon which Tourism Minister, Mamdouh el-Beltagui, said it had a documented Pharaonic background.
Egypt, Local, 11/10/2001

Morocco elected chairman of FAO council
Morocco's permanent delegate to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Aziz Mekouar, was elected on Friday evening chairman of the FAO council.
Regional, Local, 11/10/2001

Moroccan receives prize for environment protection short story
Moroccan Sbibi Abdeslam, who works as a technician in the Moroccan radio and TV received the first Prince Soltane Ben Abdelaziz environment protection prize.
Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Environment, 11/10/2001

Al-Dawoudi, member at the UN committee for the international law
Syria, Local, 11/9/2001

One Egyptian arrested while swimming towards Israel
The Israeli radio said on Wednesday that the Israeli navy arrested one Egyptian who sneaked while swimming on Tuesday evening near Eilat city on the Red Sea in south Israel.
Egypt-Israel, Local, 11/9/2001

UAE: attempt made by foreign prisoners to escape, failed
The United Arab Emirates UAE news agency said on Wednesday that some 20 foreign prisoners in the UAE tried on Tuesday evening to escape from a prison in Raas al-Kheima but their attempt doomed to failure.
United Arab Emirates, Local, 11/9/2001

Morocco has dismantled over 400 human trafficking webs in 2000
The Moroccan security has dismantled over 400 human trafficking webs, which used to smuggle in illegal emigrants to Europe, the Moroccan foreign department said Wednesday.
Morocco, Local, 11/9/2001

Researchers involved in compiling Arab history encyclopedia
The Council of Arabic language academies has decided to set up a commission of Arab researchers to compile an Arabic History encyclopedia.
Regional, Culture, 11/9/2001

ISESCO holds in Tunis international symposium on dialogue among civilizations: theorizing and implementing
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IESCO/based in Rabat) is holding this Nov.12-13 in cooperation with the Tunisian government an international symposium in Tunis on: "Dialogue among civilizations: Theorizing and Implementing."
Regional, Culture, 11/9/2001

Winners of the Agha Khan Architecture Prize
The Agha Khan Architecture Prize for 2001 was awarded to associations from Morocco, Iran, India and Guinea.
Regional, Local, 11/9/2001

Moroccan university hosts international workshop on digital libraries
Alakhawayn university in the Atlas mountains resort of Ifrane, and the European Network of excellence on Digital Libraries are holding here an international workshop of digital libraries, which opened Thursday.
Morocco, Education, 11/9/2001

Mrs. Mubarak heads extraordinary Arab women summit next Sunday
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak will head the extraordinary Arab women summit due to be held in Cairo next Sunday. The summit is organized by National Council for Women, Arab League and Al Hariri organization.
Egypt-Regional, Culture, 11/8/2001

Al Qasr ruins at Dakhla oasis date back of early Islamic age
Al Qasr (The palace) is a rare model of an Islamic city at Al Dakhla oasis. It was one of the first Islamic cities to receive Muslim tribes coming to the oasis in 50 hijira year.
Egypt, History, 11/8/2001

Amman's desert race cup
Jordan, Sports, 11/7/2001

First American participation at the Damascus film festival
" For the first time in the history of the Damascus Film festival that the US is participating in the current 12th Damascus Film festival. And this is largely because of the cooperation between the US embassy in Damascus and the Syrian ministry of Culture," said Mark Andrew Schapiro cultural affairs officer at the American Cultural Center in Damascus in a statement to Arabic News.
Syria-USA, Culture, 11/7/2001

Archaeologists unearth tomb of ancient Egyptian doctor
Archaeologists sifting through the desert sands at Sakkara have discovered the oldest known tomb of a Pharaonic surgeon, dating back more than 4,000 years, a top Egyptian antiquities, an official said yesterday.
Egypt, History, 11/7/2001

Saudi Arabia is free from Anthrax
Saudi Arabia, Health, 11/6/2001

Peres: France provided us with nuclear energy
The Israeli foreign minister Shemon Peres has disclosed that France in 1956 approved to provide Israel with nuclear energy. This was expressed in a documentary film broadcast by the Israeli TV on Sunday.
Israel-France, Military, 11/6/2001

ICRC chief in a ME tour
The Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC Paul Grossrieder on Monday began a tour of Middle Eastern countries during which he will visit ICRC field operations and meet senior government authorities to discuss issues of humanitarian concern in the region.
Regional, Local, 11/6/2001

El-Minya to get L.E 5 million museum
"The government will offer an international tender to build a new museum in El-Minya next month," an official said yesterday.
Egypt, Local, 11/6/2001

Morocco's Aziza Bennani Elected President of UNESCO Executive Committee
Morocco's permanent representative to the UNESCO, Aziza Bennani, was elected Monday President of the UN agency's executive council.
Morocco, People, 11/6/2001

Mrs. Mubarak, to addresses extraordinary Women's Summit in Cairo
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, chairperson of the Arab Women's summit, will deliver a speech at the inaugural session of the extraordinary Arab Women's meeting and another at the concluding session next Monday.
Regional, Culture, 11/5/2001

Cleopatra exhibition reaches Chicago from London
Cleopatra exhibition has finally reached the US to run until March 2002.
Egypt, History, 11/5/2001

A new dynasty, a new art
Salah Al-Din Youssef Ibn Ayyub, Saladin to Western historians, the military commander who retook Jerusalem in the name of Islam in 1187 AD after nearly a century of Crusader rule, has lent his name to The Orient of Saladin:
Regional, History, 11/5/2001

The Sheikh of archaeology wins Best Book Award for 1999
Hassan Al-Basha is a leading generation archaeologist who enriched his field with his constant pursuit of novelty. He has been working in the area of history and archaeology since half a century.
Egypt, People, 11/5/2001

Nubia Museum receives Aga Khan prize
The Nubia Archaeological Museum at Aswan has won this year's Aga Khan prize in architecture. It was chosen from among 20 archaeological sites in the Arab and Islamic worlds which competed to receive the prize.
Egypt, History, 11/5/2001


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