Arabic News Daily Page for 11/10/2001
Weekend Edition - Saturday, November 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