Arabic News Daily Page for 12/27/2001
Daily Edition - Thursday, December 27, 2001
- First mosaic museum to be established in Alexandria soon
Alexandria is getting ready this year for a big project under which the first mosaic museum in Egypt and the Middle East will be established. Egypt, Local, 12/27/2001 - Archaeological map of Saqqara necropolis with Italian help
With Italian assistance, an accurate map of Saqqara archaeological potential is to be charted with the aim of protecting monuments from natural and human hazards. Egypt, History, 12/27/2001 - Beit Al Uma Museum expected to be reopened in new year
The Museum of Beit Al Uma (House of the Nation) which has been restored and provided with the latest display facilities will be officially reopened next month. Egypt, Local, 12/27/2001 - Blueprints of defunct Abul Ella Bridge may be nucleus of proposed engineering archive center
Abul Ella Bridge was one of the landmarks of Cairo that used to link the posh district of Zamalek to the popular area of Boulaq Abul Ella. The iron-made bridge, which was built in the period between 1908 and 1913 was dismantled at the end of the 90s of the 20th century to be replaced by another more modern one to serve the ever-increasing traffic. Egypt, Local, 12/27/2001 - Casablanca hosts international video festival in march
The 9th international video art festival will be held in Casablanca next March 5 through 10. Morocco, Local, 12/27/2001 - Customs seize 517,000 packs of smuggled cigarettes
The customs agents of Tangiers seized on Tuesday in the locality of Zrib Mezgueldi (14 km from Tangiers) 517,000 packs of smuggled cigarettes, two trucks and an inflatable small boat. Morocco, Local, 12/27/2001 - Floods victims to receive aid
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has issued instructions to the Mohammed V solidarity foundation to bring assistance to victims of floods, caused by recent heavy rains in Morocco. Morocco, Local, 12/27/2001