Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 9/8/1997
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of September 8, 1997
- Mubarak Meets with the US Secretary of State
Mubarak stated that he believes that there will be progress between the Israeli and the Palestinian sides after their expected meetings in Washington. Egypt, Politics, 9/13/1997 - Photo exhibition for children
The exhibition is a part of a cultural program by the Japanese Foundation's traveling exhibition in collaboraton with the minister of culture in Egypt. Egypt, Culture, 9/13/1997 - Protest against minister for calling female circumcision Pharaonic
Egypt Minister of Health Dr. Ismail Salam enraged Muslim scholars and Sheikhs when he insisted that female circumcision was a Pharaonic habit. Egypt, Politics, 9/12/1997 - Egypt celebrates Nile Day in a new fashion
Culture Minister Farouk is beginning to prepare the necessary measures for celebrating Nile Day. Egypt, Culture, 9/12/1997 - Egyptian, Russian views identical regarding increasing number of Security Council members
Egyptian and Russian views also agree on Africa's need to have 2 permanent members in the Security Council. Egypt, Politics, 9/12/1997 - Netanyahu's criticism for Azam sentence
Netanyahu exceeded all limits by criticizing the sentence as he ignored the protocol followed by all prime ministers in their international relations. Egypt, Local, 9/12/1997 - Egyptians fear American meat
The inspection committee of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Health at the ports and entrances ignore the European ban on the US meat. Egypt, International, 9/12/1997 - Assad and Zayed on way to see Mubarak for peace talks
Syrian prisedent Hafez El Assad and Shiekh Zayed Ben Soltan of the United Arab Emirates are due to visit Cairo during the current month to meet with President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt, Politics, 9/12/1997 - Miss Egypt and Mr. Egypt in Sharm El Shiekh
More than 1,000 young men and women gathered in Sharm El Shiekh to watch the contest for Miss and Mr. Egypt. Egypt, Local, 9/12/1997 - Heartless son
A painter seriously wounded his mother when she refused to give him money to get married. Egypt, Local, 9/12/1997 - Mari Guirgis Church requests help in securing bus license
The church faced many obstacles from the Driving License Unit when it tried to renew a license for one of the church buses. Egypt, Local, 9/11/1997 - Tourism revenues reach 3 billion dollar US dollars
New projects include 10 giant tourist centers on an area of 640 million square meters with an estimated two billion Egyptian pounds. Egypt, Business, 9/11/1997 - Egypt's landmines are old and hard to locate in The Devil's Garden
Egypt has set the year 2006 as the target for finally ridding its sands of land mines, but it is anxious not to left alone in paying for and carrying out this huge task. Egypt, Politics, 9/10/1997 - Turkish leader to visit Egypt and soothe Arab worries
Suleyman Demirel, the Turkish president, will pay a one-day visit to Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Egypt, Politics, 9/10/1997 - International Ottoman Archaeology Conference in Tunisia
Egypt will participate in the International Ottoman Archaeology Conference starting in the city of Zagwan in Tunisia this week. Tunisia-Egypt, Culture, 9/10/1997 - Economic projects and other issues including Israel are on agenda of Arab foreign ministers
The permanent envoys to the Arab League will discuss the agenda of the 108th session of the Arab Foreign Ministers. Egypt, Politics, 9/10/1997 - Mubarak inaugurates the International Parliamentary Conference
Dr. Serour mentioned that the Middle East Committee will discuss the situation in the region from all sides, including the issue of Israeli settlement in the Arab occupied lands. Egypt, Politics, 9/10/1997 - Arafat meets Egyptian ambassador in Ramallah
The meeting concentrated on the current Middle East peace process impasse in the light of US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's tour of the region which began with Israel yesterday. Egypt, Politics, 9/10/1997 - Alexandria’s International film festival opened
Egypt’s celebrated film director Yousef Chahin will hold a meeting with Alexandria’s intellectuals and film critics to discuss a variety of topics. Egypt, Culture, 9/9/1997 - Kuwait-Assyut direct flights
This will be the first international flight the Assyut airport receives. Egypt, Business, 9/9/1997 - Libyan ties with Egypt promoted
In an attempt to further promote ties between Egypt and Libya, the joint Egyptian-Libyan economic committee will hold a meeting by October. Libya-Egypt, Economics, 9/9/1997 - Egypt participates in Baghdad exhibition for the first time
Ambassador Sherif Reman stated that companies from the private and public sectors will participate with their products, including food, medicine, and medical supplies. Egypt, Economics, 9/8/1997 - Aida is expected to bring in LE 20 million
The Egyptian Ministry of Culture invited the grandsons of Carter, discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun, to attend the show that will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of this discovery. Egypt, Culture, 9/8/1997 - Egyptian delegation participates in World Bank, International Monetary Fund meetings
The meetings of the WB and the IMF will be attended by 14 thousand government officials, directors of funds, bankers from all over the world. Egypt, Economics, 9/8/1997 - Egyptian prime minister to inaugurate international economic conference
The conference will be attended by 450 investors from Egypt and various Arab and foreign countries. Egypt, Economics, 9/8/1997 - Tunisia, Egypt and talks of trade zone
A high-level Tunisian economic delegation will arrive Cairo in mid-October to complete negotiations with Egyptian officials on establishing a free trade zone. Tunisia-Egypt, Economics, 9/8/1997 - Extremists kill 3 men in upper Egypt
Egyptian police yesterday found the corpses of three men they believe were shot dead by fundamentalists active in the south, a security source said. Egypt, Local, 9/8/1997 - Egypt interior minister refuses dialogue with extremists
The minister, when asked asked about an attempt by a splinter group of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to set up a political party, said that it is impossible to establish a party on a religious basis. Egypt, Politics, 9/8/1997