Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 11/6/2000
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of November 6, 2000
- Arab Women Summit to start on November 18
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, the Head of National Women Council will open the three-day summit organized by the council in cooperation with AL and Al-Hariri Lebanese Organization. First Arab ladies, spouses of Arab kings, presidents in addition to 400 Arab feminist leaders will participate in the summit. Regional, Culture, 11/11/2000 - 130 year-old Haj Ali expects many happy returns in the 21st century
Haj Ali is a man who has plans for the future. The 130 year-old man who cruised through the century unscathed and lived under seven kings sees his 131 children and grandchildren as quite a handful and daily shores at the Serghine village, neighboring on the famed Kelaat Mgouna in the Atlas mountains, are a challenge he is more than willing to take. Morocco, Local, 11/11/2000 - Abdel-Rahman al-Sharqawi: an innovative poet, critic, novelist and intellectual
Abdel-Rahman AL-Sharqawi was a leading multi-talented intellectual. During the late forties, he was one of the leading pioneers of the innovative movement in Arabic poetry, as well as a major exponent of the social realistic trend in literary criticism. In poetry, he was a pioneer of a new trend of Arabic poetry. He also introduced a totally new social moral, ideological and critical approach to biographies of major Islamic figures. Egypt, People, 11/11/2000 - Ibrahim Pasha (1798-1848)
Ibrahim Pasha (1798-1848), the oldest son of Muhammad Ali, he was the victory of Egypt the commander of the Egyptian army in the wars of independence. Egypt, People, 11/11/2000 - Moroccan academy's fall session debates hydraulics policy Morocco, Agriculture, 11/11/2000
- Can-2000-women basket-ball: Moroccan squad moves on to semi-finals
The Moroccan women basket-ball team moved on to the semi-final rounds of the 17th African Nations' Cup "CAN-2000" in Tunis ousting Friday the Mozambican peer (61-52). Morocco, Sports, 11/11/2000 - Al-Assad received chairman of the Polish medical academy Syria-Poland, Local, 11/10/2000
- Cairo hosts the first conference for Arab women conditions
the first summit " for the Arab women will be held in Cairo on November 18 to 20 under the patronage of the Arab League." Regional, Culture, 11/10/2000 - Kuwait: Four persons were arrested for having explosives
The Kuwaiti ministry of the Interior announced on Thursday that four persons were arrested including three Kuwaitis for having explosives weighing 100 Kg. Kuwait, Local, 11/10/2000 - Mediterranean women associations convene in Khouribga
The Second meeting of unions and associations of women from Mediterranean countries convened in Khouribga for two days to probe issues related to "Women and the peace culture." Morocco, Culture, 11/10/2000 - King Mohammed chairs grand merit and Morocco book prizes ceremony
Culture and communication minister Mohamed Achaari underscored, early in the ceremony, the special interest the king granted culture saying it was as important as sectors of economy, agriculture and new technologies and part of an overall vision encompassing the civilization and historical dimension of the kingdom. Morocco, Culture, 11/10/2000 - Damascus Bab al-Saghir tombs
One will not find anything about the Cemetery of Bab Saghir in tour books about old Damascus because travel writers do not seem to regard cemeteries as sites to see. Nonetheless, graveyards often tell more about the history of a city than do public monuments. Syria, History, 11/10/2000 - No radioactive pollution in Gibraltar Strait waters
The Moroccan environment department said there was no radioactive pollution in the Gibraltar Strait waters because of the recent forced stay of the British HSM Tireless nuclear submarine in Gibraltar. Morocco-UK, Local, 11/10/2000 - Princess Lalla Meryem attends Verdi's La Traviata
Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem attended in Rabat Thursday night at the city Mohammed V Theatre "La Traviata" staged in commemoration of the centennial of Giuseppe Verdi's death. Morocco, Culture, 11/10/2000 - FAO manager meets royal advisor Morocco, Agriculture, 11/9/2000
- Illiteracy struggle programs for 2000-2001 launched in Rabat
The programs of struggle against illiteracy for 2000-2001 were launched Tuesday evening in Rabat. The campaign, to benefit some 300,000 persons in the 15-45 age bracket, mainly targets young girls and women in rural and suburban areas. Morocco, Education, 11/9/2000 - Morocco to regulate access to adult material in cyber-cafes
The Moroccan government is drafting legislation to regulate access to adult material in cyber-cafés, said minister in charge of relations with Parliament Mohamed Bouzoubaa. Morocco, Culture, 11/9/2000 - No dioxin-contaminated products used in poultry feed
No dioxin-contaminated products have been used in making poultry feed, the Moroccan ministry of agriculture, rural development, water and forests said. Morocco, Health, 11/9/2000 - Sudan is free from Ebola disease
The World Health Organization WHO has stressed that Sudan is free from any case of Ebola disease which was recently spread in several neighboring African states. Sudan, Health, 11/9/2000 - Morocco among countries claiming repatriation of children smuggled into Italy
Morocco is among a number of countries claiming the repatriation of children who were smuggled into Italy and adopted by Italian families. Morocco, Culture, 11/9/2000 - Remains of the missing pharaoh may be discovered near Abydos
German archaeologists, digging at an ancient burial ground in southern Egypt, are within weeks of discovering whether the desert site contains the remains of a missing pharaoh, excavation campaign head said on Monday. Egypt, History, 11/9/2000 - Some 27 Sudanese died of Thirst
Some 27 Sudanese have died because they were exposed to threat on Danqala- al-Kafra road in the Northern province, adjoining the Libyan borders. Sudan, Local, 11/9/2000 - King Mohammed lays foundation stone of girls boarding house
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a female boarding house and a kindergarten in a rural commune in Al-Houze province, near Marrakesh. Morocco, Culture, 11/8/2000 - Sudan given authorities over humanitarian organization working in it
The UN has offered the Sudanese government the right to deal with any air, land or river conveyer working in the humanitarian field areas inside Sudan, illegally. Sudan, Local, 11/8/2000 - Six British artists display in Damascus for the first time in 40 years
This November will see the opening of an exhibition of recent work by six British artists, currently teaching in Coventry University and elsewhere in the United Kingdom. Syria-UK, Culture, 11/8/2000 - In the beginning Regional, Reflection, 11/7/2000
- First Lady Mubarak stresses keenness on health services to children
Head of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, First Lady Suzanne Mubarak underlined that the state, the private sector and all the civil society groups should cooperate in order to promote social development. Egypt, Culture, 11/7/2000 - King Mohammed launches social projects in Marrakesh
Morocco's King Mohammed VI launched Monday construction works of facilities to host the elderly and mentally-disabled at the Marrakesh-Menara prefecture. Morocco, Culture, 11/7/2000 - Kuwaiti media chairperson resigns
The chairperson of the Kuwaiti News Agency KUNA Iqbal al-Ahmad on Monday gave her resignation after 23 years of work in the field of the media, over not having " harmony with certain measures and environments in Kuwait." Kuwait, Local, 11/7/2000 - Commander of the US navy visits Amman Jordan-USA, Military, 11/7/2000
- Strong explosion in Sudan factory; forgery gang arrested
Two persons were killed and other three seriously wounded in a strong explosion that took place in a medical gas factory at al-Baqir industrial area to the south of al-Khartoum. Sudan, Local, 11/7/2000 - Egyptian women can get passports Egypt, Culture, 11/6/2000
- Arab investment, agricultural development authority meets in Cairo
Companies affiliated to the Arab authority for investment and agricultural development opened in Cairo on Saturday a meeting to discuss ways of activating inter-Arab agricultural integration. Regional, Agriculture, 11/6/2000 - God is a loving God Regional, Reflection, 11/6/2000
- The idea is God Regional, Reflection, 11/6/2000
- Tunisian president offers Amnesty for several prisoners Tunisia, Local, 11/6/2000
- Damascus declaration for Mediterranean Environment day
The conference of the ministers of the bureau of the contracting parties to the convention for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution and its protocols was held in Damascus on October 31 to November 1st, 2000. Regional, Environment, 11/6/2000 - Sudanese citizen attacks al-Numeiri office because of a dream Sudan, Local, 11/6/2000
- Over 38,000 tons of hospital waste produced annually in Morocco
Moroccan public and private hospitals and other health facilities produce annually 38,225 tons of waste, said an executive at the health ministry. Morocco, Environment, 11/6/2000 - Morocco's Mouaziz wins NYC Marathon
Morocco's Abdelkhader El Mouaziz won on Sunday the New City Marathon, and wound up running mostly by himself along usually crowded streets, leaving Kenya's Japhet Kosgei and Shem Kororia far behind. Morocco, Sports, 11/6/2000 - Garoudy arrives in Iraq
The Iraqi weekly Sawt al-Talabah said on Saturday that the French intellectual Roger Garoudy arrived on Friday in Iraq where he will deliver several lectures and take part in the celebration to mark the 1200 anniversary of the foundation of " Beit al-Hikmah " ( Wisdom house). Iraq, Local, 11/6/2000 - Acts of violence in Algeria
Algerian dailies said on Sunday that armed groups have killed five security forces members during the two past days in Algeria. Algeria, Local, 11/6/2000