Culture

Talaat Harb Pasha is one of the great men in Egyptian history. He dedicated all of his life to set the Egyptian economy on the right track. He founded Bank Misr which was the first truly national bank in Egypt. Through Bank Misr, several successful industrial and commercial projects had been established. As a result of Mr.

New Web Company Announces Innovative Media Website for Movies information in Egypt

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Ahdaf Soueif (Arabic: أهداف سويف‎) (born March 23, 1950) is an Egyptian short story writer, novelist and political and cultural commentator.

Abdel-Wahab Elmessiri (Arabic: عبد الوهاب المسيري‎, 1938-July 2, 2008) was an Egyptian scholar, author and general coordinator of the opposition organization Kefaya.

Zahi Hawass(Arabic: زاهي حواس‎) (born 28 May 1947 in Damietta, Egypt) is an Egyptian archaeologist and Egyptologist and the current Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities. He has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert, and the Upper Nile Valley.

Career

Gamal el-Ghitani, (Arabic: جمال الغيطانى) (born May 9, 1945) is an Egyptian author of historical novels and cultural and political commentaries and is the current editor-in-chief of the literary periodical Akhbar Al-Adab ("Cultural News").

Biography

Hassan Fathy (1900 – 1989, Arabic: حسن فتحي) is a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to re-establish the use of mud brick (or adobe) and traditional as opposed to western building designs and lay-outs.

Characters of Egypt is organised by Wadi Environmental Science Centre (WESC) and the Egyptian Desert Pioneer Society (EDPS), with the support of the Ministries of Tourism and the Environment and with the expert help of many Egyptian luminaries.