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February 23, 2005

 

EGYPTOMANIA
Egyptomania gets an unexpected twist when a Tutankamun artifact wreaks havoc in South Africa. Get links to Akhbar's coverage on zahma.com. Soon enough, the Tut scarab curse story also makes it into English...

The Washington Post explores the growing controversy over the way Egypt is marketing its archaeological heritage, with a focus on Zahi Hawass's new style...  (The story's strange ending quoting former antiquities chief Gaballah seems to be a swipe at Hawass...)

It's a subject that's been covered frequently by cairolive.com in the past, including here, here and here... It all started, however, with this in depth piece called "Egyptomania's here to stay" in Al-Ahram Weekly way back in 1999.

 


TRIPLE PLAY
Oxford gets psyched about Egyptian telecom, IT's bright future, and the possibility of increased foreign direct investment.

 

TRUE STORY
Doctors remove a baby’s second head in Benha; this report includes a photo. More on the baby's condition from the Independent.

 

MISCELLANEOUS
New surgical tool being launched in Egypt...

 

MISCELLANEOUS
The head of parliament's foreign affairs committee, Mustafa El-Fiqi, has just been named to head Egypt's new British university. Catch Hayat's take on zahma.com.

 

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