Farouk Hosny

...factions. But those efforts are now stalled as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rushes to Cairo to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday -- a clear sign of concern that Egyptian and Arab support for the...

In this article: Israel, Egypt, Hillary Clinton, U.S., Cairo, Middle East, Nile, Gilad Schalit, and Jerusalem

...to his election, but he ended up losing all the same, to a Bulgarian diplomat, whereupon he blamed Jewish pressure. "It is the Israelis who caused Farouk Hosny to lose the bid in UNESCO, so I don't know why he tries to please them by...

In this article: Unesco, Egypt, Cairo, Israel, and Zahi Hawass

...which the art came. Michael Slackman in The New York Times reported that while Mubarak's government took Hosny's loss as a rebuke, Hosny, like the government, is despised by many of Egypt's cultural elite, for, among other reasons, having...

In this article: Egypt, Louvre, Berlin, Iraq, Nationalism, Achille Lauro, Unesco, and United Nations

Accordingly, we call on the member states in UNESCO's General Conference to fully ratify her nomination and, in so doing, reject Farouk Hosni and the hateful and divisive rhetoric he spews. Ms. Bokova's election also demonstrates to the...

In this article: Unesco, Farouk Hosni, General conference, Benjamin A. Gilman, Xenophobia, and Egyptian Parliament

...apparently trying to defend himself against allegations by Egyptian lawmakers that he was soft on Israel. Trying to save his UNESCO campaign, Hosny wrote in the French newspaper Le Monde that the comment was made without "intention or...

In this article: Egypt, Louvre, Unesco, Paris, Cairo, Allegation, Le Monde, Zahi Hawass, and United Nation

...had made the comment apparently trying to defend himself against charges by Egyptian lawmakers that he was soft on Israel. Trying to save his UNESCO campaign, Hosny wrote in the French newspaper Le Monde that the comment was made without...

In this article: Louvre, Unesco, Paris, Israel, Le Monde, Zahi Hawass, and United Nation

...do with the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization? A lot, given that a serious contender for that UNESCO job is Farouk Hosni, Egypt's culture minister for the past 22 years. During his lengthy tenure, Hosni has alienated...

In this article: Farouk Hosni, Egypt, Unesco, Hosni Mubarak, Ramadan, Muslim Brotherhood, United Nations, The Da Vinci Code, and Israel