Teaching local residents about Historic Cairo

Nevine El-Aref , Tuesday 5 Nov 2013

Scheme aims to raise archaeological awareness among antiquities ministry employees and residents of Historic Cairo

Training session
Training session

A scheme to promote archeological awareness among Historic Cairo's local residents began on Sunday at Al-Selehdar House.

The scheme also aims to develop the skills of antiquities ministry employees to ensure historic sites in Egypt are understood and protected.

Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said the programme was being implemented in collaboration with UNESCO and would be repeated in the future.

Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, head of the Historic Cairo Rehabilitation Project (HCRP), said the programme aimed to acquaint people with his organisation's work and to raise awareness of important historic sites in the city.

It would also present problems facing Historic Cairo and discuss how the HCRP is seeking to solve them.

 

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