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مقابلة حسن حسن الخبير
No full textHasaan Hassan Al-Khabir, a 64-year-old resident of the Qurna Hillside, describes his life experiences. He tells of living for thirty years in a hilly area referred to as �the island,� including aspects like spending time in the ancient pharaonic tombs under the homes to stay cool in the summer. Coming from a family who worked as builders, he speaks of his own work as a builder (including a job in Iraq from in the late 1980s until the Gulf War) and as a security guard, and his retirement several years ago. Hassan discusses the attempts by antiquities authorities in the past to prevent residents from building new homes in Qurna, including fines and police reports levied against him. He recounts how a governmental decision led the residents of his area, including his own family, to leave their houses and move to another area called Al-Soyool in 1998. He maintains that the residents left their houses of their own free will because living conditions had been difficult, with problems with water, electricity, sewage, and small homes with distant bathrooms. Al-Khabir notes problems with living conditions in Al-Soyool, including hot concrete houses and insufficient water and electricity.يصف حسن حسن الخبير ، ٦٤ عامًا ، من سكان تلال القرنة ، تجربته الحياتية. يحكي عن العيش لمدة ثلاثين عامًا في منطقة جبلية يُشار إليها بالجزيرة ، وما يتضمنه ذلك من اعمال مثل قضاء الوقت في المقابر الفرعونية القديمة أسفل المنازل للبقاء هادئًا في الصيف. ينحدر من عائلة عملت في البناء ، ويتحدث عن عمله كعامل بناء (بما في ذلك وظيفة في العراق من أواخر الثمانينيات حتى حرب الخليج) وكحارس أمن ، وتقاعده منذ عدة سنوات. يناقش حسن المحاولات التي قامت بها سلطات الآثار في الماضي لمنع السكان من بناء منازل جديدة في القرنة ، بما في ذلك الغرامات وتقارير الشرطة التي تم فرضها ضده. يروي كيف أن قرارًا حكوميًا دفع سكان منطقته ، بمن فيهم عائلته ، إلى مغادرة منازلهم والانتقال إلى منطقة أخرى تسمى الصيول في عام ١٩٩٨. ويؤكد أن السكان تركوا منازلهم بمحض إرادتهم بسبب الظروف المعيشية الصعبة ، مع مشاكل المياه والكهرباء والصرف الصحي والمنازل الصغيرة ذات الحمامات البعيدة. ويشير الخبير إلى الظروف المعيشية السيئة في الصيول ، بما في ذلك البيوت الخرسانية الساخنة وعدم كفاية المياه والكهرباء
كريمة محمود أحمد عمران وشقيقة زوجها نادية أحمد عبد العظيم مقابلة
No full textKarima Mahmoud Ahmed Omran and her sister-in-law Nadia Ahmed Abd El Azim, former residents of the Qurna hillside, describe their life experiences. Karima, a member of the Abu Omran tribe, her family long lived in Qurna. She describes her father’s spacious house and its furnishings, where she lived with extended family; while it had electricity, water was brought by donkey cart. She tells of the purchase of food from a local market, the baking of bread at home in mud ovens, and her taking care of animals and livestock and making cheese for sale. While unmarried, her brother and two sisters have spouses. Karima says that her father made the call to prayer at the village mosque, and that locals frequently visited the shrine of Sheikh Abdo Qurna for blessings for marriage, sickness, etc. She fondly recalls interactions with tourists and other visitors from outside Qurna, but laments terrorist incidents that hurt tourism as her sister-in-law Nadia points to the 2011 revolution as diminishing tourism. The town where they have been relocated receives no tourist visitors, which has reduced income and caused many young men to move to Aswan or coastal resorts in Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada for employment. Karima recollects the sadness of the day they were displaced, including the demolition of their home in front of them. She relates the poor construction of the homes in the new village where they were relocated, calls life there less healthy, and paints a portrait of an unhappier life in the new settlement
Maher Younan Oral History
No full textMaher Younan was a faculty member in Engineering at the American University in Cairo from the 1990s through 2020s. He recalls his youth and education in Cairo, and university study and faculty position at Cairo University (undertaken after graduate school in the United States). He tells of joining AUC in 1993, and describes the Engineering Department, and its later division into Mechanical Engineering and other specialized departments under in the School of Sciences and Engineering (SSE). Younan outlines curriculum developments and new programs, recounts the effort to achieve accreditation for Engineering at AUC, and tells of his positions as Chair and SSE Associate Dean. He speaks about the Core Curriculum and the relationship between the liberal arts mission and professional education at AUC. Also covered are engineering facilities on the downtown and New Cairo campuses, including the move and the role of SSE Dean Medhat Haroun. He discusses students, including changes in their attitudes and academic approach over the years, the 2012 strike, and their careers after graduation. Faculty matters, such as the push for compensation equity for Egyptian nationals, are also addressed. Younan speaks about his research interests and university service contributions as well
Developments Of The Crisis In Syria
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Staffan De Mistura Special Envoy For Syria Briefing To The Security Council The Situation In Syria
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Joint Statement Of The Russian Federation And The United States On Syria
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U.S. Department Of State Diplomacy In Action Joint Statement Of The United States And The Russian Federation, As Co-chairs Of The Issg, On Cessation Of Hostilities In Syria
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Joint Humanitarian Statement on Syria 5 years ERC-Principals
No full textJoint Humanitarian Statement on Syria 5 years ERC-Principal