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مقابلة فاطمة أحمد تابر
No full textFatma Ahmed Taber, a former resident of Qurna, gives an account of her life experiences and life in Old Qurna. Taber describes her family (consisting of her parents and four other siblings), and the family home, detailing the roles and chores for each family member. She also describes her everyday activities at different ages, including childhood games with other children. The circumstances of her divorce and her life afterwards are also covered. Taber describes Old Qurna and its residents, describing work activities like manually bringing water from the well, farming and other tasks during the reaping season, and making their own food and clothing. She gives examples of traditional practices in Qurna, such as home recipes for treating illness, marriage customs, the veneration of blessed objects, and annual or semi-annual festivals. She details some controversial practices such as public virginity tests for newly-wed women and female genital mutilation for infant girls, which according to Taber continue today despite known risks and prohibition by government authorities. Taber also talks about the relocation of Old Qurna’s residents, complaining about deteriorating relations among neighbors after the move, and how she preferred her old home despite better utilities in the new one
مقابلة خيري فهيم ميخائيل
No full textKhairy Fahim Mikhail, a 70-year-old former resident of the Qurna hillside, describes his life experiences. Mikhail recalls his childhood, including games he used to play as a boy with other children, and fears of dangers like wolves. He also tells about the flooding that impacted residents. Mikhail describes the evolution of Qurna’s customs and traditions over time, and changes in food and farming techniques. He discusses his marriage, and touches upon the impact if changes in the economic state of the country, like inflation. Mikhail tells of profession as a maker of handmade textiles, a skill passed down by his father and grandfather, and outlines his other work for the Ministry of the Antiquities restoring pharaonic monuments in Luxor. Mikhail compares his life before and after relocation from his former home, emphasizing his satisfaction with the increased quality of life in his new residence
Mohamed El Saidy Oral History
No full textMohamed El Saidy was Controller at the American University in Cairo from 1981 to 2008. El Saidy discusses his family’s livelihood and challenges posed in Egypt by their Syrian origins, and sketches his education and banking and business career before being hired by AUC in 1981. El Saidy provides a detailed account of his time as AUC’s Controller, describing the office when he arrived in the 1980s. Changes in the structure of AUC’s finance area and the creation of new units (like the Budget Office) are outlined, and he offers portraits of leading staff members and longtime Vice President for Finance Andrew Snaith; an assessment of the impact of Presidents on the university’s finances is also given. El Saidy recounts changes he introduced at AUC like new payroll and student payment procedures, the Internal Auditor position, and reforms to purchasing systems. Issues like AUC’s relationship with banks, accounting practices and the role of auditors, taxation, and the challenges of working under a two-currency system are addressed, as well as the financing of building projects like AUC’s new campus. He speaks about the financial computer systems used by AUC over the years, giving an account of the adoption and implementation challenges of the SAP business management software in the 2000s
Situation Development in Syria
No full textThe Council of the League of Arab States at Ministerial Level
Security Council, 70th Year : 7595th Meeting, Tuesday, 22 December 2015, New York
No full textSecurity Council Resolution 2258 (2015) [on Humanitarian Situation In The Syrian Arab Republic And Renewal For A Period Of 12 Months Of Two Decisions Of Security Council Resolution 2165 (2014)
