tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post7408850661486993239..comments2024-03-23T00:46:27.084+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: And he still wants to be the director general of the UNESCOZeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-14651724782178391022009-03-13T15:46:00.000+02:002009-03-13T15:46:00.000+02:00N.American, welcome to Egypt nowadays , the Mohame...N.American, welcome to Egypt nowadays , the Mohamed Ali Jewels and collections file is a big old sad file, some day insh Allah I want to open just like my father May God bless his soul<BR/>I do not think that it was a small soldier , my dear the Ministry of culture is a swamp of corruption in a way you can't imagine.<BR/>I believe that collector is in Egypt ,someone wants to decorate his palace with some valuable paintingsZeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-24956515777996841582009-03-13T04:00:00.000+02:002009-03-13T04:00:00.000+02:00I read about this and I felt so very angry and ver...I read about this and I felt so very angry and very sad. <BR/><BR/>This was my favourite place in Cairo. I tried to go there the day before I left on Nov. 10 but it was closed. Under construction/renovation. This was the Palace I walked through with my father and I recall the beautiful courtyard, the lovely mosque inside but mostly I remembered the paintings.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to visit it again to see the paintings. Every place I visited this trip had changed so drastically. Even in 2 years. And none of the changes were good. <BR/><BR/>So when I went to visit it with my little cousin who had never been and had lived in Cairo all of his life, I was almost relived that it was closed. I was not looking forward to another beautiful memory that would be tarnished by neglect and deterioration.<BR/><BR/>Still I'm sad that those beautiful paintins are long gone and in the collection of a private collector. The soldier that stole them probably needed to eat more than he cared about the value of the paintings.<BR/><BR/>FYI I went to Abdeen palace. Huge disappointment. Most of it is closed off and all of the beautiful, valuable items have long been stolen.<BR/><BR/>Sigh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com