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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Festival in its second session in Fayoum Governorate
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the activities of the Second Festival of Medicinal and Tender Plants was launched, organized and sponsored by the German International Agency “GIZ” Egypt, in cooperation with the Fayoum Province, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Authority of Cases, and in coordination with a number of partner representatives, over the course of the 21st and 22nd of this September, at the Helnan Auberge Fayoum Hotel, on the banks of Lake Qarun, strengthening the capabilities of small farmers, empowering their livelihoods, raising their awareness of clean agricultural practices, and highlighting the difficulties facing those working in the medicinal and aromatic plants sector and ways to overcome them.
The events were witnessed by Dr. Ahmed Al-Ansari, Governor of Fayoum, Major General Muhammad Al-Zamlot, Governor of the New Valley, Dr. Adel Abdel Azim, representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Dr. Muhammad Imad, Deputy Governor of Fayoum, Professor Bilal Habash, Deputy Governor of Beni Suef, and Dr. Yasser Hatata. , President of Fayoum University, Dr. Tariq Al-Houbi, Chairman of the Food Safety Authority, Major General Sherif Saleh, Chairman of the Upper Egypt Development Authority, Representative Abdel Hamid Al-Demerdash, Chairman of the Export Council for Agricultural Crops, and Engineer Tariq Abu Bakr, Member of the Board of Directors of the Export Council for Agricultural Crops, Chairman of the Organizational Committee. For the festival, engineer Ali Issa President of the Egyptian Businessmen Association, Dr. Amjad El-Kady, Executive Director of the Food and Agricultural Processing Technology Center of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ms. Myriam Fernando, Director of the Agricultural Innovation Project of the German International Cooperation Agency, Major General Abdel Fattah Tammam, Secretary General of the Governorate, and Dr. Moataz Ahmed Abdel. Al-Fattah, Director General of Tourism in Fayoum, and a group of specialists in this field.
In his speech, the Governor of Fayoum expressed his welcome to all the guests of the governorate, and all the participants in the Second Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, appreciating the role of the German Agency in organizing this festival. He also thanked all the bodies, institutions, institutes, research centers and all participants in the festival, hoping that it would produce beneficial results and recommendations. It is beneficial to all those working in the field of medicinal and aromatic plants.
On the sidelines of the activities of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Festival, the governors of Fayoum and New Valley, and the guests of the festival, opened and inspected the exhibition of medicinal and aromatic plants and the handicrafts bazaars area. The festival’s supporters and sponsors were also honored, and prizes were handed over to the winners of the competitions
The Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Festival aims to highlight the challenges facing this sector, and enhance competitive advantage in Egypt, by promoting safe organic and semi-organic products, as well as strengthening the capabilities of small farmers, improving their livelihoods, increasing their incomes, educating them about clean agricultural practices, and enhancing women’s economic participation. During the various production processes, starting from agriculture to collection, manufacturing and export, strengthening ties and enhancing cooperation between producers, manufacturers, marketers, exporters and users of medicinal and aromatic plants, adding value to their products, identifying new innovations and technology and providing innovative solutions for agricultural efficiency, productivity, sustainability and product diversity and extracts of medicinal and aromatic plants
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Fayoum International Film Festival for Environmental Films and Contemporary Arts
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Dr. Ahmed Al-Ansari, Governor of Fayoum, opened the activities of the Fayoum International Film Festival for Environmental Films and Contemporary Arts, in its first session, which continues until the 30th of this month of November, with the participation of 16 Arab and foreign countries, as the first film festival on the territory of Fayoum Governorate, which aims to develop the cultural environment and the status of the governorate. On the map of cinematic cultural production that is concerned with the environment and
contemporary arts.
It displays 55 films representing 15 countries on the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, competing for the festival’s prizes.
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Egyptian and Arab university students’ films and short films competition
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Dr. Ahmed Al-Ansari, Governor of Fayoum, and Dr. Yasser Magdy Hatata, President of the University, witnessed the opening of the activities of the Egyptian and Arab university students’ films and short films competition, which are shown in the Central Library Hall at Fayoum University, as part of the activities of the First Fayoum International Film Festival for Environmental Films and Contemporary Arts, which is held in the period From the 25th to the 30th of this November, with the participation of 16 Arab and foreign countries.
The administration of the First Fayoum Film Festival for Environmental Films and Contemporary Arts received 150 films from various countries around the world, and 55 films were selected to be shown during the festival’s activities,” noting that the selected films were divided into 8 feature films, 27 short films, and 20 films for students.
She added that the films participating in the festival are from 15 countries, along with Egypt, representing four continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, which reflects the cultural and artistic diversity that characterizes the event. She praised the active and constructive role of the Governor of Fayoum and the University President for their support and sponsorship of the festival’s activities.
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With the participation of a number of artists and public figures.. Governor of Fayoum opens Tunisia Festival of Ceramics, Pottery and Handicraft
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With the participation of a number of artists and public figures..
Governor of Fayoum opens Tunisia Festival of Ceramics, Pottery and
Dr. Ahmed Al-Ansari opened the Governor of Fayoum, the Tunisia Festival of Ceramics, Pottery and Handicraft, whose activities continue until the 30th of this November.
It was attended by Dr. Muhammad Al-Toni Deputy Governor, Dr. Yasser Magdi Hatata President of Fayoum University, Colonel Sharif Amer Military Counselor of the Governorate, Dr. Asim Al-Aiswi Vice President of the University for Community Service Affairs and Environmental Development, Dr. Marfat Abdul Azim Member of the House of Representatives, heads of city councils, and a number of ministry agents, heads of sectors and general managers. And the representatives of the festival participating parties.
Artist Ilham Shaheen, artist Rania Farid Shawky, artist Dalia Mustafa, director Hani Lashin, president of the Fayoum International Film Festival for Environment and Contemporary Arts participated in the festival's events.
The governor of Fayoum confirmed, that the governorate is paying special attention to the Tunisia Festival of Ceramics, Pottery and Handicrafts, in the framework of promoting the tourism of the province, preserving the identity of the village, and the optimal utilization of all the environmental and natural settlements it enjoys, which is beneficial to the citizens of Fayum in general, and the villagers of Tunisia in particular, signaling that the festival A good opportunity to get to know the tourist places in the province, attended by a large number of artists and creatives from within and outside Egypt.
The governor continued that the festival gives visitors of the Tunisia tourist village a greater opportunity to get to know its environmental and natural habitats, and what relative qualities and handicrafts it has, these qualities that inspired the late Evelyn Peoria, Swiss to create a school to teach the people of Tunisia village pottery and handicrafts, indicating that the Tunisia Festival of Pottery and Handicrafts is An open exhibition for the skilled craftsmen of the province, especially the Tunisian village which is more than 40 years old in the ceramic and pottery industry, a sign that the province of Fayoum has more than 9 handicrafts.
Al-Ansari pointed out that describing Fayoum governorate as a one-day tourism does not give the governorate its right, and the governorate is seriously seeking to change this concept, especially that it enjoys many types of eco, desert and safari tourism alongside rural tourism.
Following the opening, the Governor of Fayoum inspected the various exhibitions of porcelain, pottery and handicraft products, which are on display in Bakiyat on the main street of Tunisia village, and the Governor discussed the owners of the products of each of them, which include palm products, handicrafts, ceramics, pottery, candle products, handicraft, wood sculptures, oil paintings, embroidery and knitting activities, as well The governor and his companions inspect the pottery and porcelain education school in Tunis village.Handicraft
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Under the patronage of the Governor of Fayoum Fayoum Governorate celebrates the phenomenon of the sun's alignment with the Holy of Holies of Qasr Qarun Temple 2025
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Under the patronage of Dr. Ahmed Al-Ansari, Governor of Fayoum, the Fayoum Governorate celebrated this morning, Sunday, the phenomenon of the sun's alignment with the Holy of Holies at Qasr Qarun Temple. This event occurs on the morning of December 21st each year. A committee from the Fayoum Governorate Tourism Department, in cooperation with the governorate's Antiquities Authority, observed and documented the phenomenon.
The event was attended by Mr. Ashraf Sobhi, Director General of Fayoum Antiquities; Dr. Moataz Ahmed Abdel-Fattah, Director General of Tourism in the governorate; Mr. Salem Fatih, Head of the Local Unit of Yusuf Al-Siddiq City and Center; and representatives from the Directorates of Youth and Sports and Education.
The phenomenon of the sun's alignment with Qasr Qarun Temple is a unique architectural and astronomical event. The sun aligns with the temple's Holy of Holies at the beginning of winter, marking the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Qasr Qarun Temple is located on the southwestern side of Lake Qarun and dates back to the Greco-Roman period. Since the discovery of the phenomenon of the sun’s alignment with the Qasr Qarun temple, the governorate has been paying close attention to it, as it is a unique phenomenon that contributes to revitalizing tourism and introducing the governorate’s rich tourism, archaeological, cultural and environmental potential.
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As part of the closing activities of the Effective Management Project for the Qarun and Rayyan Reserves, the Deputy Governor of Fayoum and the Assistant Minister of Environment inaugurated the Community Environmental Center in Shakshouk village.
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Dr. Mohamed El-Touny, Deputy Governor of Fayoum, accompanied by Ms. Hoda El-Shawadfy, Assistant Minister of Environment for Ecotourism Affairs, inaugurated the Community Environmental Center in Shakshouk village, Qarun Nature Reserve. The center was established as part of the Effective Management of Wadi El-Rayan and Qarun Nature Reserves project, implemented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Regional Office for West Asia, in cooperation with the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) of the Ministry of Environment, and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
This took place in the presence of Dr. Hani El Shaer, Head of the West Asia Office of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Major General Khaled Abbas, Head of the Nature Protection Sector; Dr. Mohamed Youssef, Head of the Central Administration for Nature Reserves; Ms. Natalia Boulad, Project Manager for the Effective Management of Qarun and Wadi El Rayan Reserves; Dr. Shaimaa Taha, Director General of the Technical Office of the Nature Protection Sector at the Ministry of Environment; Eng. Samar Samir, Head of the Central Administration for Engineering Affairs at the Ministry of Environment; Dr. Hossam Shaaban, Director General of the Fayoum Branch of the Environmental Affairs Agency; Mr. Osama El Naggar, Director of Qarun Reserve; Mr. Ayman El Wahi, Director of Wadi El Rayan Reserve; Dr. Moataz Ahmed Abdel Fattah, Director General of Tourism in the Governorate; Ms. Sherine Mohamed Mahmoud, Head of the Local Unit of the Abshway Center and City; Dr. Osama Diab, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture; Eng. Abdel Moneim Safina, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation; Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, Director General of the Fayoum Antiquities Area; Mr. Sayed Salah, Head of the Field Monitoring Unit; and a number of leaders from the Ministry of Environment, executives, and representatives of relevant authorities.
During the opening ceremony, the Deputy Governor of Fayoum welcomed all attendees to the governorate, praising the efforts of the Effective Management of Qarun and El-Rayan Protected Areas project and all partner and supporting entities in establishing the Community Environmental Education Center. He emphasized that the center represents a valuable addition to supporting the local community, strengthening the system for protecting natural reserves, promoting a participatory approach, and building institutional and administrative capacities, all of which contribute to preserving natural resources and endangered species.
Al-Touni emphasized the importance of integrating and coordinating the efforts of all partner entities in cooperation with the governorate and the Ministry of Environment. He stressed the need to leverage the principles and foundations established and implemented during the project's five-year execution to ensure the effective management of the Qarun and Rayan protected areas. He also highlighted the importance of utilizing the acquired expertise and project outcomes to guarantee the sustainability and effective management of various ongoing projects. This, he explained, contributes to addressing diverse challenges, achieving environmental sustainability, and providing genuine job opportunities for the local community. He further noted the importance of supporting and developing ecotourism and rural tourism in Fayoum, strengthening the role of the local community in achieving sustainable tourism quality, and focusing on training programs for protected area staff and the nature conservation sector to enhance their environmental skills. He directed the preparation of directional signs to facilitate access to the protected areas and the maintenance and improvement of the road leading to the community environmental center.
For her part, Ms. Natalia Boulad, Director of the Effective Management of Qarun and Al-Rayan Reserves Project, reviewed the project's implementation phases, objectives, and most prominent achievements, as well as the role of local and scientific advisory committees in supporting the participatory approach and the local community's involvement in developing and managing nature reserves. She also discussed the development of an environmental awareness and education plan, explaining that work at the center began in 2019 and faced a number of challenges, which were overcome thanks to the combined efforts of national partners and supporters.
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