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Qasr Qaroun Sun Festival
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On Thursday morning, Fayoum Governorate celebrated the phenomenon of the sun perpendicular to the Holy of Holies in Qasr Qarun Temple, which occurs on the morning of the twenty-first of December every year. A committee from the Fayoum Governorate Tourism Department, in cooperation with the Antiquities District in the governorate, monitored and documented the phenomenon.
This came in the presence of Dr. Ali Al-Batal, Director General of Fayoum Antiquities, Dr. Moataz Ahmed Abdel Fattah, General Director of Tourism in the governorate, Professor Hussein Abdel Qader, Director of Fayoum Antiquities, Dr. Ahmed Thabet, Head of the local unit of the Youssef Al-Siddiq Center and City, Dr. Assem Morsi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and a number of leaders. Executive, security, and citizens.
The phenomenon of the sun perpendicular to Qasr Qarun Temple is a unique astronomical architectural phenomenon, as the sun is perpendicular to the holiest of holies of the temple coinciding with the beginning of the winter season, which marks the beginning of the winter season in the northern hemisphere. Qasr Qarun Temple is located on the southwestern side of Lake Qarun. It dates back to the Greco-Roman era.
Since the discovery of the phenomenon of the sun perpendicular to the Qasr Qarun Temple, the governorate has paid great attention to it, because it is a unique phenomenon that characterizes the governorate and is similar in importance to the sun perpendicular to the Holy of Holies in the Karnak Temple in Luxor. This event also comes within the framework of permanent efforts to stimulate tourism and publicize what it abounds with. The province has tourism, archaeological, cultural and environmental potential.
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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Festival in its second session in Fayoum Governorate on Thursday and Friday
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Under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture and the Governor of Fayoum, and in coordination with the Effective Authority for the Promotion of Tourism, the Medicinal Plants and Medicinal Plants Festival will be held in its second session on Thursday and Friday, September 21 and 22, at the Helnan Auberge Fayoum Hotel, thanks to the German International Agency (GIZ) Egypt, on behalf of the German government, in partnership. With the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation of Concern and Fayoum Governorate, cooperation with the Export Council for Agricultural Assets and the Export Council for Food Industries, Food Industries Inventory, Industry Center, Food Industry Technology, Agricultural Manufacturing, and
Concept Company.
This year, the festival includes workers in the medicinal and aromatic plants sector, including producers, manufacturers, exporters and farmers from all governorates of Egypt, in addition to local production lines and fertilizer, chemical, packaging and food manufacturing companies. The festival’s activities continue over two days and include scientific seminars and specialized workshops in the sector in the presence of the most important experts. And specialists, the festival includes 100 exhibitors, in addition to announcing the winners of the innovation awards.
The festival activities continue throughout the two days from 10:30 am to 6 pm at the Helnan Auberge Hotel, Fayoum Governorate.
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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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