Culture Minister Saber Arab opened the Institut d’Egypte on Monday following the completion of restoration work.
The Institut d’Egypte burned down on 17 December 2011 during clashes between military forces and protesters in front of the nearby Cabinet building, in which at least 17 people were killed and hundreds injured.
Monday's reopening was attended by Major General Mahmoud Hegazy, deputy defense minister.
Arab said that the renewal work took three months and cost LE6 million, funded entirely by the Armed Forces.
The volume of waste removed from the site was about 430 cubic meters, the minister said. Fireproof paints were used on the windows and doors, and surveillance cameras were installed to secure the building.
There are about 25,000 books in the Institut d’Egypte, written in Arabic, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.
Books that were rescued from the fire were returned to the institute in addition to books that were donated by libraries, institutions and individuals, including the collection of Syrian Haitham Khayet, a member of the Arabic Language Academy in Cairo and Damascus, whose library includes more than 5,000 books.
In addition, the library of the late Mahmoud Hafez, former head of the Arabic Language Academy, was donated to the institute, as well as gifts from some university professors and all the publications of the French Institute of Orient Archaeology, which is also training Institut d’Egypte employees on a new indexing system.
Institute head Ibrahim Badran said he cried in front of former military council head Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi when the latter gave him the report on the fire.
“The institute burning was carried out in a systematic manner,” Badran added.
Mohamed Abdel Rahman al-Sharnoby, the secretary general of the institute, said the National Library and the National Archives had a prominent role in storing most of the books during the restoration.
Former Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, who is also a member of the institute, said he “was in a state of awe when entering the building.”
Source: http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/in ... estoration
Institut d'Egypte reopened following restoration
Moderators: DJKeefy, 4u Network
- DJKeefy
- Site Administrator
- Posts: 11025
- Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:08 pm
- Location: UK
- Has thanked: 654 times
- Been thanked: 1222 times
- Gender:
- Contact:
- Who2
- Egyptian God
- Posts: 7923
- Joined: Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:04 pm
- Location: Laandaan
- Has thanked: 1115 times
- Been thanked: 3216 times
- Gender:
Re: Institut d'Egypte reopened following restoration
Nice article, now just for a moment try to imagine Her Majesties British Army et al, paying/funding to rebuild windsor castle after a careless smoking Queen Mum "gawd bless her, set it on fire.
Army Egypt = business, Army Great Britain = ? .....'you tell me....
PS: is it a lending library ?
Army Egypt = business, Army Great Britain = ? .....'you tell me....
PS: is it a lending library ?
"The Salvation of Mankind lies in making everything the responsibility of All"
Sophocles.
Sophocles.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 0 Replies
- 644 Views
-
Last post by Winged Isis
-
- 0 Replies
- 822 Views
-
Last post by crewmeal
-
- 6 Replies
- 358 Views
-
Last post by BENNU
-
- 0 Replies
- 347 Views
-
Last post by Winged Isis
-
- 1 Replies
- 347 Views
-
Last post by Brian Yare