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Sadat’s family angered by sale of passport used for historic Israel trip

March 4, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

The family of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat has reportedly called on authorities to investigate the sale of his passport by a US-based auction house.

The Egyptian state-owned Al-Ahram paper quoted Sadat’s grandson Karim Sadat, who is currently serving as an MP, who called the sale “an insult that we, as a family and as representatives of the Egyptian people who loved the late president, will not accept.”

“It is our right to know how our heritage and the personal belongings of Egypt’s presidents have made their way there and are being sold. Why isn’t the state the one benefiting

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Historic Ukraine city added to UNESCO ‘in danger’ list

January 28, 2023 sNawaWebs.ADV

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(CNN) — The historic center of the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and sites in Yemen and Lebanon were added to the World Heritage List Wednesday by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

All three sites were simultaneously added to UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger.

UNESCO’s founding Convention obliges all members — among whom are Russia and Ukraine

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