tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post1528446999248818360..comments2024-03-26T09:45:58.528-04:00Comments on Thoughts About K4D: Thoughts on Reading Farouk Hosny's Comments on His Return to EgyptUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-50983341982777325122009-09-25T19:03:00.455-04:002009-09-25T19:03:00.455-04:00One of a number of graphic illustrations of Farouk...One of a number of graphic illustrations of Farouk Hosny's supposed "obnoxious antisemitism" - a dinner in his honour, at the French Senate, organised by the Nebi Daniel International Association of émigré Egyptian Jews:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qonbNJFXk_k&feature=channelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-88073734560479970092009-09-25T16:41:47.080-04:002009-09-25T16:41:47.080-04:00I read that the Egyptian Ambassador who serves on ...I read that the Egyptian Ambassador who serves on the UNESCO Executive Board embraced Irina Bokova when the results of the fifth round of voting were announced, congratulated her, and said that they would work together in the future.<br /><br />That sounds gracious to me!John Dalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363204598363726098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-35237503507188669922009-09-25T16:34:13.244-04:002009-09-25T16:34:13.244-04:00I suppose the most likely explanation for Minister...I suppose the most likely explanation for Minister Hosny's remarks on returning to Egypt is not that he necessarily believes what he said, but rather that those remarks were most likely to protect his career and his government. He is much more able to judge what remarks would best accomplish those goals than I am.John Dalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363204598363726098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-48758701037828976012009-09-25T15:53:09.484-04:002009-09-25T15:53:09.484-04:00The English translation in this article of his com...The English translation in this article of his comments in Arabic is well-nigh unintelligible. Clearly he means that there was a plan hatched both during the GA in New York and during the Board at Unesco to defeat him. I hardly think a candidate for director general at Unesco would not understand the distinction between the UN and Unesco and between the secretariat of an organisation and its Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-43730661497059073862009-09-25T12:07:58.854-04:002009-09-25T12:07:58.854-04:00More on Farouk Hosny's post election comments....More on Farouk Hosny's post election comments. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=24749" rel="nofollow">This is quoted from the <i>Daily News Egypt</i></a>:<br /><br />"Culture Minister Farouk Hosni accused the UNESCO of having a political agenda, saying that the United Nations had 'a scheme to prevent him from winning the [director general] John Dalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363204598363726098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-9754288948667790902009-09-24T19:15:05.736-04:002009-09-24T19:15:05.736-04:00(continued)
And that is why the Arab intelligentsi...(continued)<br />And that is why the Arab intelligentsia - the real one and not the preening bloggers and journalists who are swift to decry and yet so bereft of meaningful achievement themselves - is now saying that no self-respecting Arab worthy of the name will ever be allowed to take the post. You have referred to Serageldin, an intellectual colossus, but he ran for office against a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-84437496241654394132009-09-24T19:14:33.183-04:002009-09-24T19:14:33.183-04:00Of course the campaign was politicised, and the re...Of course the campaign was politicised, and the result is that by the latter half of the next decade, Unesco will have been run for at least 14 years in succession and probably 18 - if Bokova is re-elected - by career diplomats. This is as far from the outcome you postulated as ideal (a Director with a thorough grounding in the actual fields of competence of Unesco) as one could imagine. Hosny Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864364.post-63489089746194564742009-09-24T17:29:22.142-04:002009-09-24T17:29:22.142-04:00Minister Hosny was gracious with the winning candi...Minister Hosny was gracious with the winning candidate. <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php%3Fd%3D2009-09-24%26article%3D28888&ct=ga&cd=a12NIbJOKHs&usg=AFQjCNEmzv0_zueEe4a_ku2P4xqr38-vYQ" rel="nofollow">She reports</a>: "I talked with Mr. Hosny, we have established a good friendship during the campaign. We even promised each John Dalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363204598363726098noreply@blogger.com