Tourism protests keep new Luxor governor away By Maggie Fick LUXOR, Egypt (Reuters) - A hardline Islamist appointed governor of Luxor stayed away from his new office on Wednesday as protesters barred access and demanded Egypt's president revoke a nomination they fear will hurt local tourism. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, appointed by President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, the movement accused of ...
June 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Tourism Workers In Luxor Threaten Protest Over New Governor Tourism workers in Luxor, Egypt, are threatening protest over the appointment of the region's new governor. Over the weekend Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi appointed Adel el-Khayat to lead Luxor. El-Khayat is a member of a political party strongly associated with the Islamist group Gamaa Islamiya, a group connected to attacks in Luxor in 1997 that killed 58 tourists. Parliament member Abdul ...
June 19, 2013 - NPR
Latest blow to Egypt's tourism: Luxor's governor President Morsi has enraged residents in Luxor, one of Egypt's main tourism destinations, by appointing as governor a former member of Al Gamaa al-Islamiyya.
June 19, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
Zahi Hawass in AFP The mummy was found in tomb 99 in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of Luxor,Hawass said.
Nicolas Sarkozy in Bloomberg Both Nile towns have historical sites and resorts."It was Aswan, not Luxor, but it was with a presidential jet and no one said a word," Sarkozy said, alluding to Mitterrand's trips.