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A rendition of Egyptian heroism

Al-Ahram Weekly-Ahram Online

Azza Sedky watches Egyptian director Sherif Arafa's film The Passage, which reveals something of the endurance and heroism of the 1967 and 1973 Wars

The Egyptian epic film The Passage, or “The Corridor” as some prefer to call it, has been hailed by many as an exceptional rendition of some of the military episodes that took place between the June War in 1967 and during the War of Attrition and leading up to the October War with Israel in 1973. It is a stirring rendition of Egyptian heroism in general and an opportunity for Egypt to recognise its heroes. 

The tales of heroism that the film reveals convinced me that though I had lived through this period I had not been fully aware of the resilience or bravery that it had warranted. Riveted by the film and the period it portrayed, I wanted to know more. 

At first, I wondered whether the events the film shows were genuine. Did an Egyptian commando group indeed go into the depths of Sinai and return with Egyptian prisoners of war and a commanding Israeli officer, as the film portrays? I also wondered whether the leading character in the film, Nour, was based on a real person.

My research led me to the Group of 1973 Historians, an NGO established in 2008 and dedicated to retelling hundreds of heroic stories, mainly from the 1973 War. The NGO’s staff conduct interviews with officers who took part in the wars, present their daring stories, keep records and maintain an important level of historical credibility.

The group said that The Passage was fiction. The only real incident was an incident in the film set in a telephone booth with captain Mohie Nouh, it said. All Egyptian prisoners of war were held in prisons inside Israel, it added, the most famous of which was the Atlit Camp. 

To me, this was a disappointment in the film. Had the director prefaced it with a declaration that it was fiction, we could have avoided much of the speculation that followed. However, this rather disappointing revelation should not belittle the film itself. I cannot vouch for the authenticity of the military movements, but as far as the cinematography and the plot, the actors’ performances, the generated ambience and the storytelling are concerned, the film is outstanding. 

It also delivers exceptionally well on both the emotional defeat of the 1967 War, dubbed the “Setback,” and the euphoric victory in 1973, focusing on a period that fell in between, a period that is rarely focused on since many Egyptians assume that the War of Attrition consisted mostly of small-scale incursions along the Suez Canal.

I concluded from my research that lieutenant-colonel Nour in The Passage does not represent a specific person but personifies all Egyptian officers who suffered defeat in the 1967 War and withstood that defeat to avenge themselves during the War of Attrition and the 1973 War. No one can claim that he is that character because Nour represents them all. 

How did Egyptian audiences react to all this? To say the least, the film thrilled them, and it caused them to go back not only in history but also into their personal recollections of how they felt during both wars as well. The Passage has proved to be one of the most profitable Egyptian cinematic productions of recent years, bringing in LE73.6 million at the box office in its first ten weeks in cinemas.

The film has also caused hundreds if not thousands of army officers, their kin, and their offspring to retell stories of the staunch bravery shown during the wars. They have remembered pilots flying MIG-21 fighter planes into treacherous territory, officers and soldiers trudging for miles across Sinai, and commandos in small combat vessels heading into Sinai, not knowing if they would ever return. Others spoke of how they now had the thirst for another war and another victorious one. 

Once I began to look beyond the film to the historical facts associated with the period, I was overwhelmed by the wealth of information on the thousands of Egyptians soldiers who had epitomised bravery and courage. 

An article that appeared in the New York Times on 1 May 1970 speaks of the valour displayed by the Egyptian forces during the War of Attrition. “The United Arab Republic reported today that a heavily armed battalion of its troops crossed the Suez Canal along a 15 mile front last night, attacking Israeli positions and killing or wounding tens of [defenders],” the newspaper said, referring to the name in use at the time for Egypt.

“The crossing by the battalion, estimated to number up to 600 men, is part of a rapid intensification of offensive action by the Egyptians in the last 12 days. The Egyptian troops, it was reported, destroyed three Israeli tanks and several armoured vehicles. An Israeli jet was also said to have been shot down during a related raid.”

I learned of officers and soldiers who had gone beyond Israeli lines, monitored the enemy’s troop movements, ammunition depots, armoured warehouses and aircraft sorties, and then reported back to their commanders. They had had to eat lizards and insects and had sometimes had no drinking water for days on end. 

I learned of Ibrahim Al-Refai and his special 39 Operation Group that performed many assaults on the Israeli front. He fought in all three wars and died in the 1973 War. In one photograph from the time, Al-Refai can be seen wearing 23 medals on his uniform. I read of a military document on the air strike that preceded the artillery and land strike in the 1973 War that talks about Egyptian planes that were incompatible with Israeli ones, but of Egyptian pilots who were unequivocally ready and willing to defend their country.

I learned of engineer Mahmoud Youssef Saadeh, who undertook the job of creating new fuel to replace the fuel that had expired and had not been replenished by the Russians. He succeeded in successfully creating the fuel that the Egyptian army needed in the October War. I learned of the role of the Egyptian Bedouin in Sinai during the War of Attrition, something which is rarely emphasised. 

The Passage succeeded in revealing the patriotism of the Sinai tribes. The character of Farhana in the film comes very close to the story of Bedouin woman Aida Sallam Suleiman, who cooperated with Egyptian intelligence during these years. In appreciation of her heroism, then president Anwar Al-Sadat awarded her the Order of Courage First Class. 

The resolution and spirit of these and other Egyptians needed to be brought to the attention of contemporary audiences, and The Passage successfully did so. 

*The writer is a political analyst.

*A version of this article appears in print in the 31 October, 2019 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly.

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US to host Egypt-Ethiopia talks Nov 6 over Nile dam

Middle East Online

Egypt, Ethiopia will meet in Washington to break deadlock in ongoing talks over Renaissance Dam.

Egyptian FM Sameh Shoukry said that US officials would be present at the mediated talks

CAIRO – Washington is set to host talks next month on a controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile after Egypt confirmed its participation in the negotiations.

Egypt's foreign minister confirmed Tuesday that his country would take part in mediated talks in the US capital.

Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia "will meet in the United States on 6 November... to break the deadlock in the ongoing negotiations regarding the Renaissance Dam," Sameh Shoukry said at a press conference held with his German counterpart Heiko Maas.

Addis Ababa insists its $4 billion hydro-electric barrage is necessary to provide the country with much-needed electricity.

But Egypt fears the structure could drastically stem the flow of the Nile, on which it depends for around 90 percent of its water supply.

After calling for international mediation to break the stalemate in nine-year talks, Cairo accepted a US invitation to meet earlier in the month, but no date was set.

Shoukry noted Tuesday that US officials would be present at the talks acting as "intermediaries that can draw divergent viewpoints closer together...to bring about a fair and just agreement".

A US official said earlier this month that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had asked US President Donald Trump to get involved in the dispute when they met in September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Trump agreed to reach out to Ethiopia and offered the "good offices" of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to mediate, the official said on condition of anonymity.

Ethiopia and Egypt's leaders met on the sidelines of Russia's Africa summit on Thursday to discuss a contentious dam project on the River Nile, a diplomat said.

Russia, which was hosting an Africa Summit in its Black Sea resort of Sochi in an attempt to revive its Soviet-era influence on the continent, has said it is ready to play a role in resolving the conflict.

Nigeria’s vice president Yemi Osinbajo said that the speaker of Egyptian parliament asked the West African nation’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, to help mediate the dispute with Ethiopia.

“Egyptian Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal Sayed Hamad conveyed the request for President Buhari to mediate on the issue between Egypt and Ethiopia,” tweeted Osinbajo.

 

Last week, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told parliament that "no force can stop Ethiopia from building the dam".

Abiy, who won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to heal tensions with neighbouring Eritrea, emphasised however that negotiations would be the best way to resolve the issue.

The Nile is a lifeline supplying both water and electricity to the 10 countries it traverses.

Its main tributaries, the White and Blue Niles, converge in Sudanese capital Khartoum before flowing north through Egypt to drain into the Mediterranean Sea.

Analysts fear the three Nile basin countries could be drawn into a conflict if the dispute is not resolved before the dam begins operating.

 

 

The young faces of climate change warriors

Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate change activist from Sweden, is effecting change causing a ripple effect across the whole world in all age groups. She has turned the tables on leaders and will ultimately have the world change its policies on climate change. If nothing else, Thunberg is making leaders, policymakers, and those in authority squirm – some in anger, others with chagrin, but more importantly some with energy to act.

Thunberg has been active in her fight against global warming for several years. In 2018, she started a school strike on climate outside the Swedish Parliament, and since then, climate strikes, named “Fridays for Future,” have spread all over the world and now involve thousands of school children.

In March 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres had called on all leaders to come to New York to attend the Climate Change Summit in September, 2019, with “concrete, realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020, in line with reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent over the next decade, and to net zero emissions by 2050.”

Greta Thunberg attended and spoke at the summit where leaders had gathered in the hopes of curbing carbon emissions and highlighting the climate change issue. As she stood to speak to leaders of the world, Thunberg was emotional and teary, “This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you!”

"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!”

“If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them;you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal.”

Thunberg’s speech may have done what no other person or speech was capable of doing since the damaging effects of climate change were declared: it ignited youths and sparked a climate revolution.

And it seems that shaming works. The world listened and became concerned, and millions went to the streets. Many had realized the danger and risks in doing nothing about climate change, but today they all felt an urge to change things. And change will definitely follow whether the wealthy industries or the political leaders want or not.

Still, some tried to fight back for their own interest. Thunberg has been mocked by some of the world's most influential, including U.S. President Donald Trump, who dismissed her calls to climate action as “the musings of a silly school girl.” Many other western politicians went on the attack, calling Thunberg “a delusional child,” “a scary indoctrinated girl,” and “a pawn in a political game.” But then millions of supporters went on social media and to the streets to praise her and condemn her attackers.

After she attended the UN Assembly Summit, Thunberg joined school students in a climate crisis protest in Canada, as millions worldwide followed suit and called on leaders to act. In an estimated 185 countries across all continents, the mood was euphoric, emphatic, and astute.

Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, joined the protests in Montreal and later met with Thunberg who told him, quite bluntly, that he wasn’t doing enough, "This is shameful. But of course this is not only in Canada; we can unfortunately see the same pattern everywhere," she said.

Thunberg had predicted that the UN Summit would not deliver any solid plans to radically curb greenhouse gas emissions, and leaders would not commit to changes, but the Summit and the various protests that followed, created a momentum that may move forward steadily forcing world leaders to act on the new threshold demanded by youths.

There are a few signs of progress. According to The Guardian, “A group of nearly 90 large companies promised to reach net zero emissions by 2050, while a handful of countries said they will be winding down coal use. But it became apparent that most of the ambition was coming from developing countries, rather than the major polluters.”

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO, announced that the company should be carbon neutral by 2040 and to be carbon neutral on 50 percent of shipments by 2030.

French president Macron said that France would not make trade deals with countries that don’t sign up for the Paris Climate Agreement, “We cannot allow our youth to strike every Friday without action,” Macron said, in reference to Friday’s global climate strikes. Interestingly enough, the US has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement in 2017.

According to The Guardian, again, “young people called on adults to join them – and they were heard. Trade unions representing hundreds of millions of people around the world mobilized in support, employees left their workplaces, doctors and nurses marched and workers at firms like Amazon, Google and Facebook walked out to join the climate strikes.”

Greta Thunberg and all the other teens taking up the climate change fight across the world will prove to the nay sayers how youths can indeed effect change.

“We are the change, and change is coming.”

 

بالورقة والقلم...الدولة مع المواطن

الاهرام ١٩ اكتوبر ٢٠١٩

بقلم عزة رضوان صدقي

بعد أن أثبت الشعب المصري أنه فوق الشبهات، وأنه يتمتع بكم هائل من الذكاء، وأن تعامله مع من تطاول على مصر كان بمثابة برهان واضح لحكمته وقدرته على التغلب على التحديات التي يفرضها عليه أصحاب العقول الخبيثه، بعد كل هذا كان للبعض بعض الإرشادات والانتقادات أيضا. وكانت معظم هذه الانتقادات تنبعث من تعاطف هؤلاء مع المحتاجين والمطحونين. فقال أحدهم: نعم كانت مؤامرة قطرية تركيه لكنها وجدت تربة خصبة. فنرجو ألا نستكين ولا ننام على حديث المؤامرة، ونبحث بجدية عن طرق لتخفيف معاناة المغلوب على أمره

إن هناك من يرى أن الدولة لا تمد يد المعاونة إلى الطبقة الوسطى والدنيا بالقدر الكافي، وأن المشاريع العملاقة لا تصل بامتيازاتها إلى هؤلاء. من حق المحتاج علينا أن نكون يقظين ومدركين لكم المعاناة التي يعانيها، ومع ذلك فإن الدولة تعمل دون كلل في مواجهة الأعباء التي يتحملها ذوو الدخل المحدود وتحتويهم داخل برامج اجتماعية لتعويضهم عما سببه برنامج الإصلاح الاقتصادي

إن استثمار مصر في رأسمالها البشري لابد أن يكون جزءا لا يتجزّأ من التنمية الشاملة للبلاد. لذا فإن برنامج الإصلاح الاقتصادي الذي أُطلق عام ٢٠١٦ - الذي تضمن إزالة الدعم عن الطاقة، وتعويم العملة المصرية، وفرض ضريبة القيمة المضافة – كان موصولا ببرامج هدفها تخفيف آثار هذه الإصلاحات على أكثر أفراد الشعب احتياجا

هذه البرامج ما هي إلا آلية لحماية الأسر المحتاجة. فبرنامج "تكافل وكرامة" من قبل وزارة التضامن الاجتماعي يغطي حوالي 2,26 مليون أسرة أي ما يقرب من 9,4 مليون فرد، أو ما يقرب من 10٪ من سكان مصر. قد لا يكفي معاش "تكافل وكرامة" بمفرده لإعاشة أسرة يعولها أب مريض أو معاق، ولكنه بالتأكيد مساعدة هائلة تكلِّف الدولة ما يقرب من مليار جنيه شهريا. إن الأسرة المحتاجة تتلقى مبلغا شهريا قدره ٣٨٠ جنيها، ويتم تقديم دعم إضافي للأسر بحد أقصى ثلاثة أطفال لكل طفل يتراوح عمره بين مولود و٦ سنوات (٦٠ جنيها)، وطالب في المرحلة الابتدائية (٨٠ جنيها)، وطالب بالمرحلة الإعدادية (١٠٠ جنيه)، وطالب بالثانوية (١٤٠ جنيها)، ولكن هذه المبالغ مشروطة بأن يواظب الطلبة على الحضور في المدارس بنسبة ٨٠ في المائة

كما أن بطاقة الدعم الغذائي توفر احتياجات ٧١ مليون مواطن يستفيدون من الخبز المدعم، عن طريق شراء ١٥٠ رغيف خبز شهريا، بسعر ٥ قروش للرغيف الواحد لكل فرد مقيد على البطاقة التموينية. كما أن ٦٤ مليونا و٤٠٠ ألف يستفيدون من الدعم التمويني، فيصرف للفرد المقيد على بطاقة التموين ٥٠ جنيها لأول ٤ أفراد في العائلة، وباقي الأفراد ٢٥ جنيها كل شهر يحصل من خلالها على سلع غذائية وغير غذائية. أي أن الأسرة ذات الخمسة أفراد تحصل على ما يقارب ٧٠٠ جنيه معاش "تكافل وكرامة"، بالإضافة إلى ٢٠٠ جنيه دعما تموينيا. وبلغ الدعم الحكومي لوزارة التموين والتجارة الداخلية في الموازنة ٢٠١٩/ ٢٠٢٠ ما يقرب من ٩٨ مليار جنيه

 بعد أن نفّذت مصر بنجاح حملة اكتشاف "فيروس سي"، وفرت العلاج بالمجان لذوي الدخل المحدود، وكان الشفاء بمثابة "معجزات صغيرة" لدى هذه الأسر، فهم يقدرون ما مروا به من عناء وأهمية عدم تحملهم عبء العلاج.  ثلاثة ملايين مصري عولجوا على نفقة الدولة، وتُرجم إلى رفع مستوى معيشة ثلاثة ملايين أسرة.   في ٢٠١٨ عن طريق حملة ١٠٠ مليون صحة واصلت الدولة حملتها ضد فيروس سي، واستهدفت اكتشاف فيروس سي مع الاختبار المبكر لمعظم الشعب المصري، آملين أن تكون مصر خالية من مرضي فيروس سي في القريب العاجل. أولئك الذين أثبتوا نتائج اختبار إيجابية تم إرسالهم للعلاج والرعاية المجانية

إن وقت الانتظار في قوائم المرضي، وبالذات أمراض القلب، كانت تصل إلى حوالي ٤٠٠ يوم، أما الآن فقد أصبحت ١٧ يوما تقريبا. هذا إنجاز شديد الأهمية، فالمريض لا يعنيه إلا سرعة الشفاء. إن قوائم انتظار العلاج في الدول الأوروبية وأمريكا وكندا تصل إلى عامين ونصف، حتى الانتظار للكشف لدى طبيت إخصائي سواء كان جلدية أو رمض أو حتى عمل أشعة يحتاج إلى شهور

تم إخلاء كثير من العشوائيات واستُبدلت بمنازل آدمية، فقد أُنشئت آلاف الشقق من الإسكان المتوسط والاجتماعي لرفع مستوى معيشة الملايين والنهوض بالمناطق العشوائية ورفع مستواها اجتماعيا واقتصاديا وبيئيا، كما بُنيت آلاف الوحدات السكنية في جميع المدن الجديدة وتباع بسعر التكلفة فقط ويتم سدادها على ٢٠ عاما ويتم توفير الخدمات بها لجعل الحياة فيها كريمة ومتكاملة من أسواق تجارية وحضّانات ومدارس ووحدات صحية وملاعب

وبالطبع فإن المشاريع الضخمة من بناء مدارس ومستشفيات ومدن تحتاج أيدي عاملة، ولذلك فقد انخفض معدل البطالة في مصر الى ٨.١٪ وهو أقل نسبة بطالة في العشرين عاما السابقة.  بالطبع الكسب بعرق الجبين يعطي المحتاج كرامة لا يساويها تضامن أو مساعدة الدولة

ومع كل هذا نريد أن نعطي هؤلاء المطحونين المزيد من الاهتمام وننتبه أكثر إلى معاناتهم حتى نرفع من شأن كل مصري

Building rooftop farms in Egypt—documentary

By Estelle and Ramy

 

 

مصر تضخ مياه نهر النيل في سيناء

RT

أعلنت محافظة شمال سيناء عن وصول مياه ترعة السلام المرتبطة بـ "نهر النيل"، إلى المحطة الرئيسية بمدينة بئر العبد لأول مرة

وأشارت المحافظة في بيان صادر عنها، أمس الأربعاء، إلى أن ذلك يأتي في إطار خطة الدولة لتحقيق التنمية المستدامة والمشروع القومي لتنمية سيناء.

وأوضح بيان صادر عن وزارة الري والموارد المائية، أن خطة الدولة تهدف إلى زراعة 400 ألف فدان من مياه ترعة السلام، التي وصلت إلى الكيلو 3505 لتشغيل مأخذي الري الثالث والرابع، لتغذية 10 آلاف فدان في قريتي بالوظة ورمانة ببئر العبد

وأضاف البيان أن الدولة انتهت من تنفيذ قنوات ترعة السلام أسفل قناة السويس لتوصيل مياه النيل إلى سيناء بتكلفة مالية قدرها 221 مليون جنيه، فضلا عن الانتهاء من إنشاء ترعة الشيخ جابر الصباح بطول 8605 كم بتكلفة مالية قدرها 560 مليون جنيه

وتعمل مصر على زيادة عملية التوسع العمراني في شمال وجنوب سيناء والغردقة ومطروح، وتوصيل المياه إلى هذه المناطق

Egypt dismisses 1,070 teachers in extremism fight

Al Monitor, by Menna Farouk

REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El GhanyStudents attend class as a teacher writes on the blackboard on the first day of their new school year at a government school in Giza, south of Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 22, 2013.  

Egypt has announced the dismissal of 1,070 teachers for belonging to the terrorist-labeled Muslim Brotherhood after they were convicted in court, with some even sentenced to death. The announcement came as part of a government crackdown on extremist ideology and terrorism.

At an Oct. 7 press conference at the general office of Egypt’s Ministry of Education in Cairo, Education Minister Tarek Shawki said the ministry had decided to dismiss 1,070 teachers working in public schools because of their extremist ideas.

He said these teachers have been sentenced by courts; he said the dismissal of the teachers “aims to counter destructive and extremist ideas and preserve the future of students.”

Shawki said those fired were “unfit to be educators.” 

Shawki also said that on Oct. 16, he will launch the largest electronic portal for teachers to apply for jobs at public and private schools in Egypt.

He said a new competition will be open for temporary one-year contracts with 120,000 teachers to fill the deficit at schools, provided that the required papers are submitted through the portal. The minister also said the Ministry of Education will finance these contracts from its financial resources.

Analysts and education experts say that the Muslim Brotherhood, since its inception in Egypt in March 1928, has focused on penetrating educational institutions. They have cited that the group's founder, Hassan al-Banna, was an Arabic teacher at an elementary school in Ismailia in northern Egypt.

Tarek Nour el-Deen, former undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, said the Muslim Brotherhood tried to penetrate state institutions, especially education, after the revolution of Jan. 25, 2011, taking advantage of the rise of political Islam to power before it was toppled in July 2013.

“The Brotherhood now targets young primary school students in order to keep their extremist ideology in Egyptian society,” Nour el-Deen told Al-Monitor.

In TV statements Oct. 7, Egypt’s deputy minister of education for teacher affairs Mohamed Omar said the dismissed teachers had adopted extremist ideas. Some of the teachers had been sentenced to death before they were dismissed; others are fugitives.

"The Ministry of Education was hacked after 2011, and there was an attempt to breach the curriculum. Procedures are continuing to cleanse the system of the group’s members,” Omar said during a telephone interview on Sada el-Balad TV channel.

 Some experts say that the existence of some Muslim Brotherhood members at Egyptian schools would cost the government billions of dollars in losses.

“Those members can cause damages to the education process, especially now since it is undergoing a modernization process. The students are using modern technology like tablets and those individuals can make it difficult for students to understand or use [those tablets] due to their political orientation,” Ahmed el-Shami, an economist and a professor of feasibility studies at Ain Shams University, told Al-Monitor.

However, Shami added that other future dismissal cases should take place using great care and without being unjust to some people.

“Thorough investigations should take place and those who have been 100% proven to be disseminating extremist ideas and have been sentenced in court should be dismissed,” he said.

Shami said that since teachers who were fired had already been sentenced to prison terms, their dismissal is routine.

Many students and parents saw the decision as necessary and essential. “Of course, I would not feel safe when my child is being taught about extremist ideology at school. Schools are places for promoting morals and good conduct and not disseminating ideas about terrorism and extremism,” Marwa Hussein, a mother of three children, said.

She added that the educational curriculum on religion at schools and also at universities such as Al-Azhar University should be closely monitored by the Egyptian Ministry of Education.

In 2018, a comprehensive development and overhaul of courses and curriculums in the various stages of education in Al-Azhar institutes — from kindergarten to high school — took place, especially in subjects covering culture, the law and Arab matters, according to the official website of Al-Azhar.

The overhaul also included the establishment of a specialized council for the development of pre-university education, Al-Azhar added.

However, a teacher who requested anonymity told Al-Monitor that the government move comes as part of efforts aimed at reducing the number of civil servants and thus reducing costs. “It is actually both about strangling political freedoms and at the same time reducing the burden on government expenses,” he added.

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مصر تؤسس أول شركة لتحويل قش الأرز إلى أخشاب باستثمارات 210 ملايين يورو

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تبلغ طاقة أول شركة مصرية لتحويل قش الأرز الى أخشاب نحو 205 آلاف متر مكعب سنويا

رأس المهندس طارق الملا، وزير البترول والثروة المعدنية، الجمعية التأسيسية لشركة تكنولوجيا الأخشاب WOTECH في إطار مساهمة قطاع البترول في دعم جهود الدولة؛ لوضع حلول للحد من التلوث البيئي الناتج عن حرق كميات كبيرة من قش الأرز، بتكلفة استثمارية 210 ملايين يورو، وهى استثمارات مصرية خالصة وبطاقة إنتاجية 205 آلاف متر مكعب سنوياً اعتماداً على كمية 245 ألف طن سنوياً من قش الأرز كمادة خام وبتكنولوجيا شركة سيمبل كامب الألمانية طبقاً للمواصفات الأوروبيةومن المقرر أن يتم عمل أعمال الإنشاءات والتركيبات الخاصة بأول شركة لتحويل قش الأرز إلى أخشاب من خلال شركة بتروجت

وأكد الملا خلال الجمعية أن إنشاء الشركة جاء تماشياً مع سياسة الدولة التي تولى أهمية بالمشروعات البيئية، خاصة مجابهة ظاهرة السحابة السوداء والتلوث البيئي الناتج عن حرق كميات كبيرة من قش الأرز

وأشار وزير البترول إلى أن المشروع الذى تم اختيار محافظة البحيرة لإقامته، يهدف إلى تحقيق الاستغلال الاقتصادى الأمثل من قش الأرز بتصنيعه بطرق علمية متطورة بدلاً من حرقه والإضرار بالبيئة

ويعد هذا المشروع الأول من نوعه في أفريقيا والشرق الأوسط والثانى عالمياً بعد الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية ، ويتكون هيكل المساهمين من الشركة المصرية القابضة للبتروكيماويات وشركات بتروجت وإيثيدكو وسيدبك

وأضاف الوزير أن مشروع إنشاء أول شركة لتحويل قش الأرز إلى أخشاب بجانب مساهمته في خفض نسبة الانبعاثات الكربونية ، سيسهم في سد احتياجات السوق المحلية المتزايدة من إنتاج الألواح الخشبية MDF ، كما يساهم في دعم وتشجيع قيام الصناعات التكميلية في الأثاث المنزلى والديكورات والمطابخ وغيرها

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