UNESCO board backs Egypt’s Khaled el-Enany as its next chief

The Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities will be the first Arab to lead the UN’s cultural organisation.

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The board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has nominated Egypt’s Khaled el-Enany, an academic and former minister of tourism and antiquities, as its next head, before the organisation’s general conference next month.

UNESCO board backs Egypt’s Khaled el-Enany as its next chief

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