Under the auspices of Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly,
Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel Aal, Minister of Local Development Mahmoud
Sharaawy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El-Anany, and Minister of
Trade and Industry Neven Gamae inaugurated Saturday the Fustat Pottery Village
in Misr Al-Qadima area to revive one of Egypt's most traditional crafts.
During the inauguration, Abdel Aal said that the 13- acre
village restoration is part of the state's strategy to promote and support
handicrafts, especially pottery tradition, which is one of the oldest crafts in
the world.
Abdel Aal added that the governorate began to
establish the Pottery and ceramics zone in 2005 at a total cost of LE 100
million in cooperation with Ministries of Environment, International
Cooperation, Military Production, and the Arab Organization for
Industrialization.
The
project has been stalled for 15 years until the state interfered and provided
the necessary support to complete the project in line with President Sisi's
directives to eliminate informal settlements and develop the surrounding area.
Moreover, the governor pointed out that the
restoration includes utility connections, installing eco-friendly gas kilns,
upgrading street lights, landscape installation, and painting facades.
The governor added that the governorate seeks to turn
Al-Fustat Pottery Village into a tourist destination and include it in the
traditional pottery promotion programs locally and globally, asserting that
such activities would play an active role in promoting tourism in the Old Cairo
area.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by
Deputies Cairo Governor, several Arab countries ambassadors, Senate and
Representative House members, and officials from the tourism sector.
Source: Media Department, Cairo Governorate