The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launched a new campaign to upgrade all decorative statues in public squares nationwide to elevate aesthetic standards in public spaces. The campaign, with a long list of stops, started in the Upper EgyptAswan governorate.
A group of restorers and experts from Aswan Antiquities Inspectorate started cleaning both statues of the late renowned Novelist Abbas El-Aqad and the internationally- renowned Egyptian Cardiothoracic Surgeon Magdy Yacoub.