Good news for those of you who love laissez faire economics and peace, dears. A whole new Anwar El-Sadat museum is now available at the Pharaonic Village. And it was opened by no less than the late president's flamboyant first lady Gihan El-Sadat and their daughters. The inauguration was followed by a high-profile press conference, too. An exciting coterie, loves, including Presidential Adviser Osama El-Baz, best-selling author and columnist Anis Mansour and the fantastic village's very director Abdel-Salam Ragab. Discussion revolved around that great "hero of war and peace", as Sadat is often referred to. And the attendees were up to the occasion, trust a seasoned fortune-teller. They included former Arab League secretary-general Essmat Abdel-Meguid, actors Mahmoud Qabil and Ibrahim Khan, Mona Abdel-Nasser, daughter of the man to whom Sadat was heir, as well as Arab and European ambassadors to Egypt. All of which is not to mention that the museum showcases the original belongings of the late president: his marine suit, his favourite cane, the personal journal of former US president Jimmy Carter, which was in Sadat 's possession, and rare photos with late president Gamal Abdel-Nasser. Congratulations, my gorgeous ones. The General Manager of Al-Ahram Printing Department Hussein Abdel-Aal celebrated the wedding of his lovely daughter Shaimaa. Shaimaa 's mother, a dear, dear colleague at Alaaeddin children's magazine Fatema Abu- Hatab, was over the moon, for with physician Al-Moetasem Bellah, the son of engineer Mohsen El-Husseini, this is a match made in heaven indeed. The wedding took place at the Conrad Hotel -- and it was more than memorable, little ones. At the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Cleopatra Rotary Club organised a big charity event that was both moving and seductive, dears. There I was in the company of the most risqué of my good friends, the stick-your- tongue-out-and-salivate beauty of abundance Haifaa Wahbi. But get this: there too I listened to the handsome Lebanese singer-cum-actor Yuri Mraqadi and mingled with ravishing actresses like Nelli and Nadia El-Guindi as well as Rotary luminary members Gihan Halawa, Nini El-Far and Mayan Raslan. photo: Ayman Barayez My very dear friend, the Italian Ambassador to Egypt Antonio Badini and his beautiful wife Dounia, beauties, hosted a reception at their residence in honour of three newly named ambassadors: the American, Francis J Ricciardone, the Frenchman Philippe Coste, and the Indian A Gopinathan. Among the dignitaries I had the good fortune to mingle with were Moroccan Ambassador Mohamed El-Dokali, President of the Egyptian-European Council (EEC) Ibrahim Kamel, Director of the Cairo Opera House Abdel-Moneim Kamel and his gorgeous prima ballerina wife Erminia. photo: Ghada Abd El-Kader At the gorgeously designed Arab Music Institute on Ramses Road, dears, the Cairo Opera House's weekly Cultural Salon hosted American ambassador to Egypt Francis J Ricciardone for a truly thrilling seminar. Yet it was my all-too- eager colleague Ghada Abd El-Kader who attended, participating in an open discussion entitled "The future of American-Egyptian relations" conducted by journalist Osama Heikal. Ricciardone, one good looking friend, dears, pointed out that relations between Americans and Egyptians are both strategic and strong despite the occasional difference in opinions. Peace, democracy and prosperity were the words with which he wrapped up. But discussion was heated and open, dears, and it included issues like US military presence in Iraq. Present were my good friends the Nile Culture Channel Director of Egyptian TV Gamal El-Shaeir, People's Assembly member Nabil Luca Bebawi and officials from the American Embassy as well as journalists and loved ones. photo: Khatchig Wanis A couple of days ago, Iranian Ambassador to Cairo Mohamed Reza Raouf Sheibani celebrated the 27th anniversary of independence in Iran. Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid joined Sheibani in cutting a cake designed in the colours of the Iranian flag.
