Antiquities chief cracks down on vendors in Old Cairo street
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Antiquities chief cracks down on vendors in Old Cairo street
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Wed, 12/10/2011 - 20:49
Mostafa Amin, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has called on police to deal with encroachments by street vendors and shop owners at Al-Moez Street in Old Cairo. The street contains hisorical Islamic sites under the protection of the SCA.
Amin called in the Tourist Police during a surprise inspection of the area on Tuesday.
Al-Moez Street was inaugurated last year as the largest open museum of historical Islamic monuments in Egypt.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
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