Dr. Khālid Muhammad Fahmī, the newly elected minister of environment, made yesterday, January 28, an unannounced visit to the Faiyum Governorate. During his visits, the minister inspected on the ground, the controversial seizing of the monastery of estimated 110 square kilometers of Wādī al-Rayān valley and natural reserve.

Accompanied by Eng. Ahmad ‘Alī Ahmad, the governor of Faiyum, Dr. Khālid studied the protocol signed ten years ago between the resort administration and Father Alīsha’, the abbot of the monastery. A number of churches and bakeries had been apparently constructed without approval. [Muhammad Farghalī and Mahmūd 'Amr, al-Misrī al-Yāwm, Jan. 29, p. 15]  Read original text in Arabic