Ismaili.NET - Heritage F.I.E.L.D.

President Hosni Mubarak today discussed with His Highness the Aga Khan an integrated plan for development of Cairo's largest park, and innovative cultural restoration and economic revitalisation projects being undertaken by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in the capital's historic old city. Their meeting followed extensive site visits by the Aga Khan to the Azhar Park and the adjoining Darb al Ahmar district during which he had frank and productive exchanges with the Governor of Cairo, Dr Abdel-Rehim Shehata, the Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni Abdel Aziz and the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr Gaballah Ali Gaballah. President and Mme. Suzanne Mubarak, who is patron of major cultural heritage initiatives in old Cairo, were hosting the Aga Khan and his wife, the Begum Inaara Aga Khan, to a luncheon attended by selected members of the Cabinet to discuss the potential for development of historic Cairo centered on Azhar Park and its immediate vicinity