The BA Documents the History of Ministries in Egypt
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Alexandria—
Ministries play a vital and critical role in Egypt’s political life. They help to a great extent in facilitating different aspects of Egyptian’s life. Thus, the BA felt the need to document fully and accurately the Egyptian ministries starting with the Ministry of Nobar Pasha, the first Minister in Modern Egypt in 1878, and up to the last Ministry formed at the time of lat President Mohamed Anwar El Sadat and which ended with his assassination in 6 October 1981, through its digital project ‘Memory of Modern Egypt’ scheduled to be launched late October 2008.
Project Supervisor Dr. Khaled Azab, stated that the section concerning Egyptian ministries comprises three sub-sections. The first contains documents on ministerial formations’ resolutions with all the prime ministers and their ministers. The second division contains photos of the ministers, and the third lists their biographies.
It is worth mentioning that the “Memory of Modern Egypt” is a definitive digital repository of materials documenting Egypt’s rich modern history, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, through photographs, films, stamps, coins, newspapers, magazines, documents, and historic studies that were drafted specifically for the Project. The Memory is a joint endeavor between the BA International School of Information Science (ISIS) in charge of the technical part, and the BA Special Projects Department that is in charge of the scientific content.