Museum Battle Between Egypt and Britain

Egypt has called for the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum to the Egyptian Museum. The Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, while publishing this news, reminds that this stone has been in Britain for 200 years. The Rosetta Stone, inscribed with writings in three ancient scripts including hieroglyphs, has been preserved since 196 BC and was transferred from the city of Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt, to the Nile Delta during internal events at that time. It was discovered by Napoleon's soldiers in 1799. After the defeat of Napoleon's army in Egypt in 1801, it fell into the hands of British forces and was sent to Britain. Al-Ahram writes that Tarek Tawfiq, the executive director of the Grand Egyptian Museum project, says that many negotiations have been conducted between Egyptian and British officials for the return of the Rosetta Stone to Egypt, but so far no results have been achieved. He adds that perhaps a resolution can be reached in the future for both museums to cooperate in solving this issue. A French historian has called for the truth to be told about the Algerian War. By order of Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, the French embassy in Algeria is creating more facilities for granting visas to Algerian citizens. The Algerian newspaper Al-Khabar adds that these facilities will mainly include journalists, writers, and Algerian businessmen. According to Al-Khabar and other news sources in Algeria, obtaining a visa for France has not been easy for Algerian citizens until now. Al-Khabar also reports the statements of French historian Gilles Manceron, who says that France does not tell the truth about what happened during the occupation of Algeria. This historian adds that although Emmanuel Macron partially admits France's wrongdoing during the Algerian War of Independence (1954 to 1962), he, like his predecessor François Hollande, does not go all the way and does not reveal what France did, especially in 1957 in Algeria. He adds that France has a responsibility to tell the whole truth about what it did in Algeria. This French historian refers to the murder of Maurice Audin and asks the French president to go all the way when speaking about the Algerian War and to tell the whole truth about the murder of this French mathematician under torture by French forces in Algeria. Maurice Audin, who had joined the Algerian Communist Party, was arrested by French forces on June 11, 1957, and on June 24 of the same year, the French army in Algeria announced that he had escaped from prison. After this date, Maurice Audin was never found. In 1962, a court was held in France to address this issue, but it did not clarify the fate of Maurice Audin. The people of Algeria consider him a symbol of the struggle against French forces in the Algerian War of Independence. Arab countries and the $900 billion war damage. The 'Arab Conference for Growth and Environment' has published a report on the economic growth of Arab countries, which has been reflected in many publications in Arab countries, including the Jordanian newspaper Al-Ghad. According to this report, Arab countries need a total of $230 billion per year for their economic growth at a desirable average. The report adds that as a result of wars that have involved Arab countries since 2011, these countries have collectively suffered about $900 billion in damages. Al-Ghad writes that to achieve the goal stated in the report, Arab countries, including Jordan, must undertake economic reforms, especially regarding tax methods. This newspaper considers economic transparency in Arab countries as another necessary aspect. Al-Ghad adds that the report of this conference describes how Arab countries can achieve relatively healthy economic growth by 2030 if they have political stability, end current wars, and ensure financial transparency with the cooperation of governments and the private sector. The report states that many Arab countries need foreign investments for their growth. The necessity of paying attention to environmental health in Arab countries is another emphasized issue in this report. Iraq pays $90 billion in war reparations. Iraq continues to pay reparations to Kuwait for its occupation. According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan, at the fifty-eighth meeting of the UN Special Committee addressing Kuwait's complaints in this regard, the necessity of Iraq paying all reparations to Kuwait has been emphasized. Previously, this committee estimated the amount of reparations to be $90 billion. $14.7 billion of this amount is for damages inflicted on wells and other oil facilities in Kuwait during its occupation by Iraq. Khaled Al-Mudaf, Kuwait's representative on the relevant UN committee, says that so far, in three phases, the majority of the determined reparations have been paid, but Iraq still owes $4.4 billion. Some of this amount is also paid to those whose homes or businesses were damaged during the occupation of Kuwait.