October 21, 2020 Meet the Middle East

Egypt caves in to popular pressure to display controversial French statue in museum

After years of tension and popular pressure, Egypt has decided to move the statue of French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was behind digging the Suez Canal, from the Port Said governorate to exhibit it at the headquarters of the Suez Canal International Museum in Ismailia governorate.
Source: Al Monitor
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