Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...days, art history was very Western-focused and was based on the idea of progressive evolution--that Egyptian art led to Roman art which eventually led to twentieth-century art forms," Winter says...
Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians reopened in the Egyptian town of Taba, but three days later, delegates again halted the talks. "On the civilian issues, we are coming closer. On the security issues, there is a lot to be done," said Major General Amnon Shahak, head of the Israeli delegation...
...predawn meeting at the Cairo airport, Palestine Liberation Organization negotiator Mahmoud Abbas had briefed P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat on the details. Arafat had then flown to Tunis to convene a meeting of the organization's executive committee. That night Arafat flew back to Cairo for a crucial meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...
...breakthrough. But neither had anything collapsed. "There is no crisis," insisted a senior Egyptian diplomat, "but there are complications...
...Egyptian officials, who are playing an increasingly prominent role as mediators, are trying to persuade Arafat to accept Israel's offer. Mubarak, facing his own troubles with Muslim fundamentalist terrorists, is known to fear a surge in Palestinian support for the extremist Hamas movement in the occupied territories if the P.L.O. fails to reach agreement with Israel. President Clinton's mid-January summit with Syrian President Hafez Assad in Geneva is sure to bring renewed pressure on Arafat as well. Optimists assume that, in the end, the Israelis and the P.L.O. will agree on a formula that allows Palestinian self...