Word: osman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...architects of the new Egypt is Osman Ahmed Osman, 57, the principal contractor on the Aswan High Dam, who after the war was named Minister of Housing and Reconstruction by Sadat. Osman's first assignment is a $6 billion reconstruction of the Canal Zone, including the cities of Suez, Port Said, Ismailia and reclamation of land on both sides of the canal. Once that is completed, Osman wants to build a system of concrete culverts beneath the Suez Canal (which is now being cleared by teams of Egyptian, U.S. and British divers) that will carry water from the Nile...
...dramatize his determination to rebuild right away, Minister for Reconstruction Osman Ahmed Osman, 56, is determined to be the first civilian into Suez city after the Israeli occupation ends. The boss of Arab Contractors, Egypt's largest building firm, Osman has been charged by Sadat with overseeing the reconstruction of all canal zone cities. He plans to establish headquarters in Ismailia, his birthplace and seat of the old canal company. The clearance of the canal itself will be directed by Mashour Ahmed Mashour, 55, the ex-army officer and graduate engineer who has been chairman of the Suez Canal...
Meanwhile, the repopulated canal zone cities are expected to take on their old color and bustle. Osman plans to make Port Said a free trading zone attractive to manufacturers from all over the world. Located on the Mediterranean at the mouth of the canal, Port Said offers a good climate and cheap labor (skilled factory workers make $6 a day). The government would allow raw materials to enter the zone and finished products to leave it with virtually no taxation. To the south, along the canal on Lake Timsah, Osman has dreams of building a $125 million tourist resort...
...Harvard National Model United Nations concluded yesterday after three days of sessions which included a speech by Ahmed Osman, deputy Egyptian Ambassador to the United Nations...
...Osman's, in his Saturday night speech, described the Egyptian policies and problems in the Middle East and then defended his statements in a spirited question-and-answer period...