Farouk Hosny

Farouk Hosny: UNESCO Loss Due To Jewish Conspiracy "Cooked Up In New York"

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Egypt's culture minister on Wednesday blamed a conspiracy "cooked up in New York" by the world's Jews for keeping him from becoming the ...

Irina Bokova Wins UNESCO Race

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 05.25.2011

PARIS — A Bulgarian diplomat on Tuesday became the first woman to lead the U.N.'s agency for culture and education, beating out a controversial ...

Egyptian Minister Forced to Apologize for Threatening to Burn Books About Israel

Joseph Freeman | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph Freeman

Hosny publicly said that he would burn all the books in Alexandria's library that had anything to do with Israel. He also called Israeli culture "racist."

An Appeal to World Leaders: Protest the Election of Farouk Hosni

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Farouk Hosni, Egypt's minister of culture and candidate for director-general of UNESCO, threatens the organization's legitimacy, competence and means of action.

Farouk Hosni Is Tying Himself in Knots

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Bernard-Henri Lévy

An open call to Barack Obama, to Nicolas Sarkozy, and to others: Before October, the date of his already claimed victory, we must block Mr. Farouk Hosni from becoming the Director General of UNESCO.

UNESCO: The Shame of a Disaster Foretold

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Bernard-Henri Lévy

We must, without delay, appeal to everyone's conscience to keep UNESCO from falling into the hands of a man, who when he hears the word "culture," responds with a book burning.