Permanent Documentary Exhibition Opened at Royal Cemetery in ZanzibarEgypt, int’l alliance continue airdropping aid into Gaza Strip

Zanzibar: The National Records and Archives Authority (NRAA) today opened a permanent documentary and historical exhibition of the Royal Cemetery in Zanzibar. The ceremony was held under the auspices of Mudrick Soraqa, Minister of Tourism and Heritage in Zanzibar, in the presence of Dr. Hamad Mohammed Al Dhawyani, Chairman of the National Records and Archives Authority. The NRAA worked in cooperation with the authorities concerned in Zanzibar to set specifications and requirements for the restoration of the Royal Cemetery. The works included conducting a historical study based on Omani, Zanzibar and European archival documents on the history of the cemetery, the names of dignitaries buried in the cemetry and the stages of its expansion, right from the dynasties of sons of Sultan Sayyid Said bin Sultan. The documents also gave briefings about the graves of the Sultan and the rest of the family members, related rewritten evidence and other necessary data. In its three halls, the exhibition focused on the per sonage interred there, the dates of death and the periods in which each one lived. The documentary exhibition was supported by pictures and excerpts from Arab newspapers issued in Zanzibar or European newspapers that dealt with the dates of death and details of the death event recorded in three Languages: Arabic, Swahili and English. The opening ceremony was attended by ministers and undersecretaries at Zanzibar government, Said Salim Al Sanawi, Consul General of the Sultanate of Oman in Zanzibar, and other Omani dignitaries in Zanzibar. Source: Oman News Agency The Egyptian Air Force, in cooperation with Jordan and a set of brotherly nations, has carried out several operations of airdropping humanitarian and emergency relief assistance in the badly affected residential areas northern Gaza Strip. The move comes in implementation of the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to boost all regional and international efforts aiming at providing the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with needed humanitarian assistance. This comes as a number of military transport aircraft took off from El Arish International Airport as a part of the Egyptian-UAE airlift to carry out airdrops of large quantities of food supplies and emergency relief assistance northern the Gaza Strip. The move falls within the framework of the effective Egyptian role towards boosting all regional and international efforts meant to provide humanitarian needs and relief supplies for Palestinians in the war-ravaged enclave. Source: State Information Service Egypt