EES Cairo
The Cairo Office of the Egypt Exploration Society opened in 1993 when the Society was offered a room to rent in the premises of the British Council in the Agouza district of Cairo. (An account of the opening of the Office, by the Society’s then Assistant Secretary Sylvie Weens, can be found in Egyptian Archaeology 3 (1993) p.2). The first Cairo Representative was Jihan Aguiz who was succeeded in 1994 by Rosalind Phipps, herself succeeded in 1996 by Rawya Ismail. In 2006 Dr Ismail was succeeded by Ms. Faten Abd El-Halim Saleh.
Ms Faten Abd el-Halim Saleh is the Society’s current Cairo Representative. She graduated from Cairo University and also holds diplomas in Egyptology and Museology. For several years Faten worked as an Inspector for the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, where her duties included accompanying foreign missions. In 1998 she became an SCA Director in the Documentation Department in the pyramids area and in 2005 was promoted to be General Director of the Department, a post she held until she became EES Representative in 2006. Faten is also a qualified tour guide.
The Cairo Representative liaises with the SCA and other official Egyptian bodies on behalf of EES, and other UK archaeological missions working in Egypt. She also organises a regular series of lectures (usually held on Monday evenings at the British Council at 7.00 pm) and day-trips and longer tours to sites of archaeological or natural interest.
The Cairo Office houses a small lending library of books on Egyptology, Islamic and modern Egypt.
For details of Cairo membership of the Society and members’ events in Cairo and Egypt please contact Faten using the contact form.