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Minister of foreign affairs versus minister of state for foreign affairs

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali's Wikipedia article says he "served as Egypt's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1977 until early 1991" and "then became Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs for several months before moving to the UN." Our article Minister of Foreign Affairs (Egypt) list Boutros-Ghali as serving two times as acting foreign minister, in 1977 and then in 1978–1979, with other people occupying the post from '79 onward. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' own website has separate pages listing former ministers of foreign affairs [1] and former ministers of state for foreign affairs [2], with Boutros-Ghali serving in the latter position from 1977 to 1991. So it looks like these are two distinct positions. Boutros-Ghali held the "state" position for fourteen years and may have stepped in to the other position for brief periods in 1977 and in 1978–1979 (I'm not sure, because he isn't on the ministry's list of plain foreign ministers). In any case, our articles on Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Egypt) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Egypt) do not seem to reflect the distinction between the offices of minister for foreign affairs and the minister of state for foreign affairs. I'd appreciate someone who knows more about it trying to clarify the difference in our articles. A. Parrot (talk)

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
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  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
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We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

  • Overall winner
    • 1st - $500
    • 2nd - $200
    • 3rd - $100
  • Diversity winner - $100
  • Gender-gap fillers - $100
  • Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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Wikiproject

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Would anyone be interested in joining a sub project of WP:Anthropology on oral tradition? WP's coverage of this is quite poor atm imo Kowal2701 (talk) 17:26, 26 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Requested move at Talk:Etisalat by e&#Requested move 12 August 2024

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Etisalat by e&#Requested move 12 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 05:13, 19 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Requested move at Talk:Mohamed Atta#Requested move 19 August 2024

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mohamed Atta#Requested move 19 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Aprilajune (talk) 02:20, 20 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

How do we count Egyptian elections from 1923-1952?

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I noticed that for the parliamentary elections during the late Kingdom of Egypt, the source used is Politische Organisation und Repräsentation in Afrika: Band 2 Afrika. However, this source (which is in German) misses the 1931 and the 1938 election.


I left a section on my main page were I go over the different sources, since each source I find has different numbers. The best one I found was Table II of Appendix II (pages 487 to 489) The Working of Parliamentary Institutions in Egypt, 1924-1952 (1954) by M.F El-Khatib, but this source disagrees almost completely with all the other sources.


How should we deal with this? I want to make the 1931 and 1938 election articles but I think we as a whole should decide which source is best for these elections. Drsmartypants(Smarty M.D) (talk) 17:42, 1 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Women in Green's October 2024 edit-a-thon

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Hello WikiProject Egypt:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

Grnrchst (talk) 11:19, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

About a possible English language article for Egyptian poet Samir Darwish ?

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@DreamRimmer, "Poet Samir Darwish", and Jlwoodwa:

Hello all,

I've recently WP:U5'd User:"Poet Samir Darwish", but left some comments.

It would appear from ar:سمير_درويش and looking at online sources (with, of course, the usual caveats) that Mr Darwish is quite possibly a significant poet and/or a cultural figure in Egypt.

I would appreciate your opinions about this.

Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 09:19, 5 November 2024 (UTC)Reply