Al-Ahram Weekly Online   23 - 29 December 2004
Issue No. 722
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At a lavish celebration, the magnificently located Four Seasons Nile Plaza Hotel, with majestic views of the eternal river, was inaugurated. The hotel was opened by its owners world-renowned businessman Saudi Prince Al-Walid Ibn Talal and Egyptian businessman Hisham Talaat Mustafa. The two men welcomed Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, Minister of Irrigation Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Minister of Agriculture Ahmed El-Leithi, Minister of Health Mohamed Awad Tageddin, Minister of Administrative Development Ahmed Darwish, Minister of Local Development Abdel-Rehim Shehata, Head of the Shura Council Safwat El-Sherif and the People's Assembly Speaker Fathi Sorour and Head of the Policies Committee at the National Democratic Party Gamal Mubarak. Among other luminary figures and media personalities were the ambassadors of Lebanon, Morocco, my dear friend the gorgeous actress Youssra and her best friend the controversial director Inas El- Degheidi.

photo: Ayman Barayez

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