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Blair says 'cultural dialogue' can build bridges with the Middle East
www.telegraph.co.uk
[Telegraph.co.uk] - The East-West: The Art of Dialogue initiative was being launched by the Shafik Gabr Foundation, run by Egyptian businessman and philanthropist Shafik Gabr. He said: “There is a need for significant bridge-building and new platforms for people-to-people
Tony Blair is back on the Middle East run
www.standard.co.uk
[Evening Standard] - “My wife says it's not the number of visits that matter, it's the progress you make,” he told delegates of the Shafik Gabr Foundation, which encourages cultural exchanges between East and West. “I didn't think that was very helpful in the current
Shafir Gabr: Man with a mission - how to get the East talking to the West
www.independent.co.uk
[The Independent] - Shafik Gabr has just published a book of his fabulous collection of Orientalist art, one of the finest in the world. He shows me one of his favourite paintings; it's of a European chatting to a group of Arab men dressed in beautiful flowing robes in
Orientalist art's reversal of fortune
www.washingtontimes.com
[Washington Times] - But for Egyptian businessman Shafik Gabr, one of the leading collectors in the Arab world, the Orientalists have a deeper meaning. Mr. Gabr is chairman and managing director of the Artoc Group, an investment and development conglomerate in Cairo, and
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