Protests in Egyptian tourist city over ‘Islamist’ governor
- 11 years ago
Howls of protest in Egypt's Luxor over its new Governor.
Residents in this vital tourist city are angry, because the man President Mursi just appointed to run the region belongs to an Islamist movement whose gunmen killed 58 foreign tourists here in 1997.
One critic called it the "last nail in the coffin" of Egypt's tourism industry.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ANTI-GOVERNOR DEMONSTRATOR, ABDEL NASSER ALAA, SAYING:
"Luxor didn't protest during the revolution, but we thought that things would get better, and now we find that they've appointed a terrorist. Why? People need to speak up."
Others marched to welcome their new Governor, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat.
He's promised to keep tourists safe, but his party has called for a ban on alcohol and night clubs, and wants visitors to cover up their bodies.
His supporters ask for patience, and back Mursi's decision.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SUPPORTER OF NEW GOVERNOR, AMR AHMED, SAYING:
"If he doesn't chan
Residents in this vital tourist city are angry, because the man President Mursi just appointed to run the region belongs to an Islamist movement whose gunmen killed 58 foreign tourists here in 1997.
One critic called it the "last nail in the coffin" of Egypt's tourism industry.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ANTI-GOVERNOR DEMONSTRATOR, ABDEL NASSER ALAA, SAYING:
"Luxor didn't protest during the revolution, but we thought that things would get better, and now we find that they've appointed a terrorist. Why? People need to speak up."
Others marched to welcome their new Governor, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat.
He's promised to keep tourists safe, but his party has called for a ban on alcohol and night clubs, and wants visitors to cover up their bodies.
His supporters ask for patience, and back Mursi's decision.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SUPPORTER OF NEW GOVERNOR, AMR AHMED, SAYING:
"If he doesn't chan