By Nada Deyaa’, Daily News Egypt “Please forgive him [the Minister of Culture],” said Prime Minster Ibrahim Mehleb to Azza Abd El-Moneim, the Alexandrian museum curator, after she was mocked by Minster of Culture Abd El-Wahed El-Nabawy for being overweight in his surprise tour at the museum. The official apology was delivered in a meeting between Abd El-Moneim and Mehleb at the Cabinet headquarters, with the attendance of El-Nabawy. The meeting came after Abd El-Moneim filed an official letter to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, requesting an official apology from the ministry for the “harassments she faced”. As a response, Al-Sisi asked Mehleb to do so. “I do not accept for any Egyptian citizen to feel insulted nor [have their] dignity humiliated,” said Mehleb. “What he [the culture minister] has done, is an inadvertent error and I personally ask you [Azza] to please forgive him,” he added, according to Abd El-Moneim. In a phone call with Daily News Egypt, Abd El-Moneim affirmed that Mehleb was friendly, calm, and continuously reminded her that “he’s like her father”, while Abd El-Moneim remained silent during the entire meeting. “This meeting means much more than…
Egypt’s Prime Minister Apologizes For ‘Fat-Shaming’ of Museum Curator
April 22, 2015
