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| Ex-Sudan tourism minister won’t visit national museum because of ‘idol display’ |
| 2018-07-13 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Dr. Mohammed Abdel Karim al-Had, the former Sudanese Minister of Tourism, said that he would never visit Sudan’s National Museum as it displays idols, according to several newspaper reports. Al-Had has a PhD in strategic planning and had worked in several positions before becoming the Tourism minister. Sudan’s National Museum includes several statues and monuments of the ancient Sudanese kingdoms and is one of the largest museums in the country, located in the capital Khartoum. Sudanese newspaper al-Tayyar published Had’s comments on Wednesday on its front page which then received wide reactions on social media. |
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