Middle East stands to gain from arts cuts

by RACHEL SANDERSON

Speaking at the Florens 2010 international forum on cultural heritage in Florence, Italy, Dr Wafaa el-Saddik, general director of Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, told the Financial Times there was a “strong feeling” that the Middle East, led by the United Arab Emirates, “will be the new cultural capital of the world”.

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