People always say that the Egyptian Antiquities Organisation
don't care about the Jewish temples.
and even some people wrote in the paper
and even some people wrote in the paper
some people said to UNESCO that the Egyptians are not caring about the monuments.
But I want to say that Jewish temples are part of our history.
If we don't care about the Jewish temples, we don't care about our history.
And this is why since I came to this position,
in 2002, I really cared about the Jewish temples.
I'm really proud. This cannot happen in any other place in the world,
It can happen in Egypt, because the Jews lived in this area,
It can happen in Egypt, because the Jews lived in this area,
And they remember all the neighbours - the Muslims and the Christians.
We do have ten buildings in Egypt.
Nine in Cairo, and one in Alexandria.
We are restoring now, the Temple of Moses Ben Maimon
and another temple in Abbassieh
You know, when you start restoring a temple,
It takes at least two years to make a study of restoration.
then we did the study of the restoration,
of the temple of Moses Ben Maimon
and started our work in June 2009.
Moses Ben Maimon is a very important temple,
all the Jews care about this temple, and its birth of
all the Jews, they come here to this area
and this temple is unique because it has a place.
for the worship, and has a place for his burial,
and next door to this place is the area that
cured people, because Moses Ben Maimon used to cure people who came to the temple.
and after that, we have
the well, and the third section of the temple
is the area that the priests
of the temple, and the workmen used to come to pray.
At the end of Ramadan, this will be sealed,
and water will be sucked, drained
like this one, and the floor will be treated
All the walls will be injected and restored,
I really believe the restoration that we are doing is really unique
And on March 30th, on the celebration of the moment
which is the birth of Moses Ben Maimon,
we will open this to the world.
and we hope that all the Jews that lived in this alley
can come back to their home and finish and look at it again.
I'm very happy to say that we are restoring the Jewish temple
It's a part of our history.