Ambassador Afaf El-Mazariky Bids Farewell At Egyptian National Day Celebration

From: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

On Egyptian National Day, Consul General Afaf El-Mazariky hosted a glamorous reception commemorating the Free Officers' Revolution of July 23, 1952, when Egyptian self-rule was restored for the first time in 1,400 years.

The evening reception in the Consulate's elegant Pacific Heights mansion was also an opportunity for the popular diplomat-recently designated an ambassador-to bid farewell to the community prior to her return to Cairo the end of August. During her four-year assignment as Egypt's consul general for the Western United States, the articulate ambassador-known for her expertise on ...

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