Egypt's coastal city gains fame in shipbuilding

STORY: Egypt's coastal city gains fame in shipbuilding DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: DAMIETTA, Egypt CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of workers building ships at a workshop along River Nile in Damietta Governorate, Egypt 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AHMED AL-ETREBY, Owner of a shipbuilding workshop in Ezbet al-Borg 3. various of a shipbuilding workshop STORYLINE: Egypt's northern coastal city of Ezbet al-Borg, where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea, has been leading in shipbuilding in the country for decades. Inheriting the craft from his forebears, Ahmed Al-Etreby highlighted shipbuilding as a time-honored industry deeply rooted in Egypt's history. He noted that although shipbuilding is available in almost all Egyptian coastal cities, Ezbet al-Borg is unique for its high-standard manufacturing skills. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AHMED AL-ETREBY, Owner of a shipbuilding workshop in Ezbet al-Borg "We inherited this profession from generation to generation. In the past, we only use

Ainu descendants sue university for ancestral remains

Ainu descendants sue university for ancestral remains

SAPPORO, Japan - Ryukichi Ogawa (R) holds a press conference in Sapporo on Sept. 14, 2012. Ogawa and two other descendants of the Ainu, an indigenous ethnic group in northern Japan, filed a lawsuit earlier the same day against Hokkaido University for damages and the return of the remains of their ancestors, saying the university removed the remains from a cemetery for research without permission and infringed on their freedom of faith to honor their forebears.