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OBITUARY
AbouAl-YounBarakat
1939-2002
OurdearestFriend,aManofthegreatestqualitiesoftheheart,truescienceandkindnesspure,Abu
Al-YounBarakat,Ph.D.inEgyptologyandarchaeology,deanofSadatCityUniversity,professor
ofEgyptologyatnumerousuniversitiesinEgypt(Sohag,Tanta,Cairo,Alexandria)andvisiting
professorofarchaeologyattheuniversitiesinYemen(Sana'a)andSaudiArabia(1980-1990),
passedawayonSeptember28,2002.
Dr.AbuAl-YounBarakatstartedoutasinspectorofthethenEgyptianAntiquities
OrganizationinWestThebes(alQurna)inthemid1960s.ItwastherethathefirstmetPolish
specialistsworkingatDeirel-Bahari.HavingwonaPh.D.degreefromWarsawUniversityin
1975,heresumedhisdutiesatThebes,risingquicklythroughtherankstobecometheDirector
GeneraloftheentireWestBankandmemberofthePermanentCounciloftheSupremeCouncilof
AntiquitiesofEgypt.In2000,hewasawardedtheOrderofMerit,thehighestPolishdistinction
forforeigners,inrecognitionofhisdedicated–eveninthefaceofvariousnotalwaysfavorablepolit-
icaldevelopments–assistancetoPolishspecialistsworkinginthefieldofrestorationandarchaeolo-
gyonnumeroussitesinEgypt.
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