Napoleon's grandson and his wife attend CEMO’s ‘Egypt: The Dawn of Conscience’ symposium in Paris

Napoleon Bonaparte's grandson, Prince Joachim Murat, and his wife, Princess Yasmine, attended the symposium organized by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CEMO) in Paris under the title “Egypt: The Dawn of Conscience”.

The Center for Middle East Studies (CEMO) in Paris organized the symposium on Friday, April 7, at the historic Hotel de Crillon overlooking the Pharaonic obelisk, under the title “Egypt: The Dawn of Conscience”. 

Egypt’s former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass, and journalist Abdelrahim Ali, director of CEMO in Paris, spoke at the symposium, which was also attended by Egyptian Ambassador to France Alaa Youssef, a group of editors-in-chief of French newspapers, a number of French parliamentarians, and former ministers, as well as a number of senior politicians and Egyptologists, in addition to senior French writers and intellectuals, led by Gilbert Sinoué.

The symposium was also attended by Pierre Lellouche, former Minister of European Affairs; the great Arab poet Adunis; Yves Thréard, deputy editor-in-chief of Le Figaro; Jean-Sébastien Ferjou, editor-in-chief of Atlantico; and French Senator Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio.

The symposium was held on the sidelines of the Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs Exhibition, which kicked off on Thursday, April 6, in Paris and will continue for five months in the French capital.