PARIS, Sept. 8 -- Farouk Hosni seemed like a shoo-in to become UNESCO's next director general. Egypt's culture minister for the past two decades, Hosni, 71, was also a painter and diplomat. Most important, his candidacy was being pushed hard by President Hosni Mubarak, who enlisted world leaders in... -
Wrong Man For Top Job At UNESCO?
PARIS, Sept. 8 -- Farouk Hosni seemed like a shoo-in to become UNESCO's next director general. Egypt's culture minister for the past two decades, Hosni, 71, was also a painter and diplomat. Most important, his candidacy was being pushed hard by President Hosni Mubarak, who enlisted world leaders in...-
By Edward Cody