STOCKHOLM: Iranian-born Swedish actress Bahar Pars, who hopes to share an Oscar for best foreign film, says she and lead actor Rolf Lassgard “have decided to travel” to the Feb. 26 Academy Awards ceremony despite the confusion around President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
Pars, who received
Swedish citizenship in 1995, says by traveling to the prestigious ceremony in Los Angeles “the effect will be a lot bigger,” adding “standing there together and holding hands is a statement in itself.”
The 37-year-old actress holds both Swedish and Iranian passports.
Pars, who stars in Sweden’s entry “A Man Called Ove,” told The Associated Press on Wednesday she hopes she will get into the United States, but says “there’s always a risk of being turned away and that isn’t very glamorous.”
Iranian-Swedish actress vows to travel to Oscars
Iranian-Swedish actress vows to travel to Oscars
Egypt’s grand museum begins live restoration of King Khufu’s ancient boat
- The 4,600-year-old boat was built during the reign of King Khufu, the pharaoh who also commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza
CAIRO: Egypt began a public live restoration of King Khufu’s ancient solar boat at the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday, more than 4,000 years after the vessel was first built.
Egyptian conservators used a small crane to carefully lift a fragile, decayed plank into the Solar Boats Museum hall — the first of 1,650 wooden pieces that make up the ceremonial boat of the Old Kingdom pharaoh.
The 4,600-year-old boat was built during the reign of King Khufu, the pharaoh who also commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza. The vessel was discovered in 1954 in a sealed pit near the pyramids, but its excavation did not begin until 2011 due to the fragile condition of the wood.
“You are witnessing today one of the most important restoration projects in the 21st century,” Egyptian Tourism Minister Sherif Fathy said.
“It is important for the museum, and it is important for humanity and the history and the heritage.”
The restoration will take place in full view of visitors to the Grand Egyptian Museum over the coming four years.
