Current Aswan Committee Events & Meetings

Lets visitor see the most recent Aswan Committee event and meeting and the anything scheduled for the future

Unique Necropolis Found Near Aswan, Egypt

Although the Sonoma-Aswan Sister City Committee is no longer active at this time, we still enjoy posting news concerning Aswan in the areas of history, education, and the arts.   The January/February of Archeology Today reported on just such a find: a 10-level necropolis containing more than 400 tombs constructed and used during the Greco-Roman period […]

Unique Necropolis Found Near Aswan, Egypt2025-07-01T21:19:30-07:00

A Wonderful Event: The Ambassador’s Zoom Presentation on 21 August 2020

Many thanks to Bill Boerum for putting together the ZOOM presentation given by His Excellency Ambassador (Ret.) Abderahman Salaheldin, who served as the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. from 2004 through 2010.  SSCA members may recall that Ambassador Salaheldin was instrumental in helping to set up the City of Sonoma – Aswan (Egypt) Sister City […]

A Wonderful Event: The Ambassador’s Zoom Presentation on 21 August 20202020-08-26T21:24:55-07:00

Zoom Lecture by His Excellency Ambassador (Ret.) Abderahman Salaheldin – Friday, 21 August 2020

Dear Friends & Colleagues:

It is a pleasure to invite you to a lecture by His Excellency Ambassador (Ret.) Abderahman Salaheldin. Uniquely experienced, he will speak and answer questions on the topic: Egypt’s Foreign Policy Challenges: Turkey, Libya, & Ethiopia. Included will be remarks on the relationship with the U.S. as well as an update on […]

Zoom Lecture by His Excellency Ambassador (Ret.) Abderahman Salaheldin – Friday, 21 August 20202020-08-19T19:57:04-07:00

Learn about the Egyptian Children’s Tapestries on View at SVMA

Please join the Aswan, Egypt Sister Cities Committee at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art on Wednesday, December 2, from 4-5pm for a special tour of this remarkable exhibit An Accomplishment in Creativity: The Egyptian Children’s Tapestries . David Williams, who owns the largest collection of Wissa Wassef tapestries in the United States, will […]

Learn about the Egyptian Children’s Tapestries on View at SVMA2017-04-04T20:21:42-07:00

Local High School Student Raises Funds for Educational Center in Aswan, Egypt

Sonoma Valley High School senior James McKale welcomed nearly 40 guests to a special midday screening of the HBO documentary In Tahrir Square this past Sunday at the Sebastiani Theatre.  James produced this event as a fund raiser for his senior project, which is to construct a new Aswan Center for Education (ACE) in the […]

Local High School Student Raises Funds for Educational Center in Aswan, Egypt2017-04-04T20:21:47-07:00

Privacy Policy

Click here for the SSCA Website Privacy Policy

Tax-Exempt Status Information

Sonoma Sister Cities Association operates as a registered tax-exempt organization in compliance with section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal I.D. # 68-0108056).

Copyright 2013 Sonoma Sister Cities Associations | All Rights Reserved
Go to Top