UNESCO stands at a crossroads - researchers must back its new leader
Khaled El-Enany will lead UNESCO through a severe UN budget and political crisis as its first Arab and first low/middle-income director-general in decades.
UNESCO board nominates Egyptian ex-minister for director DW 10/07/2025
Khaled el-Anani, an Egyptian Egyptologist and former tourism and antiquities minister, has been nominated to become UNESCO director-general, likely the first from the Arab world.