ed: this is music to my ears.
By Alaa Shahine
CAIRO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Egyptian billionaire and telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris plans to launch new television channels to counter what he describes as increasing social and religious conservatism in the Arab Muslim country.
Sawiris, a Coptic Christian with a $10 billion fortune according to Forbes magazine, said he would launch a movie channel early in 2008 followed by an all-news station. He already owns OTV, a 24-hour entertainment channel.
Speaking at a dinner for journalists late on Monday, Sawiris said he was disturbed by the rising number of women wearing the Islamic headscarf.
"I am not against the headscarf because then I would be against personal freedoms," he said. "But when I walk in the street now I feel like I am in Iran... I feel like a stranger."
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November 7, 2007
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