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General and Doctor Samir Farag, chairman of the Supreme Council of Luxor and Governor of Luxor Province poses for a portrait June 6, 2009 in his office in Luxor, Egypt. Dr. Farag is pushing ahead with a controversial 30 year redevelopment plan for Luxor and the surrounding area. The first stage of this plan has been the forced relocation of thousands of residents of the local villages of the Gourna area of Luxor province in order to make way for a giant outdoor antiquities park near the famed Valley of the Kings. (Photo by Scott Nelson, for the Times)

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General and Doctor Samir Farag, chairman of the Supreme Council of Luxor and Governor of Luxor Province poses for a portrait June 6, 2009 in his office in Luxor, Egypt. Dr. Farag is pushing ahead with a controversial 30 year redevelopment plan for Luxor and the surrounding area. The first stage of this plan has been the forced relocation of thousands of residents of the local villages of the Gourna area of Luxor province in order to make way for a giant outdoor antiquities park near the famed Valley of the Kings. (Photo by Scott Nelson, for the Times)