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مجلس المعارف

English translation: Education Council

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Arabic term or phrase:مجلس المعارف
English translation:Education Council
Entered by: Heather Shaw

16:46 Feb 4, 2009
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Bahraini
Arabic term or phrase: مجلس المعارف
الشيخ سلمان بن حمد آل خليفة كان عضوا في مجلس المعارف (1956)، ثم رئيسا للمجلس
Heather Shaw
United States
Local time: 03:04
Education Council
Explanation:
In the past, the ministry of Education in Egypt was called وزارة المعارف so the term معارف is the old term for education.

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-02-04 16:56:11 GMT)
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I have just found this:

1 HE Shaikh Khalifa bin Sulman al Khalifa, Prime Min since 1973, Chm of the Bahrain Monetary Agency, Head of the Supreme Defence Council 1978, Pres of the State Council 1/1970-1973, Chm of the Joint Cttee for Economic and Financial Studies, Chm of the Ctee for the Register of Commerce, Chm of the Administrative Council 1966-1970, Director of Finance and Pres Electricity Board 1961, Head of the Dpt of Finance 1960-1966, first Pres of the Education Council 1957-1960, O.Khalifa 19/12/1979, 1936, (PO Box 1000, Manama, Bahrain). Father of 3 children,

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Maha El-Metwally
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Education Council


Explanation:
In the past, the ministry of Education in Egypt was called وزارة المعارف so the term معارف is the old term for education.

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-02-04 16:56:11 GMT)
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I have just found this:

1 HE Shaikh Khalifa bin Sulman al Khalifa, Prime Min since 1973, Chm of the Bahrain Monetary Agency, Head of the Supreme Defence Council 1978, Pres of the State Council 1/1970-1973, Chm of the Joint Cttee for Economic and Financial Studies, Chm of the Ctee for the Register of Commerce, Chm of the Administrative Council 1966-1970, Director of Finance and Pres Electricity Board 1961, Head of the Dpt of Finance 1960-1966, first Pres of the Education Council 1957-1960, O.Khalifa 19/12/1979, 1936, (PO Box 1000, Manama, Bahrain). Father of 3 children,




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Maha El-Metwally
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Ayyub
10 mins

agree  Ahmad Batiran: http://www.mofa.gov.bh/MOFA/En/Democracy.htm << and it was used to be known as a 'committee.'
4 hrs

agree  Aymene Zermane
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agree  Sajjad Hamadani
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