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Farouk Hosny (Arabic:فاروق حسنى) (or Hosni), (born 1938 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an abstract painter who was appointed in 1987 to the position of Minister of Culture, which he currently still holds.It is said that he refuses to receive a salary for his job as Minister of Culture. In November 2006, Many Muslims, particularly the clergy, all over the world demanded Hosny to be sacked because of his comments that the traditional Muslim veil for women "is a symbol of backwardness". In an interview published in November 2006 Farouk Hosni said that "women with their beautiful hair are like flowers and should not be covered up" and that "religion today is linked only to appearances, while every woman's veil should be inside her, not outside." Hosni remains in his job after the intervention of Susan Mubarak, wife of the Egyptian President who has a strong relationship with Farouk Hosny.Hosny said that he didnt call for striping women from their viel, he meant that the viel style coming from the Persian Gulf ( Arabian Peninsula) area is not appropriate for egyptian women.
