On April 3, in front of City Hall, the Egyptian flag will be flown along with the U.S. flag, in honor of the visit of His Excellency Ambassador Abderahman Salaosisterheldin, Consul General of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and his wife Dr. Thoraya Mohamed Elkhadrawy.
Mayor Joanne Sanders will officially receive the honored guests on behalf of the City of Sonoma, at City Hall at noon. Mayor Sanders and George McKale, the new Sonoma town historian, will accompany the guests for a stroll through the Plaza, and a tour of the historic Sonoma Mission and Barracks. They will then proceed on to a brief reception at The Swiss Hotel. Following that, Sonoma residents, Sherri Ferris and Carol Blackman, of Protocol Professionals, Inc. will host them for lunch at the girl and the fig.
The purpose of Ambassador Salaheldin’s visit is to propose a possible sister-city relationship between Sonoma and one of Egypt’s major cities. During their visit, they will explore the Sonoma region as a major agricultural and wine producing economy and also as a city rich in California history. The potential sister-city relationship excites Sanders. “If I can do one little thing to encourage people-to-people relationships between us and any country in the Middle East, I want to do it.”
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