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Launching website for Arabic language academy aims at coping with era, spreading heritage

Date: 2024-04-25 10:27:54 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:21 - ID:10677345

CAIRO, April 25 (MENA) - Chairman of the Academy of the Arabic Language Abdel Wahab Abdel Hafez said that launching the first website for the academy aims at being up to the era and spreading the heritage of the Arabic language. In statements to ....

Egyptian short film 'Issa' obtains its 40th prize in African film festival in Montreal

Date: 2024-04-23 18:57:50 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:73 - ID:10675062

CAIRO, April 23 (MENA) - The Egyptian short film "Issa" received its 40th prize in the African film festival in Montreal. The Egyptian-French joint production film revolves around Issa, a 17-year-old African immigrant in Egypt, who races against ....

Supreme Council of Culture hosts Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity

Date: 2024-04-20 22:51:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:63 - ID:10670500

CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) – The Supreme Council of Culture, led by Hisham Azmy, will host the activities of the 27th round of the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity. In a press release on Saturday, the Council said that the Award will be held on ....

Renowned actor Salah El Saadany dies

Date: 2024-04-19 11:50:26 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:28 - ID:10668384

CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - Renowned Egyptian actor Salah El Saadany has died at 81, Head of the Acting Professions Syndicate Ashraf Zaki told MENA on Friday. A funeral will be held for Saadany later in the day in the Sheikh Zayed neighborhood in ....

PM reviews report on Culture Ministry’s plan under National Dialogue’s recommendations

Date: 2024-04-19 11:17:30 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:26 - ID:10668142

CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has reviewed a report presented by Culture Minister Nevine el Kilany on her ministry’s future plan to put the outcomes of the National Dialogue meetings into effect. The minister said on ....

Culture min. forms committee to follow up implementation of National Dialogue culture-affiliate outcome

Date: 2024-04-17 17:33:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:45 - ID:10666027

CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) – Culture Minister Nivene el Kilany issued on Wednesday a decision to form a committee to follow up the implementation of the National Dialogue culture-affiliate outcome. In a press release, she stressed that implementing ....

Veteran actress Shereen Seif el Nasr dies at 58

Date: 2024-04-13 17:05:40 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:46 - ID:10660329

CAIRO, April 13 (MENA) - Veteran actress Shereen Seif el Nasr passed away Saturday at the age of 58. Seif el Nasr's funeral took place quietly at the family gravesite as the late actress had requested, her brother, Sherif, wrote on his personal ....

AIWFF to host Palestinian film event

Date: 2024-04-13 15:30:15 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:39 - ID:10660227

CAIRO, April 13(MENA) - The 8th Aswan International Women's Film Festival (AIWFF), to be held from April 20 to 25, will host a seminar for "Palestinian Films from Point Blank". The event will focus on the new Palestinian movie production during ....

"Lady of Al Aqsa" artistic competition launched by NCW to portray suffering of Palestinian women

Date: 2024-04-10 14:43:16 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:37 - ID:10657196

CAIRO, April 10 (MENA) - The Arts and Literature Committee of the National Council for Women (NCW) announced the launch of an art competition depicting the suffering of Palestinian women under the title "Lady of Al Aqsa - Resilience and Struggle" in ....

Culture min. affirms Egyptian-Kazakh fruitful cultural cooperation

Date: 2024-04-01 12:10:27 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:27 - ID:10646213

CAIRO, April 1 (MENA) - Minister of Culture Nevine el Kilany on Monday asserted keenness of Culture Ministry on upholding serious and fruitful cultural cooperation with Kazakhstan. She underscored the strength of historical relations linking ....