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Culture Ministry suspends artistic activities for 2 days over Faten Hamama's death
Date: 2015-01-18 10:36:32 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:17 - ID:1766177
Culture Minister Gaber Asfour decided to suspend all artistic activities in all sectors in mourning of Egypt film icon Faten Hamama's death. Hamama's fine art is entrenched in the history of Egyptian and Arab cinema, the ministry said in a ....
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Japanese PM's spouse hails ancient Egyptian civilization
Date: 2015-01-17 11:19:49 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:27 - ID:1760525
The Japanese prime minister's spouse hailed the ancient Egyptian civilization and all the contents of the Egyptian Museum. The Japanese prime minister's spouse was keen to inspect the most important halls of the museum and the ancient Egyptian ....
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Tomb of once-anonymous Pharaonic queen unearthed in Alex.
Date: 2015-01-04 12:58:51 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:34 - ID:1671509
A Czech expedition mission discovered a tomb of an Ancient Egypt queen who had never been known to archaeologists in Alexandria's Abusir city. The tomb of Queen Khentkaus III, from the Fifth Dynasty of Pharaonic Egypt, has been unearthed in the ....
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Culture Ministry requests removal of Champollion statue located at Collège de France
Date: 2014-12-17 08:44:31 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:10 - ID:1554561
The Culture Ministry in Egypt has contacted the French authorities, requesting that a statue of Champollion standing with his left foot on a Pharaonic head be removed. The statue is located in the main courtyard of the Collège de ....
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Former culture minister resumes artistic activities after 4-year absence
Date: 2014-12-07 16:02:10 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:35 - ID:1489677
Former long-serving culture minister Farouk Hosni will organize an art gallery in mid December, returning to the spotlight after four years of absence. The gallery, which runs from December 15 to January 3, will be held in Giza's Mohamed Mahmoud ....
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Damati, Italian amb. to open "Queen Nefertari" exhibition in Egyptian Museum Monday
Date: 2014-12-07 14:15:29 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:28 - ID:1488713
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damati and Italian Ambassador to Egypt Maurizio Massari will inaugurate on Monday "Queen Nefertari 1904-2014" exhibition in Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square in Cairo. The exhibition marks 110 years since the ....
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Prominent Lebanese singer Sabah dies at 87
Date: 2014-11-26 08:44:39 GMT - Lebanon - Culture - SN:20 - ID:1412773
Legendary Lebanese singer and actress Sabah died at her residence Wednesday morning at the age of 87 years. "It was a natural death. There were no health setbacks and she was not even moved to any hospital," her director Joseph Gharib told ....
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Giza Pyramids see Cairo Int'l Film Festival wrap up
Date: 2014-11-19 07:47:46 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:9 - ID:1362513
The 36th Cairo International Film Festival concluded on Tuesday in a closing ceremony at the Giza Pyramids' Sound and Light Show Theatre. The ceremony was attended by Egypt's Culture Minister Gaber Asfour and a number of artists and public ....
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Egyptian Museum celebrates its 112th anniversary
Date: 2014-11-15 10:54:11 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:15 - ID:1336713
The Egyptian Museum, located in the heart of Cairo, celebrates today the 112th anniversary of its establishment. The Egyptian Museum is the world's first purpose-built museum edifice in the world as at the time in Europe palaces and mansions of ....
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Cairo Int'l festival shows that Egyptians capable of confronting challenges - minister
Date: 2014-11-10 12:59:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:49 - ID:1303989
The opening of the Cairo International Film Festival in its 36th session affirms to the world that the Egyptians are capable of confronting difficulties and challenges, affirmed Culture Minister Gaber Asfour. The festival sends a message to the ....
