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Youth minister arrives in Kuwait for Arab youth event

Date: 2018-05-05 17:54:55 GMT - Kuwait - Culture and Art - SN:47 - ID:7384922

KUWAIT CITY, May 5 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sports Khaled Abdel Aziz arrived on Saturday in Kuwait to receive the symbolic key of the next capital of Arab youth in its fourth edition in 2018-2019. Abdel Aziz told MENA that a ceremony will ....

Ministers, politicians, artists attend inauguration ceremony of Zahi Hawas center for Egyptology

Date: 2018-05-03 19:13:31 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:83 - ID:7382519

CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) – A number of ministers, ambassadors, politicians, artists and public figures attended the inauguration ceremony of Zahi Hawas center for Egyptology affiliated to Bibliotheca Alexandrina at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The ....

Transport ministry invites museums, Faculty of Applied Arts to decorate Metro stations

Date: 2018-05-03 13:11:32 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:44 - ID:7381553

CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - The Ministry of Transport has invited museums, the Egyptian National Library and Archives, Faculty of Applied Arts and the Ministry of Education to take part in an initiative meant to decorate the city's Metro ....

Radi: "Roots Revival" a message of twinship to those who lived in Egypt

Date: 2018-04-30 15:37:59 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:77 - ID:7377382

CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) - The "Roots Revival" initiative launched by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi during his visit to Cyprus in November which aims at carrying out week-long events is the first of its kind, Presidency Spokesman Bassam Radi said in ....

Egypt's Assiut, USA Purdue universities mull scientific cooperation

Date: 2018-04-30 13:58:24 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:59 - ID:7376970

ASSIUT, Egypt, April 30 (MENA) - An academic delegation from Purdue University of USA and the Institute of International Education (IIE) visited Assiut University on Monday to discuss means to boost cooperation and fund projects in several fields ....

Egypt clinches 3 out of 14 awards at 19th Arab Radio Festival in Tunis -- official

Date: 2018-04-30 11:40:31 GMT - Tunisia - Culture and Art - SN:36 - ID:7376542

TUNIS, April 30 (MENA) - The head of the Egyptian delegation and a jury member at the 19th Arab Radio and Television Festival, Ismail Shishtawi, said that Egypt clinched three out of the 14 awards presented by the festival. In statements to MENA ....

Egypt clinches 1 gold, 2 silvers in 19th Arab Radio &TV Festival in Tunis

Date: 2018-04-30 11:28:09 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:34 - ID:7376317

CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) - The National Media Authority (NMA) won three awards at the 19th Arab Radio and TV Festival held at the City of Culture in Tunis on April 26-29 . The NMA won a gold prize in a radio documentary competition for "Madinat Al ....

France FM impressed by GEM’s Ramses II Statue

Date: 2018-04-29 21:10:02 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:96 - ID:7376032

CAIRO, April 29 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday he is impressed by the statue of Ramses II, ancient Egypt's greatest ruler, which has been recently moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) overlooking the Giza ....

French FM asserts readiness to support Egyptian Grand Museum project

Date: 2018-04-29 20:26:05 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:92 - ID:7375858

CAIRO, April 29 (MENA) – French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian visited on Sunday the Egyptian Grand Museum where he met with the museum’s head Tarek Tawfik. France is ready to contribute to this great project, the minister said. Earlier, Le ....

SCRF highlights strength of relation between filmmakers, novelists

Date: 2018-04-26 13:51:45 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Culture and Art - SN:48 - ID:7370403

SHARJAH, April 26 (MENA) - The 10th edition of Sharjah Children's Reading Festival (SCRF) sheds light on the strength of relation binding filmmakers and novelists. This came during a symposium titled "Animated Tales" that was held as part of the ....