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  • Azhar pavilion at Cairo int'l book fair to face extremist thought

    Date: 2018-01-24 13:32:10 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:61 - ID:7208645

    CAIRO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Al Azhar will take part for the second year with a pavilion in the 49th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair which kicks off at Nasr City's fairgrounds on January 27 through February 9. Al Azhar participation aims ....

  • Cairo International Book Fair to kick off on Friday

    Date: 2018-01-24 12:35:19 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:49 - ID:7208479

    CAIRO, Jan 24 (MENA) - The 49th Cairo International Book Fair will kick off on Friday with the participation of 27 countries, including 17 Arab and 10 foreign ones. Algeria is the honorary guest of the fair this year. The fair will open for ....

  • Cairo book fair to pay tribute to families of martyrs

    Date: 2018-01-23 14:45:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:57 - ID:7206687

    CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - The General Egyptian Book Organization announced Tuesday that it would pay tribute to the families of martyrs at the 49th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair by exempting them from paying entry fees. This came in ....

  • Cultural meetings on Halayeb, Shalateen at Cairo book fair

    Date: 2018-01-21 19:52:45 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:105 - ID:7203447

    CAIRO, Jan 21 (MENA) - The General Authority for Cultural Palaces will hold three meetings on Halayeb and Shalateen at the 49th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair, which will be organized from January 27 through February 10 at the Fair ....

  • Confronting extremism lies in spreading 'disciplined' religious thought -- minister

    Date: 2018-01-15 15:28:36 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:85 - ID:7192187

    CAIRO, Jan 15 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gumaa said confronting extremism resides in spreading the 'disciplined' religious thought, pointing to the ministry's role in spreading this thought in line with the era's requirements. These ....

  • Ismailia film festival receives 3,000 films from 62 countries

    Date: 2018-01-13 15:20:49 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:35 - ID:7188922

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Jan 13 (MENA) - Ismailia Governor Yassen Taher said Saturday that Ismailia international film festival for documentaries and short movies received 3,000 films from 62 countries to participate in the upcoming film festival in ....

  • 1st German music school in Egypt opened

    Date: 2018-01-12 15:31:26 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:48 - ID:7187455

    CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) - Chief Executive Officer of the German Rahn Education institution Gotthard Dittrich inaugurated on Friday the first German music school in Cairo. The opening ceremony was attended by the cultural attaché of the German embassy ....

  • New Valley marks 100th birthday anniv. of late president Gamal Abdel Nasser

    Date: 2018-01-12 15:07:10 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:47 - ID:7187299

    KHARGA, Egypt, Jan 12 (MENA) – The Culture Directorate at New Valley governorate will hold a celebration on Monday to mark the 100th birthday anniversary of late President Gamal Abdel Nasser. In statements on Friday, Undersecretary of the New ....

  • Feqi: BA to confront all forms of extremism

    Date: 2018-01-09 12:07:51 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:43 - ID:7181982

    ALEXANDRIA, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) has started a new program to deal directly with all kinds of extremism to stamp it out from Egypt, said BA director Mostafa el Feqi has said. In statements Tuesday, Feqi said recent ....

  • ENLA announces 2018 as year of heritage

    Date: 2018-01-02 16:26:37 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:82 - ID:7171246

    CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - Ministry of Culture's Egyptian National Library and Archives (ENLA) decided Tuesday to declare 2018 as a year of heritage and society. Head of the ENLA Ahmed el Shoki said the ENLA will focus on its activities and ....

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