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GEBO to hold press conference on details of upcoming Cairo book fair

Date: 2018-01-02 14:50:41 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:65 - ID:7171081

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) – The General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO) will hold a press conference on January 10 to reveal the details of the 49th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair, to be organized from January 27 through February 10 at the ....

S. Korean cultural center to boost cultural exchange with Egypt in 2018

Date: 2017-12-31 16:15:45 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:60 - ID:7168181

CAIRO, Dec 31 (MENA) - Director of the South Korean Cultural Center in Cairo Park Jay Yang said Sunday that 2018 is most likely to witness more activities and technical workshops aimed at boosting cultural and technical exchange between Egypt and ....

Nat'l Library receives French Institute For Oriental Archaeology delegation

Date: 2017-12-14 14:08:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:54 - ID:7140282

CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) – The Egyptian National Library and Archives received on Thursday a delegation from the French Institute For Oriental Archaeology that inspected the most important manuscripts and papyri in the library. The delegation ....

Culture min. to open 32nd session of Egyptian Writers Conference Friday

Date: 2017-12-14 08:34:45 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:15 - ID:7139687

CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam will open on Friday the 32nd session of the annual Egyptian Writers Conference in Sharm el Sheikh city. The four-day event will be attended by 500 writers and intellectuals from all over ....

Bibliotheca Alexandrina participates in celebration marking establishment of Alexandria

Date: 2017-12-12 12:42:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:50 - ID:7136652

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, Dec 12 (MENA) - Bibliotheca Alexandrina Director Mostafa El Feky left Tuesday for Greece, heading a delegation, to participate in a ceremony to be held at an international conference in Athens marking 24 centuries of the ....

Palestine's Habayeb wins 2017 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

Date: 2017-12-11 18:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:77 - ID:7135819

CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) – The American University in Cairo Press (AUC Press) announced on Monday that Palestinian writer Huzama Habayeb won the 2017 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for her powerful work "Velvet" described by the judges as "a new ....

Antiquities min. attends ceremony to mark Egyptian museum's 115th anniversary

Date: 2017-11-28 20:29:45 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:60 - ID:7114637

CAIRO, Nov 28 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani witnessed on Tuesday a ceremony to mark the 115th anniversary of the Egyptian museum's foundation in Cairo. The ceremony was attended by a number of ministers, MPs, governors, and ....

39th edition of CIFF kicks off

Date: 2017-11-21 22:47:55 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:104 - ID:7102542

CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) – The 39th round of Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) kicked off here on Tuesday evening in the presence of Culture Minister Helmi el Namnam and a galaxy of Egyptian and foreign celebrities. About 175 films from 53 ....

Egypt takes part in St. Petersburg cultural forum

Date: 2017-11-16 10:06:44 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:21 - ID:7093097

CAIRO,Nov 16 (MENA) - Egypt will take part in the sixth St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum, which will kick off in Russia later on Thursday. The four-day event will be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Head of the Foreign ....

Culture min. receives Czech Ambassador, Misr Public Library's director

Date: 2017-11-14 15:08:15 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:55 - ID:7090554

CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy El Namnam discussed Tuesday with Czech Ambassador to Egypt Veronika Kuchynova and President of Misr Public Library Ambassador Abdel Raouf El Reedy boosting culture cooperation between Egypt and Czech. ....