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Comedian Mohamed Negm dies at 75
Date: 2019-06-05 09:47:29 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:22 - ID:7968984
CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Prominent comedian Mohamed Negm died on Wednesday at the age of 75 after a battle with illness. He was admitted into a hospital in Dokki district few days ago. Born in 1944, Negm is considered a landmark in comedy. He ....
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Egyptian students win awards at 2019 Intel Int’l Science, Engineering Fair
Date: 2019-05-29 11:50:59 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:31 - ID:7960380
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 29 (MENA) – A number of Egyptian students have won awards at the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), which was held from 12 to 17 May 2019, in Arizona, US. Bibliotheca Alexandrina detailed ....
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Writers Union of Africa, Asia, Latin America calls for fighting extremism
Date: 2019-05-29 11:40:54 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:29 - ID:7960321
CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - The Writers Union of Africa, Asia and Latin America called on all the intellectuals belonging to the countries of the three continents to rally efforts to fight destructive principles and ideas propagated by the extremist ....
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KOCIS head hails role of Korea.net honorary reporters in Egypt
Date: 2019-05-23 10:14:47 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:27 - ID:7952670
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Director of the Korean Cultural Center (KOCIS) in Cairo Yang Sang Keun hailed the role played by honorary reporters at Korea.net in promoting common understanding between the two nations. In a statement on Thursday, Yang ....
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Egyptian embassy in Washington hosts 'Opera Aida' show
Date: 2019-05-18 07:48:42 GMT - USA - Culture and Art - SN:6 - ID:7945875
WASHINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - The Egyptian embassy in Washington held an 'Opera Aida' show that drew many American fans of the epic classic music by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The event is the first of its kind, Egypt's Ambassador to the US ....
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Plastic Arts Syndicate mourns Unknown Soldier designer Sami Rafi
Date: 2019-05-15 10:09:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:24 - ID:7942180
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - The Syndicate of Plastic Artists mourned Egyptian artist Sami Rafi, who died on Tuesday at the age of 88, and was best known for designing the monument to the Unknown Soldier in Cairo's Nasr city suburb. In a statement in ....
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BA to produce documentary on journey of holy family
Date: 2019-05-13 10:36:48 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:31 - ID:7939462
ALEXANDRIA, May 13 (MENA) - About 40 directors, authors and researchers have taken part in a workshop probing a project to produce a documentary about the journey of the holy family. The workshop was held in Sennari House, an affiliate to ....
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Jesuit Cultural Center to organize Ramadan "Oud Night"
Date: 2019-05-13 09:54:06 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:23 - ID:7939317
ALEXANDRIA, May 13 (MENA) - The Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria will host a Ramadan night concert on May 23 to play some of the musical compositions of artist Nancy Farouq. Themed "Oud Night", the concert's program will also include a number ....
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Consul in Milan opens Egyptian pavilion at Venice Biennale
Date: 2019-05-11 15:26:06 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:37 - ID:7937285
MILAN, May 11 (MENA) - Egypt's consul general in Milan Ehab Abu-Seraei has opened the Egyptian pavilion at the 58th edition of Venice Biennale exhibition. The 58th Venice Biennale will be open to the public as of Saturday till November 23, ....
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Egypt’s NCT to partake at Thessaloniki Book Fair in Greece
Date: 2019-05-08 14:12:32 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:53 - ID:7933722
CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) – The Egyptian Culture Ministry’s National Center for Translation (NCT) will take part in the 16th session of the 2019 Thessaloniki International Book Fair, to open Thursday in Greece and run for four days. The center said in ....