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Globalization "major threat" to Arab culture, min. warns

Date: 2017-10-18 14:16:27 GMT - Sudan - Culture and Art - SN:54 - ID:7046128

KHARTOUM, Oct 18 (MENA) - Globalization is the major threat to Arab culture, Egyptian Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam warned on Wednesday. "Globalization has been proven to be useless in the world as it led to the loss of the national identity," ....

13th Khartoum international book fair inaugurated

Date: 2017-10-17 21:13:52 GMT - Sudan - Culture and Art - SN:93 - ID:7045063

KHARTOUM, Oct 17 (MENA) - Saudan's First Vice-President and National Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Saleh on Tuesday inaugurated the 13th session of the Khartoum International Book Fair. Egypt's Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam and Ambassador in ....

Culture min. meets Sudan's vice president in Khartoum

Date: 2017-10-17 19:39:38 GMT - Sudan - Culture and Art - SN:87 - ID:7044776

KHARTOUM, Oct 17 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam, currently on a visit to Sudan, held a meeting Tuesday with Vice President of Sudan Bakri Hassan Saleh. The meeting was attended by Sudanese Culture Minister Hassan Badawi and Egyptian ....

Culture min. mulls boosting cultural cooperation with South Sudan

Date: 2017-10-17 12:12:45 GMT - Sudan - Culture and Art - SN:39 - ID:7043943

KHARTOUM, Oct 17 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy Namnam on Tuesday discussed with his South Sudanese counterpart Nadia Arop means to boost cultural cooperation between the two countries. Namnam met with Arop on the sidelines of the inauguration of ....

Culture is bridge linking Egyptians and Sudanese: Egypt minister

Date: 2017-10-16 22:31:10 GMT - Sudan - Culture and Art - SN:84 - ID:7043242

KHARTOUM, Oct 16 (MENA) - Culture has always been a "main bridge linking the Egyptians and Sudanese,” Egypt's Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam said on Monday. Namnam made the remarks during a reception held by Egypt’s ambassador to Sudan ahead ....

Egypt shortlisted for Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature

Date: 2017-10-14 19:39:53 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Culture and Art - SN:75 - ID:7039546

SHARJAH, UAE, Oct 14 (MENA) - Egypt has bee shortlisted for the ninth edition of the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature in the best text and digital book apps categories. Amal Farah is representing Egypt in the Best Text award ....

Government seeks to establish branches for foreign universities in administrative capital

Date: 2017-10-14 15:41:45 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:54 - ID:7039312

CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said Saturday that the political leadership is interested in establishing branches for prominent foreign universities in the new administrative capital, ....

Egypt, France get 18 votes in UNESCO election

Date: 2017-10-12 17:38:59 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:75 - ID:7036627

PARIS, Oct 12 (MENA) - The candidates of Egypt and France running for UNESCO's Director General post got 18 votes each, the UNESCO's Executive Board said on Thursday. The Qatari candidate got 22 votes, the board added. The fourth round of the ....

New Administrative Capital to house French universities

Date: 2017-10-12 10:04:00 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:19 - ID:7035335

CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and French Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation Frédérique Vidal tackled Thursday establishing branches of French universities in the new ....

Education minister heads for Germany to take part in Frankfurt Book Fair

Date: 2017-10-11 09:33:18 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:29 - ID:7033791

CAIRO, Oct 11 (MENA) - Education Minister Tareq Shawqi left here on Wednesday for Berlin to take part in the Frankfurt Book Fair, which opened on Tuesday. On Tuesday night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanual Macron ....