Culture and Art

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  • Culture minister opens arts gallery on Africa

    Date: 2017-05-18 21:36:56 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:109 - ID:6817651

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam on Thursday opened an art gallery on the occasion of Africa Day. The gallery, themed 'Africa in Eyes of Egyptian Artists', is supervised by head of the Arts Committee at the Supreme Council ....

  • Egyptian official welcomes civilization, humanitarian cooperation under Road, Belt initiative umbrella

    Date: 2017-05-17 08:29:46 GMT - China - Culture and Art - SN:11 - ID:6814568

    BEIJING, May 17 (MENA) - Egyptian Culture Adviser in Beijing Hussein Ibrahim hailed the outcome of a session on common understanding among people that was held on the fringe of the recent Road and Belt Forum. In statements to MENA on Wednesday, ....

  • Comedian Mazhar Abul Naga dies at 76

    Date: 2017-05-01 09:19:07 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:18 - ID:6791824

    CAIRO, May 1 (MENA) - Egyptian comedian Mazhar Abul Naga died Monday morning at the age of 76. Abul Naga breathed his last at a hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for weeks now. He will be laid to rest in the governorate of ....

  • Egypt has cultural, historical merit to win UNESCO’s top post: Dietrich Raue

    Date: 2017-04-29 14:12:10 GMT - Germany - Culture and Art - SN:47 - ID:6789725

    BERLIN, April 29 (MENA) – Director of the Egyptian Museum at the University of Leipzig, Berlin Dietrich Raue asserted on Saturday that Egypt has the cultural and historical merit to lead the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ....

  • Int'l carnival of drums, folklore held in Luxor

    Date: 2017-04-28 22:27:14 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:97 - ID:6789099

    LUXOR, Egypt, April 28 (MENA) – The international carnival of drums and folklore was held in Luxor on Friday. Four foreign and four Egyptian bands took part in the carnival, which comes as part of the activities of the "Luxor is the capital of ....

  • Egypt seeking to benefit from UNESCO know-how, says minister

    Date: 2017-04-25 16:57:07 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:54 - ID:6784435

    PARIS, April 25 (MENA) - Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said Tuesday Egypt is seeking to best benefit from UNESCO expertise, particularly where education for all and for life is concerned. Egypt is also eyeing better cooperation ....

  • Egypt urges UNESCO to continue support for Africa

    Date: 2017-04-25 11:41:07 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:32 - ID:6783847

    PARIS, April 25 (MENA) - Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar underscored the necessity of continuing support for Africa through the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ....

  • Culture minister opens International Festival for Drums

    Date: 2017-04-20 22:04:16 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:103 - ID:6777601

    CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam on Thursday night opened the fifth edition of the International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts. The opening of the festival comes to assert that the Egyptian people will proceed ....

  • Egypt wins 1st prize in Sharjah Prize for Literature

    Date: 2017-04-20 07:56:49 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:11 - ID:6776144

    SHARJAH, April 20 (MENA) – Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, member of Sharjah Prize for Literature's board of directors, honored on Wednesday the winners of the prize during the inauguration of the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival (SCRF). Egypt ....

  • Culture minister says Egypt to lead war on terror till end

    Date: 2017-04-19 12:44:23 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:45 - ID:6775023

    CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam said Wednesday Egypt will lead its war against terrorism till the very end and at any cost. Any attack on a citizen is an attack on humanity as a whole, Namnam said in a statement, ....

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