Culture and Art

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  • Culture minister inaugurates exhibition of works of diplomats' wives

    Date: 2017-04-03 09:55:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:24 - ID:6749966

    CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam inaugurated Monday an arts exhibition that showcases 40 works by 10 wives of Egyptian diplomats. Themed "vision", the exhibition is held at the Egyptian Center For International Cultural ....

  • Mohammed V University in Rabat honors late novelist Gamal el Ghitani

    Date: 2017-03-31 21:01:34 GMT - Morocco - Culture and Art - SN:71 - ID:6746626

    RABAT, March 31 (MENA) – Faculty of Arts at Mohammed V University in Rabat organized on Friday a seminar to honor the late Egyptian novelist and writer Gamal el Ghitani. The seminar was held in cooperation with the Egyptian Embassy and the ....

  • Egyptian candidate for top UNESCO post back home

    Date: 2017-03-28 18:34:49 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:83 - ID:6741564

    CAIRO, March 28 (MENA) - Egypt's candidate for the post of the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ambassador Moshira Khattab, arrived here after a short visit to France. During her ....

  • Egyptian Artist Bahia Shehab wins UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture

    Date: 2017-03-24 12:59:09 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:37 - ID:6734902

    PARIS, March 24 (MENA) – UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will award the 14th edition of the UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture to an Egyptian artist, Bahia Shehab, the first woman from the Arab region to receive this award, the UNESCO said ....

  • Indian ambassador inaugurates mural as part of “India by the Nile” festival

    Date: 2017-03-23 15:29:55 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:67 - ID:6733724

    CAIRO, March23 (MENA) - Indian Ambassador to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya inaugurated Thursday a mural as part of “India by the Nile” festival, accompanied by a number of prominent Egyptian artists, businessmen and children. As part of the ....

  • Culture min.: Egypt continues leading role via receiving Arab culture torch

    Date: 2017-03-20 21:08:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:84 - ID:6729210

    LUXOR, March 20 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam said on Monday that Egypt continued its leading role via receiving Arab culture torch from Tunisia. This came during celebrating Luxor as the 2017 Arab culture capital. The minister ....

  • UAE students SWAP conference kicks off; six Egyptian universities partake

    Date: 2017-03-20 12:04:17 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:40 - ID:6727951

    BANHA, March 20 (MENA) - A students swap conference organized by the UAE universities union kicked off here with the participation of six Egyptian universities including Banha University. In statements to MENA, Head of Banha University Youssef ....

  • Culture minister to open Alexandria book fair Thursday

    Date: 2017-03-19 11:45:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:20 - ID:6722813

    ALEXANDRIA, March 19 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmi Namnam and Bibliotheca Alexandrina director Ismail Serageldin will open on Thursday Alexandria International Book Fair that will run till April 4. The event is organized by Bibliotheca ....

  • Egypt, Peru sign cultural cooperation MoU

    Date: 2017-03-07 16:23:25 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:76 - ID:6650409

    CAIRO, March 7 (MENA) - A Memorandum of Understanding on boosting cultural cooperation between Egypt and Peru was signed Tuesday in Cairo. Egypt's Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam and Peruvian Ambassador in Cairo Hugo Cesar Portugal signed the ....

  • Egyptian culture center in Mauritania organizes fine arts exhibition on Thursday

    Date: 2017-03-07 08:16:53 GMT - Mauritania - Culture and Art - SN:11 - ID:6646277

    NOUAKCHOTT, March 7 (MENA) - The Egyptian Culture Center in Nouakchott organizes a fine arts exhibition on Thursday in tandem with the Egyptian embassy in Mauritania. Students from the center's fine arts school participate in the event. The ....

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