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Culture min. inaugurates Aswan International Festival of Culture

Date: 2019-02-17 14:30:11 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:55 - ID:7808584

ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Feb 17 (MENA) - Culture Minister Inas Abdel Dayem inaugurated on Sunday the activities of Aswan International Festival of Culture and Arts. The six-day cultural event witnesses the participation of 16 international folkloric ....

Culture min. to visit Aswan International Sculpture Symposium Sunday

Date: 2019-02-16 21:52:32 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:69 - ID:7807765

ASWAN, Egypt, Feb 16 (MENA) - Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem will visit Aswan International Sculpture Symposium on Sunday to discuss listing it on Aswan's tourist and cultural plan, Hany Faisal, the symposium's commissionaire, said. In a ....

Culture min., Aswan governor to open Aswan int'l festival Sunday

Date: 2019-02-15 11:09:55 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:28 - ID:7805552

CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem along with Aswan Governor Ahmed Ibrahim will open on Sunday the 7th edition of Aswan International Festival of Culture and Arts which is organized by the General Authority for Cultural Palaces ....

Japanese photo exhibition kicks off in Alexandria

Date: 2019-02-13 19:24:41 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:106 - ID:7803608

ALEXANDRIA, Feb 13 (MENA) - The director of Japan Foundation in Cairo (JFC) opened on Wednesday evening a Japanese photo exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum in Alexandria. Held under the theme "TOHOKU－Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers", ....

32 films compete for AIWFF main prizes

Date: 2019-02-13 15:12:12 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:81 - ID:7803117

CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - The Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF) announced that 32 films will be vying for the prizes of the feature and short movies' competition as part of the third edition of the cinema event. Organized during ....

Egypt takes part in int'l handicraft exhibition in India

Date: 2019-02-12 17:01:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:60 - ID:7801510

NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (MENA) – Egypt is currently participating in an international handicraft exhibition, held in India until February 17. Cairo is represented at the event by the Cultural Development Fund, an offshoot of the Egyptian Ministry of ....

16 countries to participate in Aswan International Festival of Culture and Arts

Date: 2019-02-11 19:06:10 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:100 - ID:7800201

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Sixteen countries will take part in Aswan International Festival of Culture and Arts, head of the General Authority for Cultural Palaces Ahmed Awwad said in a press conference Monday. The six-day festival will kick off in ....

Australian amb. to inaugurate exhibition in Egypt Thursday

Date: 2019-02-11 18:03:38 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:92 - ID:7800057

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Australian Ambassador to Egypt Glenn Miles will open an exhibition, titled "Egyptian Photos from Australia", on Thursday. The Australian embassy said Monday that the exhibition will showcase works of Australian ....

Culture min. announces holding 110 events on occasion of Egypt's AU chairmanship

Date: 2019-02-11 15:20:18 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:74 - ID:7799855

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem said 110 cultural events will be organized in 2019, celebrating Egypt's chairmanship of the African Union, holding the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's ....

IDSC releases encyclopedia on Africa history

Date: 2019-02-07 14:05:49 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:49 - ID:7793556

CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - The Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) released on Thursday encyclopedia featuring the history of African states and their different cultures. The encyclopedia is released in cooperation with the Egyptian ....