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Next year's Cairo Int'l Book Fair to be held on new exibitions land: Culture minister

Date: 2017-02-10 17:27:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:55 - ID:6499341

CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam said on Friday that next year's 49th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair will be likely held at the new exhibitions land which is being built behind Abu Ghazala Mosque. The new land ....

Cairo book fair wraps up activities by record number of visitors

Date: 2017-02-09 12:48:13 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:49 - ID:6492141

CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy Namnam will witness on Friday the wrapping up of the activities of the 48th session of Cairo International Book Fair. This round of the fair witnessed many cultural, artistic and creative events and ....

Egypt embassy organizes cultural event in Thailand

Date: 2017-02-07 22:11:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:83 - ID:6482409

CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Bangkok organized on Tuesday a cultural event at the National Theater of Thailand, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The event, attended by the Thai minister of tourism and ....

Delegation of Saudi forum visits Egypt pavilion in Janadriah

Date: 2017-02-05 14:19:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Culture and Art - SN:40 - ID:6467401

RIYADH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Hassan Khallaf, the director of the Egyptian pavilion at the Janadriah National Festival for Heritage and Culture, currently taking place here, met Sunday with supervisor of a Saudi forum, "leaders and talents", Dr Mohsen al ....

Saudi King hails Egypt’s participation in Janadriah Festival

Date: 2017-02-01 21:03:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Culture and Art - SN:103 - ID:6447277

RIYADH, Feb 1 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Wednesday lauded participation by Egypt in the Janadriah National Festival for Heritage and Culture. During a celebration marking the opening of the festival, the king toured the ....

Khattab hopes UNESCO becomes partner to Cairo book fair next year

Date: 2017-01-30 20:37:44 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:104 - ID:6433821

CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - Egyptian nominee for the post of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) director general Moushira Khattab voiced hope the international organization would be a partner to Cairo ....

Libya boasts participation in Cairo int'l book fair: head of Libyan culture authority

Date: 2017-01-30 14:43:12 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:72 - ID:6430633

CAIRO, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Libyan government takes bride in participating in the Cairo International Book Fair and deems it a crucial step toward boosting the role of the Libyan culture in attaining reconciliation and unity, Head of Libyan culture ....

Youths, Antiquities ministries cooperate in Cairo Book Fair activities

Date: 2017-01-27 19:22:35 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:75 - ID:6415793

CAIRO, Jan 27 (MENA) – Head of the scouts department of the Youths and Sports Ministry Azza el Dorri said that the ministry will participate in the 48th Cairo International Book Fair with transcripts. In exclusive statements to MENA on Friday, she ....

Al Azhar participation in book fair aims at facing extremist thoughts - Al Azhar's complex

Date: 2017-01-26 18:23:15 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:76 - ID:6409185

CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) - Al Azhar's Islamic Research Complex said Al Azhar participation in the 48th Cairo International Book Fair aims at holding further contacts with people in a time when some currents are attempting to impose their misconceptions ....

PM happy over inauguration of Cairo book fair

Date: 2017-01-26 13:46:46 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:51 - ID:6408789

CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail expressed on Thursday happiness over the opening of Cairo International Book Fair at the Fair Grounds in Nasr City with 670 publishers from 35 countries taking part. The opening ceremony was ....