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Opera House for all Egyptians throughout 30 years - minister

Date: 2018-10-09 12:12:35 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:51 - ID:7613263

CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Minister of Culture Dr Inas Abd El-Dayem said the Egyptian Opera House has succeeded in 30 years to change the stereotype of being for the elite to become for all Egyptians and a mecca for all world artists. In statements to ....

Mauritanian writer: Egypt defeated terror under wise leadership of Sisi

Date: 2018-10-08 13:39:05 GMT - Mauritania - Culture and Art - SN:61 - ID:7611835

NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 8 (MENA) - Mauritanian author El Wali Ould Sidi Haiba said Egypt has succeeded despite all schemes devised against it to stand firm in the face of terror under the wise leadership of its President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Egypt, which ....

NCW opens photo exhibition on fathers' role

Date: 2018-10-08 12:01:06 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:45 - ID:7611449

CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) - Chairperson of the National Council for Women (NCW) Maya Morsi opened on Monday a photo exhibition on the role of Egyptian and Swedish fathers. The event is organized in tandem with the Swedish Embassy in Cairo, the Swedish ....

Culture minister morns filmmaker Ateyyat Abnoudy

Date: 2018-10-05 21:05:36 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:64 - ID:7608356

CAIRO, Oct 5 (MENA) - Culture Minister Inas Abdel Dayem on Friday mourned prominent filmmaker Ateyyat el Abnoudy, who passed away at the age of 79. In a statement, Abdel-Dayem said Abnoudy managed to express "the essence of ordinary people and ....

Cairo Opera House to celebrate 30th anniv. on Wednesday

Date: 2018-10-05 14:48:17 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:37 - ID:7607904

CAIRO, Oct 5 (MENA) – Cairo Opera House is scheduled to celebrate its 30th anniversary on October 10-11, chairman Magdi Saber said Friday. Dubbed "thirty years of arts and creativity," a major celebration will be held to mourn the late Italian ....

Golden jubilee edition of Cairo book fair will be extraordinary - minister

Date: 2018-10-04 14:35:17 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:63 - ID:7606420

CAIRO, Oct 4 (MENA) - Culture Minister Inas Abdel Dayem asserted Thursday that the golden jubilee edition of Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) will be extraordinary. This remark came during the minister's meeting with general director of ....

Culture min.: Egypt participates in 30th Girona Film Festival in Spain

Date: 2018-10-04 07:18:46 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:5 - ID:7605754

CAIRO, Oct 4 (MENA) - Culture Minister Inas Abdel Dayem agreed on Egypt's participation in the 30th Girona Film Festival (GIFF) in Spain. The Culture Ministry, in a statement on Wednesday, said that Egypt's participation in the festival ....

EgyptAir official carrier of Disney World show

Date: 2018-10-02 13:48:15 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:52 - ID:7603071

CAIRO, Oct 2 (MENA) - EgyptAir has joined the Disney Live World show to become the official carrier of the event that has returned to Egypt after a few years' absence. The show is being held at the covered hall at Cairo International Stadium out ....

French singer Charles Aznavour dies aged 94

Date: 2018-10-01 13:41:25 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:56 - ID:7601441

PARIS, Oct 1 (MENA) - The legendary French singer Charles Aznavour has died aged 94, France 24 quoted his spokeswoman as saying on Monday. The songwriter, who had just returned from a concert tour of Japan last month, died in his home in Alpilles ....

GUC organizes certificate-awarding ceremony in Berlin

Date: 2018-09-29 17:03:08 GMT - Germany - Culture and Art - SN:48 - ID:7598640

BERLIN, Sept 29 (MENA) - The Berlin-based branch of the German University in Cairo (GUC) held a ceremony Saturday to hand over vocational training certificates to students of the surrounding schools in the German capital Berlin. Addressing the ....