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First session of Arab-Chinese literature forum to be held in Cairo
Date: 2018-06-19 15:58:57 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:60 - ID:7450277
CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) – The first session of the Arab-Chinese literature forum will kick off Thursday in Cairo in the presence of the Arab Writers Union chairman Habib al Sayegh and president of the Chinese Writers’ Association Tie Ning. The ....
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Egypt's Hawass to give lecture on Pharaonic secrets in Kosovo
Date: 2018-06-19 13:58:50 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:45 - ID:7450275
CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - Egyptologist and archaeologist Zahi Hawass will head on Wednesday to the capital of Kosovo, Pristina, to give a lecture on the secrets of the Pharaohs, his archaeological findings and Tutankhamun's family. The visit comes ....
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Supreme Council of Culture okays turning Naguib Mahfouz Award into int'l one
Date: 2018-06-12 21:59:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:82 - ID:7441935
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) - The Supreme Council of Culture approved on Tuesday a proposal presented by Minister of Culture Enas Abdel Dayem to turn Naguib Mahfouz Award into an international one. The proposal also included increasing the award's ....
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Elhaj demands Midem's coming session to shed light on Egyptian music
Date: 2018-06-09 16:34:58 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:53 - ID:7437114
CAIRO, June 9 (MENA) – Egyptian producer Richard Elhaj said the Midem music festival was attended by representatives of key film-production firms, music makers as well as a raft of top singers. Elhaj participated in the Cannes-based festival, ....
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Alexandria elected to host 26th General Conference of ICOM
Date: 2018-06-07 15:59:53 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:59 - ID:7434901
PARIS, June 7 (MENA) - Alexandria was chosen Thursday to host the 26th General Conference of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) due to be held in 2022. Alexandria came first in the elections that were held at the UNESCO headquarters in ....
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Delegation of Association of Arab Universities visits BA’s Embassy of Knowledge at Damietta University
Date: 2018-06-07 12:39:56 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:33 - ID:7434129
ALEXANDRIA, June 7 (MENA) – A delegation from the Association of Arab Universities paid a visit to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA)’s Embassy of Knowledge at Damietta University. The BA detailed in a statement Thursday that the delegation, ....
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina launches its annual Big Read program on Sunday
Date: 2018-06-07 12:10:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:31 - ID:7434201
ALEXANDRIA, June 7 (MENA) – The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) will launch its Big Read program for the 10th consecutive year in cooperation with the Egyptian Association for Friends of BA, on Sunday, June 10. This year’s program which concludes ....
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Egypt elected as head of UNESCO committee on illicit import, export, transfer of cultural property
Date: 2018-06-01 13:03:06 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:30 - ID:7425758
PARIS, June 1 (MENA) - Egypt was unanimously elected to chair the sub-committee of the 1970 convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property for the period from May 2018 ....
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Wali mourns Madiha Yousri's death
Date: 2018-05-30 07:04:46 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:5 - ID:7422513
CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali mourned the death of legendary actress Madiha Yousri who died on Tuesday at the age of 97. In a statement on Wednesday, the minister said Yousri etched her name in history by her great ....
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Legendary actress Madiha Yousri dies at 97
Date: 2018-05-30 01:40:12 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:1 - ID:7422436
CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) - Veteran actress and movie producer Madiha Yousri died Tuesday night at the age of 97. Yousri’s first appearance on the big screen was in 1940 in the film Mamnoa el Hob (No for Love) which starred late legendary singer and ....
