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  • Egypt partakes in standing committee on Arab culture meeting in Tunisia

    Date: 2018-06-21 19:05:53 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:89 - ID:7453880

    CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - Head of the External Cultural Relations Sector at the Ministry of Culture Heba Youssef headed a delegation in a visit to Tunisia to partake in the standing committee on Arab culture meeting, which lasts until June 24. In a ....

  • Ismailia governor inaugurates Chinese faculty at Suez Canal University

    Date: 2018-06-21 17:47:40 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:85 - ID:7453720

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, June 21 (MENA) – Ismailia Governor Yassin Taher inaugurated on Thursday a new Chinese technological faculty at the Suez Canal University in the presence of the university’s president, Mamdouh Ghorab, and the dean of Beijing ....

  • Goethe-Institut organizes writing competition to back young talents

    Date: 2018-06-21 14:29:53 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:66 - ID:7453412

    CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - The Goethe-Institut organized for the third time a competition in writing under the rubric "Cairo's short stories 2018" to support young talents in the Middle East and North Africa region. In a statement on Thursday, ....

  • China is permanent supporter of Arab issues - Egyptian Writers' Union chief

    Date: 2018-06-21 14:29:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:65 - ID:7453304

    CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - Head of the Egyptian Writers' Union Alaa Abdel Hady said that China is the constant supporter of the Arab issues, mainly the Palestinian cause. Such alliance represents a strong move to establish a cultural base to foster ....

  • Egypt establishes holding company for cultural, film industry investment

    Date: 2018-06-20 21:07:22 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:63 - ID:7452423

    CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) - Egypt will have a holding company for investment in the fields of culture and the film industry upon a decision issued by Culture Minister Enas Abdel-Dayem. The decision comes in light of the state's attention to support ....

  • Three shows to be performed by Cairo Opera Ballet Company in Italy

    Date: 2018-06-20 17:01:48 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:47 - ID:7452175

    CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) - Culture Minister Inas Abdel Dayem approved the dispatch of an artistic delegation grouping 27 dancers representing the Cairo Opera Ballet Company to the Italian capital Rome in order to participate in an Egyptian cultural ....

  • Egypt to participate in int'l folklore festival in Greece Wednesday

    Date: 2018-06-19 16:46:03 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:67 - ID:7450685

    CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - Egypt will take part in the 51st edition of the Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF) festival that is set to be held during the period June 20-27, in Karditsa city in Greece. Minister of Culture Inas ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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