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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 ....
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Renowned violinist Saad Mohamed Hassan dies
Date: 2018-05-29 21:08:47 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:87 - ID:7422336
CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Famed violinist Saad Mohamed Hassan passed away on Tuesday after a long battle with illness. Hassan has been in hospital for a week after his health condition worsened. The renowned artist started his career on stage ....
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Egyptian young actors to take part in Kolkata International Film Festival
Date: 2018-05-29 14:30:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:51 - ID:7421292
CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Culture Minister Inas Abdel Dayem has agreed to allow actors of the "Flash Back" play to travel to India to partake in Kolkata International Film Festival, slated for May 29 to June 4. In a statement on Tuesday, Head of ....
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Princess Khadija Palace in Helwan to be turned into religious museums
Date: 2018-05-27 15:13:46 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:55 - ID:7418530
CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - A ceremony was held on Sunday to mark the handover of Princess Khadija Palace from Cairo governorate to Bibliotheca Alexandria in order to turn it into a cultural center and a religions civilization museum. The handover was ....
