Culture and Art

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  • Mohammed V University in Rabat honors late novelist Gamal el Ghitani

    Date: 2017-03-31 21:01:34 GMT - Morocco - Culture and Art - SN:71 - ID:6746626

    RABAT, March 31 (MENA) – Faculty of Arts at Mohammed V University in Rabat organized on Friday a seminar to honor the late Egyptian novelist and writer Gamal el Ghitani. The seminar was held in cooperation with the Egyptian Embassy and the ....

  • Portuguese cultural days to kick off Monday at Aswan University

    Date: 2017-03-31 18:45:40 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:65 - ID:6746486

    ASWAN, Egypt, March 31 (MENA) - The third annual season of the Portuguese cultural days is scheduled to kick off Monday at Aswan University President of Aswan University Ahmed Ghallab and Governor Magdy Heghazy will take part in the opening ....

  • Egyptian candidate for top UNESCO post back home

    Date: 2017-03-28 18:34:49 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:83 - ID:6741564

    CAIRO, March 28 (MENA) - Egypt's candidate for the post of the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ambassador Moshira Khattab, arrived here after a short visit to France. During her ....

  • Egyptian Artist Bahia Shehab wins UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture

    Date: 2017-03-24 12:59:09 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:37 - ID:6734902

    PARIS, March 24 (MENA) – UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will award the 14th edition of the UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture to an Egyptian artist, Bahia Shehab, the first woman from the Arab region to receive this award, the UNESCO said ....

  • Indian ambassador inaugurates mural as part of “India by the Nile” festival

    Date: 2017-03-23 15:29:55 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:67 - ID:6733724

    CAIRO, March23 (MENA) - Indian Ambassador to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya inaugurated Thursday a mural as part of “India by the Nile” festival, accompanied by a number of prominent Egyptian artists, businessmen and children. As part of the ....

  • Japanese embassy holds symposium in Assiut Uni. on Japanese educational system

    Date: 2017-03-23 14:35:45 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:57 - ID:6733544

    CAIRO, March 23 (MENA) - The Japanese Embassy here organized a symposium on Japanese educational system on Thursday in Assiut University. The symposium was attended by the director of the Japanese Information and Culture Center in Egypt Kaneko ....

  • Culture min.: Egypt continues leading role via receiving Arab culture torch

    Date: 2017-03-20 21:08:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:84 - ID:6729210

    LUXOR, March 20 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam said on Monday that Egypt continued its leading role via receiving Arab culture torch from Tunisia. This came during celebrating Luxor as the 2017 Arab culture capital. The minister ....

  • UAE students SWAP conference kicks off; six Egyptian universities partake

    Date: 2017-03-20 12:04:17 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:40 - ID:6727951

    BANHA, March 20 (MENA) - A students swap conference organized by the UAE universities union kicked off here with the participation of six Egyptian universities including Banha University. In statements to MENA, Head of Banha University Youssef ....

  • Culture minister to open Alexandria book fair Thursday

    Date: 2017-03-19 11:45:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:20 - ID:6722813

    ALEXANDRIA, March 19 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmi Namnam and Bibliotheca Alexandrina director Ismail Serageldin will open on Thursday Alexandria International Book Fair that will run till April 4. The event is organized by Bibliotheca ....

  • UNESCO to host colloquium on challenges to journalism on March 23

    Date: 2017-03-17 18:22:03 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:54 - ID:6715665

    PARIS, March 17 (MENA) - UNESCO will host a colloquium, under the theme "Journalism under fire: Challenges of our times", at its headquarters on March 23. UNESCO will also organize two round table discussion in order to provide a global ....

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