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Official denies 38 artifacts damaged at stores

Date: 2016-11-29 11:47:18 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:50 - ID:6050533

CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) - General Supervisor of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in El Fustat area in Old Cairo Mahrous Saeed denied news reports by some websites that 38 archaeological artifacts were damaged at the museum's ....

Yahya el Fakharani withdraws from Tunisia's JTC closing ceremony

Date: 2016-11-26 19:38:14 GMT - Tunisia - Culture and Art - SN:62 - ID:6034977

TUNIS, Nov 26 (MENA) - Renowned Egyptian actor Yahya el Fakharani left Tunis on Saturday returning to Cairo, without taking part in the closing ceremony of the Carthage Theatre Days (JTC) Festival. Sources told MENA that Fakharani refused to be ....

Egyptian Cultural Center in Paris, CEDEJ sign deal on digitizing center's library

Date: 2016-11-25 06:23:24 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:7 - ID:6026257

PARIS, Nov 25 (MENA) - The Egyptian Cultural Center in Paris signed a deal with the French Centre for Economic, Legal, and Social Study and Documentation (CEDEJ) for digitizing the Egyptian center's library. The agreement was signed during a ....

Interior Ministry organizes theatrical performance to fight extremism

Date: 2016-11-24 15:21:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:73 - ID:6023437

Cairo, Nov 24 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry organized a theatrical performance in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture. The "al Halal" play was held at the conference center of the Police Academy in the presence of martyrs' families, ....

Blood feud awareness campaign launched in Upper Egypt

Date: 2016-11-23 18:14:09 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:76 - ID:6018125

QENA, Nov 23 (MENA) – The Supreme Council for Culture (SCC) signed a protocol of cooperation with the Education Directorate in Qena to launch an awareness campaign on vendettas, Member of the SCC’s youth committee Ahmed Saad said on Wednesday. ....

Culture minister to open international translation forum Wednesday

Date: 2016-11-19 11:22:31 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:32 - ID:5989253

CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - Minister of Culture Helmi Namnam will open on Wednesday the International Translation Forum that runs for two days. The forum is expected to address a number of issues pertaining to translation and its impact on future ....

Culture minister opens 38th Cairo Int'l Film Festival

Date: 2016-11-15 19:18:02 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:54 - ID:5970013

CAIRO, Nov 15 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam on Tuesday opened the 38th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) at the Opera House. This year's edition is dedicated to late iconic Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz who died days ....

Culture minister to open 27th AFLI Conference Monday

Date: 2016-11-13 21:01:32 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:107 - ID:5956845

CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam is scheduled Monday to open the 27th round of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI) Conference. The three-day conference will kick off in Luxor under the title ....

Funeral prayers held for iconic actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz

Date: 2016-11-13 10:53:56 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:22 - ID:5953121

GIZA, Nov 13 (MENA) - Funeral prayers for veteran Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz were held at Police Mosque in the Sixth of October City on Sunday. Abdel Aziz died on Saturday at the age of 70 after a battle with illness. A host of artists ....

Culture minister mourns Mahmoud Abdel Aziz

Date: 2016-11-13 07:43:26 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:11 - ID:5952013

CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmi Namnam mourned on Sunday veteran actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, who passed away on Saturday at age of 70. Abdel Aziz is an iconic Egyptian actor that enriched the life with his great talent that made him ....