Culture and Art
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Culture minister urges restoring looted Arab documents from abroad
Date: 2016-10-17 13:31:31 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:45 - ID:5785005
CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam underlined the need of restoring the Arab documents which were looted by the colonialism forces in the past. This came during a speech delivered by the minister during the annual celebration ....
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Culture Ministry competition in socio-economic changes in Egyptian countryside
Date: 2016-10-17 11:31:12 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:36 - ID:5784265
CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - The Culture Ministry, represented by the General Authority for Cultural Palaces (GACP), has announced a research competition titled "Social and economic changes in the Egyptian countryside" for the year of 2016/2017. In a ....
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Egypt takes part in 2nd session of World Culture Forum in Indonesia's Bali
Date: 2016-10-15 11:18:56 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:30 - ID:5772405
CAIRO, Oct 15 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Jakarta Amr Moawad led an Egyptian delegation to the second session of the World Culture Forum, which was held in Indonesia's Bali island under the title " Culture for an Inclusive Sustainable ....
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Renowned poet Farouk Shousha dies at 80
Date: 2016-10-14 09:34:01 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:18 - ID:5767013
CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - Renowned Egyptian poet Farouk Shousha died Friday at the age of 80. Shousha was born in 1936 in Al Sho'raa village in Damietta governorate. He graduated from Dar Al Ulum faculty in 1956. (MENA) M A E/ ....
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Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize
Date: 2016-10-13 11:46:10 GMT - Sweden - Culture and Art - SN:38 - ID:5762313
STOCKHOLM, Oct 13 (MENA) – US singer Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, the BBC reported on Thursday. The 75-year-old rock legend received the prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American ....
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Cinema support fund to be launched -- culture minister
Date: 2016-10-12 21:56:51 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:74 - ID:5758925
CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - A fund to support and develop cinema in Egypt will be launched soon, Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam told the inaugural event of a festival held in Cairo on Wednesday. Procedures are being finalized now and then a decision ....
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Culture min. inaugurates 20th edition of national film festival
Date: 2016-10-12 19:17:40 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:65 - ID:5758841
CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmi el Namnam inaugurated Wednesday the 20th edition of national film festival at Cairo Opera House’s grand theater. Held under the theme “film, key to life”, the 20th edition is chaired by director Samir ....
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Alexandria International Conf. on Maritime and Underwater Archaeology to open on Oct 31
Date: 2016-10-12 10:59:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:26 - ID:5754921
ALEXANDRIA, Oct 12 (MENA) - About 30 researchers from Egypt, the US and Mediterranean states will take part in the Alexandria International Conference on Maritime and Underwater Archaeology due to kick off on October 31. In statements to MENA on ....
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Michael Bolton to perform in Egypt Oct. 21
Date: 2016-10-11 12:35:35 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:46 - ID:5749141
CAIRO, Oct 11 (MENA) - US singer Michael Bolton is set to perform live in Egypt on October 21. Bolton will be singing at the RMC Theater as part of efforts by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry and Tourism Authority to promote travel to Egypt and ....
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Culture minister mourns death of writer Nemat Fouad
Date: 2016-10-01 16:51:51 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:56 - ID:5693509
CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam mourned the death of Egyptian writer Namat Ahmed Fouad who passed away earlier on Saturday at the age of 90. The minister described the renowned writer as a ‘patriotic’ author, stressing ....