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  • UNESCO elects Egyptian association for safeguarding cultural heritage committee

    Date: 2016-12-02 19:26:55 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:76 - ID:6072965

    PARIS, Dec 2 (MENA) - The Egyptian Society For Folk Traditions (ESFT) was elected Friday as a member of the Evaluation Body of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. ESFT won the seat ....

  • Culture ministry to celebrate int'l day of children with disabilities Saturday

    Date: 2016-12-02 17:43:30 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:68 - ID:6072377

    CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - The Culture Ministry is scheduled Saturday to take part in celebrations of the International Day of Children with Disability. A concert of the " Jesus Heart Egypt Heart Choir" will be organized at Bayt Al-Suhaymi of the ....

  • Azerbaijan Writers Union head stresses keenness on cooperation with Egypt

    Date: 2016-12-02 08:23:33 GMT - Azerbaijan - Culture and Art - SN:11 - ID:6069121

    BAKU, Dec 2 (MENA) - Chairman of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union Anar Rzayev hailed a cooperation deal with Egypt's Writers Union, stressing his country's keenness on enhancing ties with Egypt, especially in the cultural and literary fields. In ....

  • Tahteeb inscription in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List preserves Egyptian heritage: Minister

    Date: 2016-11-30 21:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:95 - ID:6061681

    CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam on Wednesday said the inscribtion of Tahteeb game in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List saves the Egyptian heritage. Inscribing Tahteeb came after great efforts by the Egyptian ....

  • Egyptian Tahteeb inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

    Date: 2016-11-30 21:19:46 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:92 - ID:6061453

    CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) – The Egyptian Tahteeb game was inscribed Wednesday in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. In a statement, the Egyptian culture ministry said that the Egyptian element was inscribed following the decisions adopted ....

  • Cairo Opera House hosts mosaic arts exhibition

    Date: 2016-11-29 22:50:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:110 - ID:6055293

    CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) - Cairo Opera House hosted on Tuesday a mosaic arts exhibition for the Egyptian Micro Mosaic Artist Saad Romany Mikhaiel. About 20 artists from eight countries participated in the exhibition that displayed around 75 pieces ....

  • 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, ....

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