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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 ....

Actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz dies at 70 after long illness

Date: 2016-11-12 20:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:72 - ID:5951249

CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Prominent actor Sayyed Mahmoud Abdel Aziz died on Saturday at the age of 70 after a long battle with illness, member of the actors syndicate's board Ehab Famy said. Abdel Aziz was born in June 4, 1946 and started his acting ....

Armenia invited as guest of honor in 2019 Cairo book fair

Date: 2016-11-12 16:32:55 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:56 - ID:5950081

CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmi el Namnam has invited Armenia as a guest of honor at the Cairo International Book Fair of 2019. Namnam, on Saturday, received Armenian Deputy Minister of Culture Nerses Ter-Vardanyan. Ambassador of ....

Museums open to public for free on Friday

Date: 2016-11-11 06:32:59 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:7 - ID:5941149

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmi Namnam decided opening doors of museums to the public for free on Friday. Namnam stressed that all cultural sites across the country will be fully operative, adding that Cairo Opera House is hosting ....

ISESCO to take part in 19th Arab Archaeologists Union conference in Egypt

Date: 2016-11-04 16:47:39 GMT - Morocco - Culture and Art - SN:64 - ID:5901465

RABAT, Nov 4 (MENA) – The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) will take part in the activities of the 19th General Union of Arab Archaeologists Conference, to be held in Mansoura University on November 5-7. The ....