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Preparations for 'Oscar Egypt' Festival underway

Date: 2016-02-26 14:07:30 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:47 - ID:4394377

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Preparations for the second Oscar Egypt Festival for short feature and documentary films are underway. Chief of Oscar Egypt Festival for short feature and documentary films Adel Ammar said Friday a press conference is ....

Egypt's Reda folk dancing troupe leaves Beijing to Guangzhou

Date: 2016-02-26 13:04:34 GMT - China - Culture and Art - SN:39 - ID:4394609

BEIJING, Feb 26 (MENA) - Egypt's Reda folk dancing troupe left Beijing on Friday to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. On Wednesday, the band presented an outstanding show at the Opera House of National Grand Theatre Beijing within the ....

Reda folk dancing troupe presents show at Beijing Opera House

Date: 2016-02-25 07:20:32 GMT - China - Culture and Art - SN:12 - ID:4385993

BEIJING, Feb 25 (MENA) - Egypt's Reda folk dancing troupe presented on Wednesday an outstanding show at the Opera House of National Grand Theatre Beijing within the framework of the 2016 Sino-Egyptian Culture Year. Egyptian Ambassador in Beijing ....

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Kuwait discuss bilateral cooperation

Date: 2016-02-23 11:07:13 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:35 - ID:4372225

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb 23 (MENA) - Bibliotheca Alexandrina director Ismail Serageddin received a high-level Kuwaiti legal delegation to prepare and review a number of memorandums and protocols on cultural cooperation. They also tackled prospects ....

Egypt embassy in Beijing organizes forum on dialogue among civilizations

Date: 2016-02-22 11:55:19 GMT - China - Culture and Art - SN:46 - ID:4365857

BEIJING, Feb 22 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy here organized a forum on dialogue among different civilizations as part of celebrations of 2016 Sino-Egyptian Culture Year. Addressing the forum, Egyptian Ambassador Magdi Amer welcomed the ....

Mistaken cover photo of Paroudi book being quizzed

Date: 2016-02-17 07:49:11 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:13 - ID:4330641

CAIRO, Feb 17 (MENA) - The issue of mistaken identity cover photo of a book was referred to investigations, the culture minister said. A mistake happened when the cover photo of a book on renowned poet Sami el Paroudi - published by the General ....

Egyptian poet Gakh in Algeria

Date: 2016-02-17 07:27:58 GMT - Algeria - Culture and Art - SN:11 - ID:4330513

ALGIERS, Feb 17 (MENA) – Egyptian vernacular poet Hisham el Gakh's current visit of Algeria is part of cultural cooperation between the two countries, Egypt's Ambassador here Omar Abu Eish said. Gakh is very popular in Algeria and has been warmly ....

MENA honors actor Sameh el Sereity

Date: 2016-02-16 19:59:30 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:96 - ID:4329353

CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Alaa Haidar on Tuesday honored Member of Cinematic Professions Syndicate Council Sameh el Sereity for his artistic career and national role. During ....

No changes on Ismailia festival- culture minister

Date: 2016-02-14 18:00:58 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:84 - ID:4314245

CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) - The new coming session of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts will be held as scheduled without any changes in date or place, the culture minister said Sunday. Helmi el Namnam said ....

Culture ministry attends CIBF awards ceremony

Date: 2016-02-10 15:14:04 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:79 - ID:4289281

CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam attended on Wednesday the awards ceremony of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF). Namnam praised the high turnout at the 47th edition of the book fair. He added that strenuous ....