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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 ....

Culture min. meets Arab Writers Union chief

Date: 2016-02-09 13:05:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:60 - ID:4280093

CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmy el Nemnem received Tuesday Secretary General of the Arab Writers Union and Chairman of the Emirates Writers Union Habib al Sayegh. The meeting took up means of promoting cultural ties between the ....

Germany launches scheme to find training places for 10,000 refugees

Date: 2016-02-05 19:41:24 GMT - Germany - Culture and Art - SN:88 - ID:4257317

BERLIN, Feb 5 (MENA) - The German government and the country's skilled craft sector on Friday launched an initiative to offer 10,000 refugees on-the-job training places as the shortfall in qualified workers in Europe's biggest economy continues to ....

Symposium on child literature in Russia organized at CIBF

Date: 2016-02-05 09:03:12 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:17 - ID:4253553

CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) – The Russian federal agency for printing and publishing has held a symposium on child literature in Russia at Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), The seminar was organized in collaboration with the Egyptian Association of ....

Egyptian amb., Lebanese min. discuss bilateral cultural ties

Date: 2016-02-03 16:13:44 GMT - Lebanon - Culture and Art - SN:92 - ID:4244381

BEIRUT, Feb 3 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohamed Badr el Din discussed here Wednesday with Lebanese culture minister Raymond Areiji means of boosting bilateral relations and cultural ties. In statements after meeting, the ambassador ....