Culture and Art

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  • Culture min. inspects heritage village in Luxor

    Date: 2015-10-12 16:20:14 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:84 - ID:3517153

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) – Culture Minister Helmy el Nemnem and Luxor Governor Mohamed Badr inspected the heritage village of Hassan Fathy, Egypt's late noted architect, to probe its restoration. The visit is part of the minister's tour of Luxor, ....

  • Kosovo ambassador seeks Egypt's support for his country's membership at UNESCO

    Date: 2015-10-12 11:27:22 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:32 - ID:3514677

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Ambassador of Kosovo in Cairo Baqr Ismail voiced hope that Egypt could support his country's bid to win the membership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), highlighting the role of ....

  • Egypt, Comoros sign cultural MOU

    Date: 2015-10-09 14:45:58 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:61 - ID:3497601

    CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - A cultural Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Egypt and Comoros. A statement by Egypt's Culture Ministry said Friday the MOU was signed by Head of the Foreign Cultural Relations Kamellia Sobhi and Comoros's ....

  • Cairo, Vienna probe sister-city agreement

    Date: 2015-10-08 13:20:52 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:46 - ID:3491473

    CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) – Cairo Governor Galal Mostafa Saeed discussed with Austrian Ambassador to Egypt George Stillfried the possibility of forging a sister-city agreement between Cairo and Vienna. The agreement will be part of expertise exchange ....

  • Culture minister to witness signing of cooperation protocol with Comoros

    Date: 2015-10-07 21:29:26 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:111 - ID:3487729

    CAIRO, Oct 7 (MENA) - Minister of Culture Helmy Al Namnam will witness the signing of a cooperation protocol with The Comoros on Thursday. The protocol will be signed by Camellia Sobhy, head of the foreign cultural relations sector and the ....

  • Egypt's October War anniversary celebration has special meaning in Algeria - envoy

    Date: 2015-10-06 07:49:12 GMT - Algeria - Culture and Art - SN:10 - ID:3476333

    ALGIERS, Oct 6 (MENA) – The celebration of the 42nd anniversary of the October War has a special status in Algeria as the country's army forces were among the ones that participated in the war, Egypt's Ambassador here Omar Abu Eish ....

  • Leading Egyptian cultural figure dies

    Date: 2015-09-28 20:17:34 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:101 - ID:3431021

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Abdel Tawab Youssef, a leading children's literature writer, died Monday at the age of 87 after suffering from a month-long illness. Youssef was born in 1928 in a Beni Suef village. He got the State Award for Literature ....

  • Qalyubiya governor probes establishment of integratged cultural complex

    Date: 2015-09-22 22:23:56 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:116 - ID:3402737

    BANHA, Egypt, Sept 22 (MENA) – Qalyubiya governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher discussed Tuesday the possibility of establishing an integrated cultural complex to serve the province residents. At a meeting with chief of musicians syndicate Hani Shaker and ....

  • Tourism min. receives Belgian media delegation

    Date: 2015-09-21 20:20:03 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:97 - ID:3395901

    CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) – Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou received on Monday a Belgian media delegation that groups Travel Magazine, VRT agency and the newspapers of La Province, La Capital, La Meuse, La Nouvelle, Gazette and Nord Éclair. The ....

  • Culture minister inquires after health of writer Mohamed Salmawi

    Date: 2015-09-21 11:52:27 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:40 - ID:3392557

    CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmi Namnam held a phone call on Monday with head of Arab Writers Union Mohamed Salmawi to inquire after his health. Salmawi is now taking physiotherapy sessions in Munich after a successful ....

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