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  • 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 ....

  • Culture minister says renewing cultural, religious discourse top priority

    Date: 2015-09-19 10:02:50 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:36 - ID:3379269

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Newly appointed Culture Minister Helmy el Nemnem said Saturday that renewing the cultural and religious discourse will be his top priority in the coming stage. "We need to pay better attention to theater in the coming ....

  • Russia ready to consider Syria's request for military action against ISIL

    Date: 2015-09-18 11:06:59 GMT - Russia - Culture and Art - SN:40 - ID:3374437

    MOSCOW, Sept 18 (MENA) - Russia’s military participation in operations in the fight against the so-called Islamic State in Syria could be discussed in a bilateral format should such a request surface, Sputnik news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman ....

  • 480 Students Graduate from U.S. Embassy-sponsored English Language Program

    Date: 2015-09-17 16:42:55 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:76 - ID:3371373

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - U.S. Ambassador Stephen Beecroft On Thursday presented graduation certificates to 480 young Egyptians from all over the country as they completed the English Access Microscholarship Program. Sponsored by the U.S. ....

  • Grand Egyptian Museum receives 1,025 artifacts

    Date: 2015-09-16 16:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:94 - ID:3364053

    CAIRO, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Grand Egyptian Museum received Tuesday 1,025 artifacts to be exhibited after the inauguration of the museum. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the antiquities minister said that the ministry took all necessary ....

  • Dandara Cultural Center, AUC sign cooperation protocol

    Date: 2015-09-13 15:46:43 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:69 - ID:3342849

    LUXOR, Egypt, Sept 13 (MENA) - A cooperation protocol was signed between Dandara Cultural Center here and the American University in Cairo (AUC) to teach English from level 1 to 11 on a regular basis in all Upper Egypt's governorates, Head of Luxor ....

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