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  • Minister says inauguration of Naguib Mahfouz Museum set for December

    Date: 2015-08-31 22:37:25 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:118 - ID:3262225

    CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Naguib Mahfouz Museum will be opened at Pashtak Palace in Cairo's Gammaliya district on his birthday; December 11, Culture Minister Abdel Wahed Al Nabawi said late Monday. At a ceremony held to mark the anniversary of the ....

  • Alexandria International Film festival to kick off Wednesday

    Date: 2015-08-31 19:54:58 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:101 - ID:3261441

    ALEXANDRIA, Aug 31 (MENA) - The 31st Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries is scheduled to kick off Wednesday. As many as 33 countries, 300 films and 120 Arab and foreign guests will take part in the 2015 festival. Syrian actor ....

  • Culture minister's visit to Amman hailed

    Date: 2015-08-28 22:51:23 GMT - Jordan - Culture and Art - SN:84 - ID:3243881

    AMMAN, Aug 28 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador to Jordan Khaled Tharwat said on Friday that Egypt's Culture Minister Abdel Wahed El Nabawy's visit to Amman was "successful". In exclusive statements to MENA, Tharwat said Nabawy's visit reflected the ....

  • Prosecution bails actor Omar Metwally in drug possession case

    Date: 2015-08-27 08:48:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:18 - ID:3234141

    BANHA, Aug 27 (MENA) - Obour prosecution decided on Thursday to release actor Omar Moustafa, son of late actor Moustafa Metwally, after paying a 1,000-pound bail over drugs possession. Security forces patrolling Obour area found the 32-year-old ....

  • Egyptian actor seized in Obour for drugs possession

    Date: 2015-08-27 05:11:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:2 - ID:3233289

    BANHA, Aug 27 (MENA) - Qalubiya police arrested actor Omar Moustafa, son of late actor Moustafa Metwally, for drugs possession in Obour area. Security forces patrolling Obour area found the 32-year-old actor while smoking a hashish ....

  • Beijing International Book Fair kicks off

    Date: 2015-08-26 12:51:18 GMT - China - Culture and Art - SN:57 - ID:3229357

    BEIJING, Aug 26 (MENA) - The 22nd Beijing International Book Fair kicked off Wednesday with Egypt participating in a big pavilion organized by the cultural and media offices of the Egyptian Embassy here. The five-day event attracts great ....

  • Egyptian, Jordanian ministers inaugurate cultural event in Jerash

    Date: 2015-08-25 19:35:32 GMT - Jordan - Culture and Art - SN:119 - ID:3225141

    JERSH, Jordan, Aug 25 (MENA) - Egypt's Culture Minister Abdel Wahed El Nabawy and his Jordanian counterpart Lana Mamkegh on Tuesday inaugurated the "Egyptian cultural days" in Jordan's Jerash. The event came within several ceremonies to celebrate ....

  • Actors' Syndicate member denies death of actor Azzat Abu Ouf

    Date: 2015-08-23 06:00:54 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:2 - ID:3206009

    CAIRO, Aug 23 (MENA) - Sameh el Sariti, member of the Egyptian Actors' Syndicate, denied media reports talking about the death of actor Azzat Abu Ouf, urging media outlets to be accurate before spreading false news. These stupid rumors are meant ....

  • Widow of late Egyptian composer Mohamed Abdel Wahab passes away

    Date: 2015-08-16 13:34:50 GMT - Jordan - Culture and Art - SN:44 - ID:3167897

    AMMAN, Aug 16 (MENA) - Widow of late prominent Egyptian musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab passed away Sunday in Amman. The funeral of Nahla al Qudsi will be held on Monday. Nahla, of Syrian origin, was the third wife of Abdel Wahab and is the ....

  • Russian Culture Center dedicates Mosaic workshop to new Canal

    Date: 2015-08-13 14:15:13 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:54 - ID:3152877

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) – The Russian Culture Center in Cairo will dedicate a coming workshop on Mosaic to the New Suez Canal, according to the Center's cultural events director Sherif Gad. The workshop, to open on Sunday until August 20, will be ....

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