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  • Swiss embassy to organize exhibition on Ramadan lanterns tomorrow

    Date: 2015-06-14 16:16:19 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:81 - ID:2795561

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - The Swiss Embassy here will organize an exhibition at Al Azhar Park in Cairo on Monday to celebrate the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The month-long event will exhibit a number of lanterns reflecting aspects ....

  • Egypt, Senegal culture ministers sign coop. deal

    Date: 2015-06-14 14:17:54 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:61 - ID:2794597

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Culture Minister Abdel Wahed el Nabawi and his Senegalese counterpart Mbagnick Ndiaye signed on Sunday a deal to bolster cultural ties and cooperation between the two states. The agreement, to be effective for ....

  • Ashraf Zaki elected head of Actors' Union

    Date: 2015-06-12 19:14:02 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:89 - ID:2784629

    CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – Actor Ashraf Zaki was elected head of the Egyptian Actors' Union. He will start his duty on Saturday. He gained 944 votes and his competitors Hisham Gomaa and Salwa Orabi won 220 and 21 votes respectively. (MENA) M M ....

  • Culture minister meets Japanese ambassador

    Date: 2015-06-11 06:10:37 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:5 - ID:2773729

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Culture Minister Abdel Wahed el Nabawi met on Wednesday with Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Takehiro Kagawa to discuss cultural cooperation between the two states. Nabawi praised Egypt's deeply-rooted relations with Japan, ....

  • Saudi Foreign Ministry summons Iranian envoy

    Date: 2015-06-09 15:26:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Culture and Art - SN:101 - ID:2763505

    RIYADH, June 9 (MENA) – Saudi Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador here to express the Saudi concern over the poisoning of 32 Saudi nationals in Mashhad city in Iran where four kids died. Also, the embassy immediately contacted the ....

  • Culture min. meets S. Sudan amb.

    Date: 2015-06-09 13:52:32 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:86 - ID:2761957

    CAIRO, June 9 (MENA) - Egyptian Culture Minister Abdel Wahid el Nabawy met on Tuesday with South Sudanese Ambassador to Egypt Anthony Kon to discuss ways of bolstering cultural ties between the two states. Nabawy said Egypt is ready to provide ....

  • Minister casts light on plans to develop cultural facilities across Egypt

    Date: 2015-06-07 20:01:45 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:89 - ID:2750073

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab received on Sunday Culture Minister Abdel Wahid el Nabawy, who updated him on the ministry's plans to develop cultural facilities across the nation. In the meeting, the minister also cast light ....

  • Egypt's amb. in Kuwait honors Om Kalthoum band

    Date: 2015-06-06 22:47:29 GMT - Kuwait - Culture and Art - SN:127 - ID:2743629

    KUWAIT CITY, June 6 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Abdel Karim Soliman honored on Saturday Om Kalthoum band Arab music within its participation in the 18th Kuwaiti International Music Festival. The ambassador honored the band members and ....

  • Music, art are front defense lines against violence, extremism: Art Academy Chief

    Date: 2015-06-06 16:07:41 GMT - Kuwait - Culture and Art - SN:82 - ID:2741917

    KUWAIT CITY, June 6 (MENA) - Head of the Art Academy Dr Ahlam Younis said music and art are the front defense lines against all violence and extremist thoughts. In statements to MENA during her participation in Kuwait International Music ....

  • Egypt takes part in World Sacred Music festival in Morocco

    Date: 2015-05-29 20:14:09 GMT - Morocco - Culture and Art - SN:88 - ID:2691521

    RABAT, May 29 (MENA) - Egypt took part in the 21st edition of the Festival of World Sacred Music in Morocco's Fas, scheduled to be concluded Saturday. An Egyptian band takes part in the festival with the "Al Sira al-Hilaliyya" (Bani Hilal ....

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