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Armed Forces’ band partakes in 10th Int'l Festival for Drums & Traditional Arts in Old Cairo

Date: 2023-06-06 17:59:05 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:67 - ID:10196756

CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) - Musicians from the Egyptian Armed Forces’ band have participated in the 10th round of the annual International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts, held for several days at Old Cairo's northern wall in the Gamaleya ....

Egypt, Kazakhstan discuss means to boost cultural cooperation

Date: 2023-06-05 14:49:37 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:62 - ID:10194606

CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Minister of Culture Nivene El Kilani has praised historical relations binding Egypt and Kazakhstan. During a meeting on Monday with Kazakh Minister of Culture and Sport Askhat Oralov, she expressed hope for promoting ....

Egyptian-Omani press forum kicks off in Cairo

Date: 2023-06-05 14:33:35 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:60 - ID:10194616

CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - An Egyptian-Omani press forum kicked off on Monday at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo, under the auspices of Culture Minister Nevine el Kelani. The three-day forum is organized by the Omani ....

State supports purposeful art as basis of Egypt's soft power - Minister

Date: 2023-06-03 16:45:11 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:46 - ID:10191703

CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) - The state supports purposeful art as the basis of Egypt's soft power regionally and globally, Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala el Saeed said Saturday. Handicrafts are significant because they represent ....

Omani-Egyptian press forum to kick off in Cairo Monday

Date: 2023-06-03 08:45:06 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:18 - ID:10191007

CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) - The Omani-Egyptian press forum will kick off activities on Monday, which is organized by the Omani Journalists Association and the Omani Embassy in Cairo, in cooperation with Egypt's Journalists Syndicate in the National ....

Culture min. lays foundation stone of child's art building at Academy of Arts

Date: 2023-06-01 12:03:27 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:37 - ID:10188643

CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - Minister of Culture Neveen al Kilany on Thursday laid the foundation stone of child's art building at the puppets section of the Academy of Arts in Al Haram neighborhood, in Giza governorate. The minister, also, launched ....

Winner of award of excellence in arts says encouraged to give more

Date: 2023-05-31 09:07:46 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:28 - ID:10186363

CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) – Rania Yehia, a professor at the Academy of Arts who won the award of excellence, said Wednesday that this prize would be a catalyst for her to give, achieve and innovate more. Speaking to MENA, Yehia said the award ....

International Festival for Drums kicks off at Saladin’s Citadel

Date: 2023-05-28 05:42:31 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:3 - ID:10180998

CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Under the slogan ‘Drums, Dialogue for Peace’, the 10th edition of the International Festival for Drums kicked off on Saturday night at Beir Youssef Theatre at Saladin’s Citadel. The festival, which will run till June 2, is ....

Tunisian filmmaker wins 8th Positive Cinema Week Award

Date: 2023-05-27 17:02:49 GMT - Tunisia - Culture and Art - SN:61 - ID:10180669

TUNIS, May 27 (MENA) - Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania won the Positive Cinema Award of the 8th Positive Cinema Week, held May 24-27, under the auspices of the the Cannes Film Festival with French actor and film director Eric Judor as ....

Empower Her Art Forum concludes at NMEC

Date: 2023-05-27 15:02:29 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:51 - ID:10180454

CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - The 1st International Empower Her Art Forum concluded at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) Saturday by launching the online Artistial platform. The Artistial platform is the first of its kind in the Arab ....