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Jordanian ambassador praises selection of his country as guest of honor for upcoming Cairo book fair

Date: 2022-02-07 19:08:32 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:81 - ID:9405848

CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) – Jordanian Ambassador to Egypt Amjad Al-Adaileh said the selection of his country as a guest of honor for the upcoming 54th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair reflects joint historic and cultural relations between ....

GEBO: Jordan guest of honor of 54th edition of CIBF

Date: 2022-02-07 16:40:56 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:75 - ID:9405713

CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - Head of the General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO) Haitham Al Hag said Monday that Jordan will be the guest of honor of the 54th edition of Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF). Hag's statements came during a press ....

294,000 people visited Cairo Book Fair on 11st day

Date: 2022-02-06 21:16:09 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:102 - ID:9404448

CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - As many as 294,000 people visited the 53rd edition of Cairo International Book Fair on its 11st day with full abidance by precautionary measures to ban the spread of Covid 19, a move that reflects great societal awareness in ....

Kuwaiti diplomat hails cultural cooperation with Egypt

Date: 2022-02-06 15:41:22 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:62 - ID:9403740

CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) - Head of the Cultural Office of the Kuwaiti Embassy in Cairo Ahmad Rashid Al-Mutairi hailed Egyptian-Kuwaiti cooperation saying the two sides review the Kuwaiti scientific and intellectual products. This came on the sidelines ....

Over 1 million people visited Cairo Book Fair

Date: 2022-02-05 22:14:38 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:68 - ID:9402811

CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - As many as 326,000 people visited the Cairo International Book Fair on its tenth day, bringing the total number of visitors over one million Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem said on Saturday. In press statements, Abdel ....

Actors Syndicate urges preserving Arab artistic development

Date: 2022-02-04 17:17:02 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:60 - ID:9401160

CAIRO, Feb 4 (MENA) - The Egyptian Actors Syndicate on Friday urged all bodies concerned to preserve the current artistic development in the Arab countries by stopping any statement that may affect it. Actor Mohamed Sobhi is considered a great ....

Funeral of veteran actress Aida Abdul Aziz held at police mosque

Date: 2022-02-04 14:49:54 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:48 - ID:9400973

CAIRO, Feb 4 (MENA) – The funeral of veteran actress Aida Abdul Aziz was held Friday at the police mosque in Sheikh Zayed city in Giza. Abdul Aziz’s family members, fans, and head of the Egyptian Syndicate of Actors Ashraf Zaki attended the ....

Scores of people take part in Galal El Sharkawy's funeral

Date: 2022-02-04 12:39:41 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:41 - ID:9400819

CAIRO, Feb 4 (MENA) – A funeral was held on Friday for renowned film and theater director Galal el Sharkawy, who passed away earlier in the day due to coronavirus complications. He was 88. A large number of Sharkawy’s lovers attended the funeral ....

MENA editor-in-chief: Qandil represents values of belonging to Egypt

Date: 2022-02-03 17:19:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:86 - ID:9399724

CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East News Agency Ali Hassan Thursday expressed his pride in everything that writer Sherif Kandil has written about Egypt and his village Ramlet al-Angab, Menoufia ....

APA chief hails launch of new award for best Arab publisher at Cairo Book Fair

Date: 2022-02-03 16:52:23 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:84 - ID:9399422

CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) - President of the Arab Publishers Association (APA) Mohamed Rashad hailed the launch of the award for the best Arab publisher by the Culture Ministry for the first time at the 53rd Cairo International Book Fair. While ....