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Egypt, Iraq's Kurdistan sign memo of understanding for cultural cooperation
Date: 2014-02-05 12:23:04 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:40 - ID:538866
Egypt and the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan signed on Wednesday a memo of understanding to develop cultural cooperation. The memo, inked by Egyptian Culture Minister Mohamed Saber Arab and Kurdistan Culture Minister Kawa Mahmoud Shakir, ....
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Antiquities minister refutes pyramid discovery
Date: 2014-02-05 07:52:48 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:9 - ID:538177
Antiquities Minister Mohamad Ibrahim has denied news reports that claimed a new pyramid has been uncovered in south Edfu city in Aswan. The pyramid was discovered in 1894 and was not considered a new excavation, said Ibrahim in a statement on ....
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Famous music composer Omar Khairat to perform in Alexandria
Date: 2014-02-03 11:58:32 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:38 - ID:535027
Famous music composer Omar Khairat will hold a number of concerts in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on February 18. For three consecutive days, the well-respected musician will perform concerts at Sayyed Darwish Theater. The concerts are ....
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Minister denies any merger plans between antiquities, culture ministries
Date: 2014-02-03 10:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:25 - ID:534775
Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim denied on Monday reports that his ministry will be merged into the Culture Ministry, saying no debates in this regard were held at the cabinet. He made clear that any merger would not be ....
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Antiquities ministry mulls formation of board of trustees concerned with Egyptian museums--Ibrahim
Date: 2014-02-02 16:20:51 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:36 - ID:533872
State Minister for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said the ministry is now studying the establishment of a board of trustees concerned with Egyptian museums under the umbrella of UNESCO. Seven to ten veteran international figures will join the board ....
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Culture minister meets Kuridsh counterpart
Date: 2014-02-02 16:17:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:35 - ID:533867
Culture Minister Mohammed Arab met on Sunday with his Kuridsh counterpart Kawa Mahmmoud who is currently visiting Egypt. The meeting covered ways of increasing joint cultural activities in the coming period. Mahmmoud told MENA that he conveys ....
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Archaeologist calls for new strategy to protect Egypt monuments
Date: 2014-02-01 10:32:41 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:21 - ID:531430
Archaeologist Abdel-Rehim Rihan has called for a new strategy to protect Egypt's monuments in light of attacks on archaeological sites since the January 25 Revolution. Egypt's monuments are in the circle of danger, Rihan said in statements to ....
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Actress Zizi el-Badrawi dies at 70
Date: 2014-02-01 07:32:12 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:2 - ID:531075
Egyptian actress Zizi el-Badrawi died on Friday at the age of 70 after long illness. Badrawi's health has deteriorated during the last period and was admitted to the intensive care unit in a Dokki hospital and put on ventilator. Badawri, whose ....
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Finance ministry to study laws in view of constitution
Date: 2014-01-31 18:46:40 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:36 - ID:530809
Finance Minister Ahmed Galal on Friday ordered the formation of a panel to consider financial laws regulating the work of the ministry. The panel which will include leaders of the ministry will be responsible for making sure that the laws of ....
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1,306 artifacts intact at Museum of Islamic Art: Minister
Date: 2014-01-31 11:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:10 - ID:530023
Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said 1,306 artifacts are intact at the Museum of Islamic Art in central Cairo, which has been destroyed by a powerful car bomb that exploded outside the adjacent Cairo Security Directorate last ....
