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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 ....
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US deplores grave damage to Museum of Islamic Art
Date: 2014-01-29 14:42:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:53 - ID:527353
State Minister for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim has received a letter from Deborah Lehr, the Chairwoman of the George Washington University Capitol Archaeological Institute and President of the International Coalition to Support Protection of ....
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Antiquities minister to hold press conf. Friday to review UNESCO's mission
Date: 2014-01-29 14:26:48 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:47 - ID:527306
State Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim will hold an international press conference on Friday at the Islamic Art Museum to shed light on the tasks of a UNESCO technical mission in Egypt. The UNESCO mission will arrive here on ....
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Artists protest against Cairo bomb attacks
Date: 2014-01-29 08:27:49 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:9 - ID:526421
A number of artists and intellectuals staged a protest Tuesday in front of Cairo security directorate condemning a bomb attack that took place on Friday. The protesters deplored the attack which left six died and destroyed the façade of the ....
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Antiquities ministry to establish fund to preserve heritage
Date: 2014-01-28 17:06:14 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:50 - ID:525793
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim agreed to a proposal of the Finance Ministry to establish a fund aiming at preserving historical buildings. A bank account would be opened under the name "rescuing Egyptian heritage fund," to receive donations ....
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ُEgypt ready to run for UNESCO world heritage elections
Date: 2014-01-28 15:17:03 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:37 - ID:525552
State Minister for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim announced that the ministry has been preparing for the UNESCO world heritage committee elections in 2015. The ministry is going to create a huge tome including all Egyptian ancient wonders to ....
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Egypt hops N.Korea to participate in Cairo film festival
Date: 2014-01-27 10:41:58 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:41 - ID:522887
Egypt's Culture Minister Saber Arab hopes North Korea would participate in Cairo International Film Festival and the International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts. During a meeting with the North Korean ambassador in Cairo, Arab voiced ....
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Destroyed artifacts to be displayed at special department of Islamic art museum - minister
Date: 2014-01-26 15:43:36 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:31 - ID:521787
The Antiquities Ministry is currently collecting the artifacts of the Islamic Art Museum, which was destroyed by the bombing that targeted Cairo Security Directorate on Friday morning, said State Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Sunday. The ....
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Minister says Umayyad jug not destroyed in museum damage
Date: 2014-01-26 11:49:10 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:18 - ID:521249
Egypt's antiquities minister stressed on Sunday that the centuries-old jug of Marwan ben Muhammad, the last Umayyad caliph, was not damaged in the Friday's car bombing that wreaked havoc on Cairo’s renowned Islamic Art Museum. Mohamed Ibrahim, at ....
