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Men of culture and art continue their strike for 14th day
Date: 2013-06-18 18:56:04 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:18 - ID:161345
CAIRO (MENA) - Intellectuals and artists continued on Tuesday their strike for the 14th day in a row in the Culture Ministry HQ in Cairo's district of Zamalek with the aim of getting Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz sacked. Alexandria ....
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Egypt establishes new department for archaeological coordination with Africa
Date: 2013-06-16 15:59:24 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:25 - ID:158144
CAIRO (MENA) - Minister of State for Antiquities Ahmed Essawi ordered the establishment of an Egyptian-African coordination department to magnify the Egyptian role in African states, especially riparian ones. In statements Sunday, Essawi said ....
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Intellectuals continue sit-in for 11th day
Date: 2013-06-15 15:56:43 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:17 - ID:156707
CAIRO (MENA) – Intellectuals and artists continued Saturday their sit-in outside the Culture Ministry for the 11th day running, calling for sacking Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz. More people arrived at the ministry Friday to show solidarity ....
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Anti-culture minister protest continues for 8th day
Date: 2013-06-12 12:17:32 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:19 - ID:151757
CAIRO (MENA) - For the eighth day in a row, a number of artists and intellectuals continue their sit-in, calling for the resignation of Culture Minister Alaa Abdel Aziz. The protest is held at the ministry premises in the Nile district of ....
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Islamists end their protest outside culture ministry
Date: 2013-06-11 19:36:10 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:65 - ID:150969
CAIRO (MENA) - Scores of Islamists ended on Tuesday their protest outside the headquarters of the culture ministry, where they clashed with opponents of newly-appointed Culture Minister Alaa Abdel Aziz. After what was termed as withdrawal of ....
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Clashes erupt between supporters, opponents of culture minister
Date: 2013-06-11 18:54:28 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:60 - ID:150897
CAIRO (MENA) - Fierce clashes erupted on Tuesday in the vicinity of the culture ministry between supporters and opponents of newly-appointed Culture Minister Alaa Abdel Aziz. The two sides threw stones at each other, leaving a number of people ....
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Egypt, Poland to cooperate in antiquities fields
Date: 2013-06-11 17:52:13 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:44 - ID:150779
CAIRO (MENA) – Egypt's Antiquities Minister Ahmed Essa met on Tuesday with Polish Ambassador to Egypt, the first meeting between the two sides. The two sides discussed ways of advancing cooperation in the fields of antiquities, especially in ....
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Senior official of Culture Ministry resigns for blurring policy
Date: 2013-06-04 09:41:40 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:4 - ID:139318
A senior official at the Ministry of Culture has resigned for obscurity surrounded the newly-appointed minister's policy. Dr. Kamelia Sobhy, head of the foreign cultural relations, tendered Monday her resignation to Culture Minister Alaa Abdul ....
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Cairo Opera House artists, employees go on strike
Date: 2013-05-29 11:35:30 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:8 - ID:130626
Hundreds of fine artists and employees of Cairo Opera House went on an open-ended sit-in in protest at a decision by the culture minister to dismiss head of the Cairo Opera Inas Abdel-Dayem. At the end of Aida Opera performance, that took ....
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Pop singer asks Moroccans to pray for Egypt
Date: 2013-05-27 13:24:58 GMT - Morocco - Culture - SN:7 - ID:127448
Egyptian Pop singer Mohamed Munir has urged the Moroccan people to pray for Egypt and Arab countries at a concert held here on Sunday. During the concert, which started at 10:30 p.m., Munir thanked the organizers of Mawazine Festival and the ....
