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Memorial service held for Negm in Algeria
Date: 2013-12-09 12:14:53 GMT - Algeria - Culture - SN:42 - ID:430769
Algerian writers and poets held a memorial service for Ahmed Fouad Negm, the Egyptian poet famed for his political verse in the dialect of the people. Negm, renowned and liked for his revolutionary poetry and for his harsh criticism of political ....
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Cheb Khaled denies giving up Algerian nationality
Date: 2013-12-09 08:49:20 GMT - Algeria - Culture - SN:14 - ID:430221
Algerian rai singer Cheb Khaled has denied rumors that he gave up his Algerian nationality. In statements to local Shorouk newspaper, Khaled said that he will live and die as an Algerian. He told the newspaper, out Monday, that recent rumors ....
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Statue of daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten retrieved
Date: 2013-12-08 15:31:57 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:40 - ID:429422
The State Ministry of Antiquities returned the 3,500-year-old limestone figurine of 'A Daughter of the Pharaoh Akhenaten', which has not been found since Malawi National Museum in Minya was completely ransacked after the dispersal of two protest ....
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SCA approves launching campaign "Egyptians build Grand Egyptian Museum"
Date: 2013-12-08 09:31:05 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:15 - ID:428597
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) board approved a project for launching a popular campaign entitled "Egyptians establish Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)" which first began by Egyptian Egyptologist and senior tour guide Bassam Al-Shammaa. The ....
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Translation council to publish book about Negm
Date: 2013-12-05 09:18:19 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:12 - ID:423635
The National Council of Translation said it will publish a book about poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, who passed away on Tuesday. The title of the book will be "Poetry of Ahmed Fouad Negm… Eloquence of alternative heritage." Negm had been known for his ....
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Antiquities Ministry restores 5 looted artifacts from France
Date: 2013-12-04 14:36:43 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:48 - ID:422630
Egypt's antiquities ministry, in cooperation with the foreign ministry, managed to restore five looted artifacts from France. The artifacts were smuggled to France following the January 25 revolution, said Egypt's antiquities minister, Mohamed ....
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Egypt wins seat in ICCROM's executive council
Date: 2013-12-03 15:14:45 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:37 - ID:420764
Egypt won a seat in the executive council of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) after holding a secret ballot in which representatives of the governments of 133 member states ....
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Antiquities minister says I will not hide corruption pertaining looting Egypt's antiquities
Date: 2013-11-30 13:08:14 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:37 - ID:415135
State Minister for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim underlined that he will not hide corruption in his ministry, especially that pertaining to forgery of antiquities or looting. He stressed that the incident of robbery of antiquities by German ....
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German archaeologists stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche from 3 places in Pyramids - official
Date: 2013-11-28 19:13:01 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:30 - ID:412580
Head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Section at the State Ministry of Antiquities Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud said that three German archaeologists stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche from three important places in the Pyramids. In statements ....
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German archaeologists stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche from 3 places in Pyramids - official
Date: 2013-11-28 14:09:15 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:24 - ID:411938
Head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Section at the State Ministry of Antiquities Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud said that three German archaeologists stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche from three important places in the Pyramids. In statements ....
