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Body of Lebanese singer Wadi al-Safi arrives at Saint George Cathedral in Beirut
Date: 2013-10-14 12:21:32 GMT - Lebanon - Culture - SN:58 - ID:338316
The body of renowned Lebanese singer and composer Wadi al-Safi arrived on Monday at Saint George Maronite Cathedral in Beirut where funeral prayers will be performed ahead of the burial. Safi, the Voice of Lebanon, died on Friday at the age of ....
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Egypt takes action over 165 artifacts auctioned in London
Date: 2013-10-14 12:08:51 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:56 - ID:338297
Bonhams London Auction has sent a catalogue of 165 Egyptian artifacts to Egypt after the Foreign Ministry informed Interpol about their display for sale at the famous London auction, said Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim. The catalogue was ....
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NCW urges ban on showing immoral movies during Bairam
Date: 2013-10-14 12:00:17 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:52 - ID:338285
The National Council for Women has condemned the showing of a number of low standard movies in cinemas during the Greater Bairam. The NCW, in a statement Monday, said it is very displeased with the immoral movies that are being shown in cinemas ....
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French movie wins best film award in Alexandria Festival
Date: 2013-10-14 07:16:29 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:14 - ID:337702
A French movie won the best film award at the closing ceremony of the 29th Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries. Alexandria Governor Tarek al-Mahdy and the festival’s chairman Al-Amir Abaza handed the awards while ....
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Egypt's embassy in Berlin restores relic in form of lion's head
Date: 2013-10-11 07:39:26 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:4 - ID:333346
Egypt's Foreign Ministry announced that the Egyptian embassy in Berlin managed to restore a relic in the form of lion's head, said an official of the ministry. An Egyptian team from the Ministry of state for Antiquities Affairs inspected the ....
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Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Date: 2013-10-10 13:57:48 GMT - Sweden - Culture - SN:16 - ID:332169
Canadian author Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, BBC reported. Making the announcement, Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, called her a "master of the contemporary short story". The 82-year-old, ....
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Egypt restores Greco-Roman statute from Germany
Date: 2013-10-10 13:10:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:11 - ID:332067
Egypt's Antiquities Ministry restored from Germany this week a lion-shaped statute dating back to the Greco-Roman era, Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said Thursday. The 19cm-high and 12cm-wide marble statute was in the possession of a German citizen ....
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Tourism minister returns from France
Date: 2013-09-27 20:36:57 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:7 - ID:310944
Tourism Minister Hisgam Zazou returned home on Friday from Europe where he visited Germany and France. He asked the two countries to lift their ban on travel to Egypt. They agreed. ....
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Swedish Foreign Ministry condemns harassment of Egyptian artists at film festival
Date: 2013-09-15 13:27:55 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:22 - ID:290343
The Egyptian Embassy in Sweden received an official notice from the Swedish Foreign Ministry regretting the attack on Egyptian artist during their participation in the opening of the 3rd annual Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden on September 5. ....
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Antiquities minister denies items missing from Islamic museum
Date: 2013-09-09 15:32:21 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:21 - ID:281086
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim denied the disappearance of any artifacts from the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. The photos of artifacts on display in a Qatari museum that were circulated on social media websites were not from the ....
