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Cultural Movement in Lebanon hails Salmawy's role in June 30 Revolution
Date: 2013-08-19 14:33:45 GMT - Lebanon - Culture - SN:41 - ID:249016
The Cultural Movement in Lebanon sent Monday a cable to Mohamed Salmawy, the Secretary General of the General Union of Arab Writers and the Head of the Egyptian Writers Union, to hail his role in the June 30 Revolution which rectified the course of ....
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Security measures intensified around museum's storehouse in Bahnasa - Antiquities Minister
Date: 2013-08-18 19:43:18 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:39 - ID:247850
State Minister for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim asserted that security measures have been intensified around the storehouse of the museum in Bahnasa city in Minya. Ibrahim said that additional security reinforcements were provided to secure ....
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Culture minister to hold international conference
Date: 2013-08-18 13:21:41 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:26 - ID:247324
Culture Minister Mohamed Saber Arab will hold an international conference on Tuesday to clear the situations in Egypt. The conference will be attended by ambassadors, Arab and foreign correspondents in Egypt, while renowned Egyptian thinkers and ....
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180 tourists visit Great Pyramids; Egyptian Museum still closed
Date: 2013-08-18 13:20:11 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:25 - ID:247320
About 180 visitors, Egyptians and foreign tourists, visited the site of the iconic Great Pyramids in Giza on Sunday after it was closed over the past two days, an official at the antiquities ministry said. He said the site is expected to lure ....
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Minya residents ask for more protection to monuments
Date: 2013-08-18 11:37:54 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:21 - ID:247109
Residents of Bahnsa village of Minya called on Sunday for more security reinforcements to protect the archaeological warehouse in the area that contains large quantity of monuments, especially after Malawi museum was robbed in the latest violence ....
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Mallawy museum robbed
Date: 2013-08-15 13:10:12 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:20 - ID:242756
Although all Egyptian museums were secured, Mallawy Museum in the Upper Egypt governorate of Menya was robbed, the minister of antiquities said Thursday. Supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi staged a sit-in at the museum's park which ....
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Egypt closes historical landmarks in fear of potential unrest
Date: 2013-08-14 14:19:11 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:27 - ID:241191
Egypt's Antiquities Ministry decided on Wednesday to close all sites of historical landmarks, including the Giza Pyramids Plateau, the Egyptian Museum and the Alexandria Museum as of 2pm in fear of potential unrest. This is a precautionary ....
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Bazaar fire has not affected Luxor's archaeological area
Date: 2013-08-06 13:10:16 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:29 - ID:231189
Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said the fire that erupted late Monday in one bazaar at the west bank of the Nile at Luxor has not affected the archaeological area in the historical city. "Firefighters have put out the fire," ....
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BA chief awarded Calouste Gulbenkian prize
Date: 2013-07-24 16:53:22 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:24 - ID:214155
Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Ismail Serageldin received the prize of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, based in Lisbon, which is awarded annually to an individual or institution whose thoughts or actions make a decisive contribution to ....
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New culture minister reinstates Inas Adbel Dayem as Opera chief
Date: 2013-07-17 16:38:16 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:25 - ID:204820
CAIRO (MENA) - Newly-appointed Minister of Culture Mohamed Saber Arab reinstated Inas Abdel Dayem as the head of the Cairo Opera House on Wednesday. It was the first decision he took since assuming office today. She was dismissed in May ....
