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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 ....
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Mohamed Ibrahim chosen antiquities minister for 3rd time
Date: 2013-07-17 16:28:59 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:23 - ID:204802
CAIRO (MENA) - Dr Mohamed Ibrahim was chosen for the post of antiquities minister in the cabinet of Hazem el Beblawy. It will be the third time for Ibrahim to serve as antiquities minister, after serving in the governments of Kamal el Ganzouri ....
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Fulham's new owner Shahid Khan told to keep Michael Jackson statue
Date: 2013-07-15 12:28:18 GMT - United Kingdom - Culture - SN:24 - ID:201442
LONDON (MENA) - Mohamed al-Fayed has told Fulham's new owner, the US billionaire Shahid Khan, he will be "in big trouble" if he tries to remove the statue of Michael Jackson erected outside Craven Cottage in 2011, The Guardian said. In a ....
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Ministry of Antiquities employees want their ministry to remain independent
Date: 2013-07-11 13:49:46 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:13 - ID:196957
Ministry of Antiquities employees do not want their ministry to be merged into another entity, wishing that it would remain as independent as it has been for sometime. The employees' trade union, under Abdel-Khaleq Darwish, sent a memo to ....
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Ongoing incidents did not affect workflow on existing projects - Antiquities ministry
Date: 2013-07-10 17:36:05 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:30 - ID:196044
CAIRO (MENA) - The ongoing situation in Egypt did not affect the workflow on existing projects, said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Amin. In statements Wednesday, Amin said that he is following up the workflow in ....
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Egyptian museum receives visitors normally - council
Date: 2013-07-08 13:14:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:38 - ID:192691
CAIRO (MENA) - The Egyptian Museum received visitors on Monday as usual despite protests and rallies in nearby Tahrir Square, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of the Antiquities Moustafa Amin said. He added that more army personnel and ....
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Hosni donates his remuneration for Egypt support fund
Date: 2013-07-08 11:50:24 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:17 - ID:192532
CAIRO (MENA) - Singer Tamer Hosni decided to donate for Egypt Support Fund "306306" his remuneration of a singing tour he is preparing for. Hosni has also donated for the fund his remuneration of all his artistic works in 2013, MENA learnt. ....
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Artists to stage march to Tahrir Square Sunday in protest of MB practices
Date: 2013-07-06 12:54:29 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:26 - ID:189855
CAIRO (MENA) - Sit-inners at Culture Ministry called on the artists and intellectuals to gather at the ministry on Sunday at 4:00 p.m to stage a march to Tahrir Square in protest of the violent acts committed by the Muslim Brotherhood. In a ....
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Protesting intellectuals say Morsi's address defies people's will
Date: 2013-07-03 12:43:11 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:28 - ID:185215
CAIRO (MENA) - Intellectuals and artists who have been sitting in at the Culture Ministry's premises for nearly a month in demand for the ouster of the current regime and sacking of Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz, appeared more and more adamant on ....
