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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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Three soldiers injured in Culture Ministry clashes
Date: 2013-06-12 10:26:17 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:2 - ID:151423
Egypt-Accident Three soldiers injured in Culture Ministry clashes CAIRO (MENA) - As many as three police soldiers were injured during clashes Tuesday between supporters and opponents to Culture Minister Alaa Abdel Aziz in Cairo, the Health ....
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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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Culture minister denounces rumors about Egyptian manuscripts
Date: 2013-06-11 18:30:55 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:55 - ID:150857
Egypt/Document/Culture Culture minister denounces rumors about Egyptian manuscripts CAIRO (MENA) - Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz has denounced what he called campaigned rumors about Egyptian manuscripts, urging all to live up to their ....
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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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Intellectuals protest enters its 2nd week, with no glimmer of hope
Date: 2013-06-11 11:31:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:16 - ID:149952
A sit-in by intellectuals outside the Culture Ministry's headquarters in Cairo's Zamalek district will enter on Wednesday its second week with no glimmer of hope to resolve the crisis with Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz. The sit-inners ....
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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 ....