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  • Education minister heads for Germany to take part in Frankfurt Book Fair

    Date: 2017-10-11 09:33:18 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:29 - ID:7033791

    CAIRO, Oct 11 (MENA) - Education Minister Tareq Shawqi left here on Wednesday for Berlin to take part in the Frankfurt Book Fair, which opened on Tuesday. On Tuesday night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanual Macron ....

  • Shoukry calls on UNESCO African group to support Khattab's nomination

    Date: 2017-10-09 12:49:45 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:41 - ID:7030852

    PARIS, Oct 9 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shourky on Monday took part in the African Group's meeting in UNESCO to affirm the importance of taking a unified stance to support Moushira Khattab, the Egyptian-African nominee for the UNESCO's ....

  • UNESCO to start vote to elect new chief; Egypt's Khattab in fierce competition

    Date: 2017-10-08 08:44:59 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:11 - ID:7028563

    PARIS, Oct 8 (MENA) - With candidates from three countries including Egypt, the UNESCO will start on Monday the process of electing a new chief for the UN cultural body. Egypt's Mushira Khattab has a chance to win the post as she represents the ....

  • Khattab: Introducing French nominee to UNESCO post incomprehensible

    Date: 2017-10-07 15:30:08 GMT - France - Culture and Art - SN:42 - ID:7027946

    PARIS, October 7 (MENA) – Egypt and Africa nominee for the UNESCO Director-General post Moushira Khattab exclaimed from introducing a French candidate for the UNESCO post considering it as incomprehensible. It is not a good thing for France, as ....

  • Egypt named guest of honor for Amman International Book Fair 2018

    Date: 2017-10-04 20:28:55 GMT - Jordan - Culture and Art - SN:72 - ID:7024033

    AMMAN, Oct 4 (MENA) - The Amman International Book Fair has selected Egypt as the guest of honor in its 18th edition that will be held in 2018. The announcement was made by Jordanian Publishers Union (JPU) Chairman Fathi Al Biss in his speech to ....

  • Egyptian National Library signs coop. deal with Azerbaijan central library

    Date: 2017-10-01 12:03:28 GMT - Azerbaijan - Culture and Art - SN:33 - ID:7017830

    BAKU, Oct 1 (MENA) - The Egyptian National Library and Archives signed a cooperation deal with Central library of Azerbaijan on exchanging books and documents along with restoring and preserving rare books Signed by Chairman National Library and ....

  • Culture min. starts visit to Kyrgyzstan

    Date: 2017-09-26 17:48:43 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:80 - ID:7010728

    CAIRO, Sept 26 (MENA) - Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam started a several days' visit to Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday. During the visit, Namnam will discuss with his Kyrgyzstani counterpart means of boosting cultural and artistic cooperation between ....

  • Egypt to present technical support for Djibouti's first institute of popular arts

    Date: 2017-09-25 17:02:44 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:57 - ID:7008766

    CAIRO, Sept 25 (MENA) - Egypt agreed to provide Djibouti with technical support needed for establishing its first ever institute of popular arts. Egypt is willing to offer artistic expertise and to increase the flow of books exchanged with ....

  • Egypt takes part in 7th Beijing International Art Biennale

    Date: 2017-09-24 22:38:38 GMT - China - Culture and Art - SN:77 - ID:7007269

    BEIJING, Sept 24 (MENA) - Egyptian fine artists are taking part in the 7th Beijing International Art Biennale, which kicked off Sunday at the National Art Museum of China under the theme of "The Silk Road and World Civilization". The 7th Beijing ....

  • Education Ministry spokesman: Admission for Egyptian-Japanese schools to start Tuesday

    Date: 2017-09-24 08:55:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:9 - ID:7006108

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - Education Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Kheiri said admission for the Egyptian-Japanese schools will start on Tuesday via the website of the ministry. In statements to MENA, Kheiri said admission will open for only five schools ....

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