Egypt's Culture Minister, Helmy Namnam praised cooperation between his ministry and Local Development Ministry over assigning cultural corners in public parks, Al-Bawaba News reported Wednesday. "Such procedures will contribute to the spread of culture as well as public awareness," Abu Al-Fadl Badran, general director of Culture Palaces Authority said. He added a request was sent to several governorates to allocate specific partitions in public parks for cultural events including book fairs, libraries and artistic and musical shows.