India all over
India is the guest of honour at the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) running through 20 November. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, India's Vice-Minister for Information and Broadcasting Raghu Menon, as well as the CIFF (...)
CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL -- 18-28 NOVEMBER
The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which opened on Tuesday 18 November with a star-studded gala show, has come a long way since it was established in the summer of 1976. In 1986 the late (...)
When history sings
Under the auspices of Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, Cairo Opera House Director Abdel-Moneim Kamel inaugurated the 17th round of the Salaheddin Citadel Music and Singing Festival at the Saryat Al-Gabal Theatre. The event opened (...)
On behalf of the Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, head of the General Cultural Organisation, Ahmed Nawwar inaugurated Darb Al-Ahlam, the first Utopia project, in Mit Shammas district, Giza. Utopia is a first-of-its-kind initiative to rejuvenate (...)
photos: Ayman Barayez
Until 14 February at the Zamalek Art Gallery, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, wearing his artist's hat, is showing his latest exhibition of paintings, "Optimism", comprising 44 paintings, 42 of which he executed in the course of (...)
Culture Minister Farouk Hosni and actor Ezzat Abu Ouf, the new president of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), inaugurated the 30th round of the festival (28 Nov-8 Dec) at the Cairo Opera House Main Hall this week. This year's guests of (...)
By Madame Sosostris
Under the auspices of Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, the Mexican Ambassador Jaime Nualart, head of the Sector of Fine Arts Mohsen Shaalan and Chairman of Gezira Art Centre Mohamed Rizq inaugurated a Mexican photographer (...)
photo: Ghada Abd El-Kader
Under the auspices of Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, the Brazilian Ambassador Elim Dutra opened the photographic exhibition, "Amrik-Arab Presence in South America" at the Amir Taz Palace, Khalifa -- open to the public (...)
For all Arabic music fans, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni inaugurated the 14th Arabic Music Festival which took place at the Cairo Opera House's Main Hall, last week. The opening ceremony commenced with the speech of the Secretary-General of the (...)
photo: Abdel-Hamid Eid
My darlings, I'm swamped with the busy schedule for the holy month of Ramadan. There are, my lovelies, so many events and I can't bring myself to miss any. My dear friend, the very cultured Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, (...)