CAIRO: The Archaeologists Union is preparing to launch its website after next week's Eid al-Adha, an Islamic religious feast. Tarek Tawfik, the union's media spokesman, gave a special statement to Youm7.
Tawfik said the site will contain all (...)
CAIRO: On Tuesday, El-Sawy Culture Wheel will close its theatre festival with a performance of ‘The Silence of Words' by the Avatar theatre troupe at 5:30pm.
In addition, the Ange Actor troupe will present the play 'Compulsory direction' Wisdom (...)
Head of Fine Arts in the Egyptian Ministry of Culture Salah el-Meligy in cooperation with Czech ambassador to Cairo Pavel Kafka will open an exhibition at the Gezira Art Centre.
The exhibition will run from October 19 to November 3.
The (...)
Islam forbids female circumcision, otherwise known as female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a new book published in Egypt.
Ahmed Shawky Fangary's 89-page book titled “Female details the medical, religious, psychological, sociological, (...)
The El-Sawy Culture Wheel in Zamalek will hold a special exhibition titled “The Party Forum,” which will showcase all active Egyptian political parties and give the public the opportunity to acquaint themselves with campaign strategies and (...)
CAIRO: The Sawy Culture Wheel will be holding a concert for the band Sehr-el Sharq, headed by musician Bilal Sheikh, next Thursday at 8pm.
Sehr el-Sharq was formed in 2001 by Bilal Sheikh when he was a student at the Faculty of Music Education. (...)
The Egyptian General Book Organization, headed by Ahmed Mujahid, has just released a special issue of the Journal of Folklore.
The special issue discusses industries and traditional crafts, including tailoring, sewing, carpentry, blacksmithing, (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian Ministry of Culture issued an official statement today about the details of the clashes that took place in front of the Balloon Theater on Tuesday, moving onto Tahrir Square and resulting in many injuries.
Preparations were (...)
Political sociology professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim suggested replacing Article 2 of the Egyptian constitution. Article 2 states that Egypt is an Islamic state, its language is Arabic and Sharia – Islamic Law – is the main source of (...)
As the world celebrates International Day of Cultural Diversity, researcher Dr. Hala al-Asmar pointed out to Minister of Culture, Dr. Emad Abu Ghazi, the need to organize activities inspired by minority cultures in Egypt.
She suggests making (...)
The Nubian language should be taught in schools until age seven to preserve the heritage and language and protect it from extinction, said Bassem el-Shamaa, an Egyptologist and member of the Geographical Society of Egypt, to Dr. Ahmed Gamal el-Din (...)