The General Foundation of Cultural Houses in Egypt is arranging cultural activities to be carried out during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month during which Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. General Administration for Youth and Workers is also holding activities during from Ramadan 6-16 (August 6-16 ). Activities schedule: Performances in Sabahi company in Kafr el-Zayat • Ramadan 6: Shubra Khema Band for local musical instruments • Ramadan 7: Arabic bands Gory and Bohera • Ramadan 8: Kafr Zayat Band for Arabian music Performances in Kema and Fosfat factories, Aswan Cultural House: • Ramadan 9: Aswan for Arabian Music band • Ramadan 10, 11: Toshka band Performances in Abu Hagag hall, Luxor Cultural House : • Ramadan 12,13: Luxor for Arabian music and national music instruments Minya cultural house will hold religious and cultural programs August 9-25 in all cultural houses in Luxor villages. The programs aim to reveal religious culture in the governorates. Qalyubia Cultural House will hold ‘100 Ramadan Nights' in all its branches from Ramadan 8-25 (August 8-25). The program includes: • 40 musical nights for Qalyubia, Cairo and other governorates' bands • Seven performances for Harek al-Maabad play (the one who burnt the temple) • 50 religious lectures • Poetic night, seminar, Quran competitions • Chess competition • Plastic art gallery about the January 25 Revolution and Ramadan • 11 musical and cultural nights in Banha cultural house. Menoufiya Cultural will hold cultural activities in Shibin el-Kom cultural park Ramadan 9-15. The activities include: • Lecture titled "Rules of Fasting" by Sheikh Shehata Shekhwi • Plastic art gallery for Monoufiya artists. • Monoufiya band for Arab music on Ramadan 9 • Lecture titled "10th of Ramadan " by Dr. Tawfic Mansour • Nile band for national musical instruments on Ramadan 9 • Lecture titled protestors in national literature by Dr. Sameh Shaalan • Shibin el-Kom cultural house choral • Puppet show on Ramadan 11, 12 • Bohera band for Arab music on Ramadan 14 • Religious chanting on Ramadan 15
