DATELINE: Tuesday, Sept 6, 2011 The Foreign Cultural Relations department is representing Egypt at the International Dance Festival, according to Hossam Nassar, First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture. Nassar said that Minister of Culture Emad Abu Ghazi arranged for El-Areesh, a folk band of the General Authority of Cultural Palaces, to travel to South Korea for the duration of the festival, which runs from 9 Sep. to 19 Sep. The band will perform art shows expressing a culturally rich Egypt by sharing the depth of its diverse heritage with the world. The festival is a part of the sixth Exhibition of World Cultures known as “EXPO 2011.”
