Egypt
State Information Service
- Museum Of Islamic Art To Be Inaugurated
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate the Museum of Islamic Art in July after restoration, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said on Tuesday May 4, 2010. The museum was developed and prepared for tourists to visit, he said....
- Update Re Grand Museum In Cairo
Egypt State Information Service "The second phase of establishing the new Grand Museum is nearing completion," Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said during the press conference which he held on Monday 25/8/2008 after his meeting with the international...
- More Re Farouk Hosni Nomination For Unesco
Egypt State Information Service Prime Minister, Ahmed Nazif, stressed on 22/9/2007 the government support for candidature of the Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for the post of Director-General of UNESCO, and the necessary efforts for the various ministries...
- New Museums For All
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/he2.htm"In an attempt to preserve Egypt's priceless treasures, both stored and newly-discovered, to create the best environment to display them and to release the pressure in some overstuffed museums, the Ministry...
- Grand Egyptian Museum
http://tinyurl.com/9bm52 "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said that the first two sites in the Grand Egyptian Museum which the ministry establishes at Cairo, Alexandria desert road will be inaugurated early next year. The two sites are the power station...
Egypt
Integrated Map for Egyptian Culture
State Information Service
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced that the new year will witness the inauguration of several cultural and archaeological projects in addition to a number of intellectual events.
Farouk said that year 2011 that witness the establishment of the expanded conference of intellectuals to discuss key issues and put an integrated map of the Egyptian culture during the coming period.
Farouk pointed out that the new year will also witness the return of Art Day in implementation of the directives of President Hosni Mubarak, in addition to the opening of the Cairo International Book Fair.
The minister said that the Museum of Egyptian civilization will be opened on an area of 25 acres in Al-Fustat in Old Cairo. The Museum narrates the story of the Egyptian civilization through the various eras noting that the museum cost is about LE 600 millions.
Farouk said that the new year will also witness the completion of many archaeological museums in Cairo and other governorates including: Museums of Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada and Sohag, as well as finishing the restoration project of the national theater in Attaba.
He added that the new year also will witness the opening of the Hanging Church in Old Cairo after restoration and development at a total cost of LE 85 million.
- Museum Of Islamic Art To Be Inaugurated
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate the Museum of Islamic Art in July after restoration, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said on Tuesday May 4, 2010. The museum was developed and prepared for tourists to visit, he said....
- Update Re Grand Museum In Cairo
Egypt State Information Service "The second phase of establishing the new Grand Museum is nearing completion," Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said during the press conference which he held on Monday 25/8/2008 after his meeting with the international...
- More Re Farouk Hosni Nomination For Unesco
Egypt State Information Service Prime Minister, Ahmed Nazif, stressed on 22/9/2007 the government support for candidature of the Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for the post of Director-General of UNESCO, and the necessary efforts for the various ministries...
- New Museums For All
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/he2.htm"In an attempt to preserve Egypt's priceless treasures, both stored and newly-discovered, to create the best environment to display them and to release the pressure in some overstuffed museums, the Ministry...
- Grand Egyptian Museum
http://tinyurl.com/9bm52 "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said that the first two sites in the Grand Egyptian Museum which the ministry establishes at Cairo, Alexandria desert road will be inaugurated early next year. The two sites are the power station...