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Saturday, 20 February, 2021 - 11:30 Figures of the national circus. (Egyptian Ministry of Culture) Cairo - Asharq Al-Awsat
To document the history of Egyptian theater, which dates back to 150 years, and celebrate the success of its most iconic performances over the past decades, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture launched an initiative to establish museum pavilions exhibiting rare collections and images of Egypt’s theater icons in state theaters.
According to Dr. Ines Abdel Dayem, the minister of culture, setting up museum pavilions at the National Center for Theater, Music, and Folklore contributes to preserving the essence of Egyptian creativity, which is part of the country’s national identity.
2021-01-24 10:35:09 GMT2021-01-24 18:35:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Mahmoud Fouly, Emad al-Azrak
CAIRO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) Greater Cairo Public Library (GCPL) serves as a historical memory for the Egyptian capital in particular and Egypt in general and a chronicle that preserves national identity, said the library s director general Yasser Othman in a recent interview with Xinhua. GCPL was established on the model of the Historical Library of the City of Paris, to serve as a historical memory that brings together the capital s heritage and history, documents Cairo s architecture and philosophy and sheds light on prominent foreign figures who lived in Cairo, Othman pointed out.
2021-01-15 10:35:51 GMT2021-01-15 18:35:51(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Mahmoud Fouly
CAIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) Dozens of workers in several adjacent workshops on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo were working on producing different parts of oud, an ancient Arabian lute-like music instrument, to be assembled together and polished for sale to musicians in Egypt and abroad.
The workshops together form the largest oud making workshop in Egypt, which belongs to veteran oud maker Khaled Azooz, who refers to them as a complete factory exporting ouds to 12 Arab and Western countries. I started with a small workshop about five years ago, then it gradually expanded until I have now 50 workers in my factory that I believe is the largest in Egypt and the region, Azooz told Xinhua at his nearby office in a separate building in El-Marg district northeastern Cairo, bordering Qalioubiya province.
© Provided by Xinhua | &An Egyptian oud workshop designs, produces, assembles and polishes ouds, ancient Arabian lute-like music instruments, which