Former minister of culture investigated
The former minister Alaa Abdel Aziz is being investigated for having indecent conversations with students when he was a teacher at the high cinema institute.
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Ministry of Culture reinstatement
Saleh: We will remain in the streets until the end of Ramadan
Alexandria intellectuals’ sit-in attacked
Attack by ‘thugs’ causes two serious injuries; sit-in abandoned ‘temporarily’
Culture Ministry protest attacked
Protesters calling for the minister of culture’s dismissal continue their sit-in following clashes
The Islamisation of a culture
For 23 years, Egypt’s cultural scene was in the hands of Farouq Hosny. One can write volumes on the man, rumours mixed with truths until his reputation was completely ruined. What we do know though is that he was a lousy painter; he painted like a six year old and yet he was able to …
Demonstrating artists break into Ministry of Culture
Angry artists, activists, and intellectuals break into Culture Ministry and promise to hold a sit-in until their demands are met
Figure in Culture Ministry resigns
The ministry’s head of the Foreign Cultural Relations Department submits resignation