Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2019
The General Authority of Cultural Palaces is holding the seventh scientific conference on Women's culture entitled "Women Defying Disability - From Protection to Empowerment" on April 15th and 16th and organized by the Central Administration for Studies and Research in cooperation with the Coptic...
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2018
Recently, the General Authority for Cultural Palaces reprinted the book “The Making of Egypt” [Takwīn Miṣr] by Muḥammad Shafīq Ghurbāl.
According to the new edition’s introduction by Dr. Kamāl Mughīth, “The Making of Egypt” is a unique book that came as an urgent cultural and national response...
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 2010
Should the One Thousand and One Nights be banned? A Cairo conference debates the issue. A number of Lawyers submitted a request to have the latest edition of the Thousand and One Nights banned because they viewed it as immoral. Intellectuals and cultural figures rally against this ban, upset by the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 5, 2009
al-Faris writes of the isolation of Copts in Society, the need for more churches, and the controversial 'Master Yacoub'.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Cultural centers in Egypt publish books that promote feelings of ftnah among Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Saturday, January 13, 2001
A Muslim Brotherhood’s representative made an inquiry questioning the Minister of Culture
about
the last three novels published by the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, claiming that they violate
general decency. The Minister of Culture ordered an investigation into the matter, which ended...