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GEM opening
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The Grand Egyptian Museum
11/3/2025 7:22:00 PM
Bazil's Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, told Ahram Online that "The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum will powerfully solidify the catalyzing role that culture has always played for Egypt. It is a monumental step that I believe will channel global interest into even greater benefits for the Egyptian people."
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/3/2025 10:54:36 AM
Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, who represented Turkey at the Grand Egyptian Museum’s (GEM) opening ceremony, described the GEM as Egypt’s “fourth pyramid.”
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GEM opening
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The Grand Egyptian Museum
10/30/2025 6:07:29 PM
The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will greatly strengthen Egypt’s position on the global tourism map as one of the world’s largest and most modern archaeological centres, Russian Culture Minister Olga Lubimova, who will represent the Russian Federation at the GEM's inauguration, told Ahram Online in an exclusive interview.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
10/19/2025 1:48:17 PM
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati on Sunday reported a theft at the Louvre in Paris, as the world-renowned museum said it was closing for the day.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
9/21/2025 12:25:32 PM
Germany's culture minister on Saturday slammed threats by several European countries to boycott next year's Eurovision song contest if Israel took part as politicising a cultural event.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
9/16/2025 3:57:58 PM
Minister of Culture Ahmed Fouad Hanno announced that 18 March will be celebrated annually as Egyptian Folk Art Day.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
9/15/2025 12:41:39 PM
Spain should boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest if Israel takes part, Spanish Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun said Monday, joining other European nations threatening to pull out of the event.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
8/4/2025 6:29:33 PM
The Moroccan embassy in Cairo marked the 26th anniversary of Throne Day on 30 July with an event attended by Egypt’s culture minister, Ahmed Fouad Hanno, along with officials, diplomats, academics and artists.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
6/22/2025 5:04:51 PM
Egypt's Culture Minister, Ahmed Fouad Hano, and the governor of North Sinai, Khaled Mohamed, will reopen Qatiyah Village Cultural House and Nakhl Cultural Palace on Monday after renovating and upgrading them were completed.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/1/2025 2:47:51 PM
Egypt’s culture minister, Ahmed Fouad Hanno, has referred several senior officials for investigation after discovering what he described as an unauthorized excavation, possibly linked to illegal antiquities digging, at a government-run cultural site in Luxor.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
3/5/2025 6:15:00 PM
Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar on Monday decried a "sad moment for cinema" after an Oscar win for "No Other Land", a documentary about Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/31/2024 12:50:15 PM
A large number of stars from the entertainment industry, alongside Egypt's culture minister, have paid their tributes to artist Ahmed Adaweyah, who passed away on Sunday evening following a long battle with illness.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
8/20/2024 11:28:11 PM
Egypt and South Korea are seeking to deepen cultural exchanges in 2025 as the two nations prepare to mark three decades of diplomatic relations by the next year.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/2/2024 11:26:42 AM
Palestinian Minister of Culture Emadeddin Hamdan explained that in the face of a continued national catastrophe, Palestinians have maintained their culture as a form of resistance against the occupation.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/8/2024 7:13:40 PM
Palestinian culture minister Atef Abu Seif was in Gaza on 7 October for a planned ceremony when the Hamas attack on Israel set off the war and left him trapped for 90 days.
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Egypt
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Society
10/1/2023 7:10:27 PM
As many as 550 events will be held in Cairo and other Egyptian governorates to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 6th of October War victory, a statement issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture said on Sunday.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
9/2/2023 6:33:44 PM
Lina Mendoni, Greek culture minister, talks about the cultural ties between Egypt and Greece and her country's strategy to underscore the importance of culture in the country's economy.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
1/26/2023 4:31:57 PM
Minister of Culture Nevine El-Kilani met with a delegation from South Africa's Ministry of Culture and Arts this week to discuss holding the first South African cultural season in Egypt.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
1/17/2023 9:51:21 AM
Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida, one of the last icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died aged 95, culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano announced Monday.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
12/4/2022 8:40:42 PM
Minister of Culture Nevine El-Kilany met with Ambassador of Iraq to Egypt Ahmed Nayef Rashid Saleh on Thursday to discuss reinforcing cultural and artistic cooperation as well as Egypt's participation in the sixth edition of the Ancient Civilisations Forum in Baghdad from 4 to 6 December.
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