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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
5/30/2013 5:11:01 PM
Taher resigned in protest at the culture minister's decision to fire a number of key culture officials in recent days, including the head of the opera house
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz refutes rumours that he had stepped down, appoints new head of Cairo Opera House despite artists' rally held to protest his recent decisions
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Egypt
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Politics
5/29/2013 7:21:05 PM
Head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Culture (SCC) resigns after several culture ministry officials are sacked by newly-appointed minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz
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Multimedia
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5/29/2013 9:42:21 AM
Egyptian artists and Cairo Opera House staff announce plans to wage open-ended strike to demand removal of newly-appointed culture minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
After the new culture minister fires the head of the opera house, artists refused to perform Aida on Tuesday, instead holding protest signs on stage
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
5/28/2013 4:24:04 PM
Artists condemn sacking of Fine Arts chief Salah El-Meligy by Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/28/2013 2:01:26 PM
A number of senior arts officials have been fired by the new minister, who took office earlier in May
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
5/28/2013 9:20:33 AM
Artistic community is up in arms again against newly-appointed culture minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz, this time after he sacks Salah El-Meligy, head of Egypt's museum/exhibition administration
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Arts & Culture
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Film
5/27/2013 9:26:17 PM
Tunisian culture minister congratulates French-Tunisian director who clinched top prize at Cannes for sexually graphic lesbian love story 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
5/27/2013 4:35:32 PM
At the opening of the 35th General Art Exhibition on Sunday 26 May, artists chanted against newly-appointed culture minister
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
5/19/2013 9:33:23 PM
Newly-appointed culture minister accuses head of Egypt's Arts Academy of defamation after latter alleges illicit liaison between minister and university student
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
5/14/2013 8:09:09 PM
Members of local cultural/intellectual community march from Cairo Opera House to newly-appointed minister's office to protest alleged 'Brotherhoodisation' of Egyptian culture
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
5/14/2013 3:56:02 PM
Old dispute between Sameh Mahran and the Morsi-appointed Culture Minister Abdel-Aziz surfaced quicker than expected, taking a scandalous bend
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Books
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5/14/2013 11:05:10 AM
After the recent Morsi-appointed culture minister sacked an 'efficient' deputy of the General Egyptian Book Organisation he appoints Gamal El-Tellawy
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Books
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5/13/2013 11:48:54 AM
7 days in office, Culture Minister Abdel-Aziz sacks Egypt's book organisation director Ahmed Megahed; Intellectuals resign from their posts and egg his car, decrying it as Brotherhood move to kill cultural life
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
5/7/2013 6:01:03 PM
Tuesday cabinet reshuffle includes appointment of Alaa Abdel-Aziz El-Sayed Abdel-Fattah as Egypt's sixth minister of culture since January 2011 Tahrir Square uprising
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
4/24/2013 8:05:32 PM
Minister of Culture Mohamed Saber El-Arab meets with a host of ministry officials, stresses importance of coordinating activities to allow wider public access to the arts
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Arts & Culture
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Music
3/23/2013 2:15:18 PM
Ahram Online talks to Gilberto Gil, Grammy Award-winning musician, activist and former Brazilian culture minister on music, social activism and musical fusion
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Books
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3/11/2013 5:49:05 PM
With masterpieces of Arab written heritage such as 'One Thousand and One Nights' at risk of censorship by Islamist conservatives, Egyptian former culture minister Gaber Asfour comes to the defence in his new book
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
3/4/2013 3:27:49 PM
Culture Minister Saber Arab reveals plans for an urgent meeting with Finance Minister Hegazy to re-instate 10% of the arts and culture budget
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