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Intellectuals end Culture Ministry sit-in after Morsy’s ouster
Egypt
July 4, 2013
Intellectuals end Culture Ministry sit-in after Morsy’s ouster
Intellectuals and artists ended their four-week occupation of the Culture Ministry headquarters in Zamalek Thursday. The protesters had demanded the…
Salafis vow to disperse Culture Ministry protests
Egypt
June 10, 2013
Salafis vow to disperse Culture Ministry protests
The Salafi Watan Party has warned its members will disperse a sit-in set up outside the Culture Ministry in Cairo…
Intellectuals protest “Brotherhoodization” of Culture Ministry
Culture
June 5, 2013
Intellectuals protest “Brotherhoodization” of Culture Ministry
Prominent intellectual figures stormed the main gate of the Culture Ministry on Wednesday afternoon to start a sit-in inside the…
Poet Farouk Shousha resigns over minister’s policies
Culture
May 30, 2013
Poet Farouk Shousha resigns over minister’s policies
Prominent poet Farouk Shousha said he has resigned from the board of trustees of the House of Poetry to protest…
Fact box: Shortest-living culture ministers since the 25 January revolution
Art news
February 5, 2013
Fact box: Shortest-living culture ministers since the 25 January revolution
Culture Minister Mohamed Saber Arab is the fifth Culture Minister to submit his resignation in the two years since the…
Culture Minister Saber Arab resigns, citing ongoing violence
Art news
February 5, 2013
Culture Minister Saber Arab resigns, citing ongoing violence
Culture Minister Saber Arab submitted his resignation to the Cabinet on Monday in protest of the violence that erupted across…
The swaying culture ministry
Art news
August 4, 2012
The swaying culture ministry
Less than 40 days after he resigned from his post, Saber Arab, a professor of history at Al-Azhar University,…
Culture minister’s first decision in office sparks protests
Books
May 31, 2012
Culture minister’s first decision in office sparks protests
Despite two weeks of ongoing protests at the country’s main public library and 15 employees at the organization going on…
Far away from home
Books
April 12, 2012
Far away from home
A book about oddity and literature would naturally seem attractive, with readers expecting it to highlight experimental writing and the…
Culture minister voices rejection of military, religious rule
Art news
December 25, 2011
Culture minister voices rejection of military, religious rule
Egypt's Culture Minister Shaker Abdel Hamid has said he refuses to allow Egypt to become a military or theocratic state,…