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Intellectuals end Culture Ministry sit-in after Morsy’s ouster
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,…
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