Tag Archives: UNESCO

Egypt Today ‘The Egyptian Academy of Arts in Rome’ held a grand celebration on ‘the International Day of the Arabic Language’ and the Day of the Arab Expatriate’ on Thursday. The ceremony was organised in coordination with the Egyptian Embassy in Italy, the Council of Arab Ambassadors and the Arab …

Egypt Today The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in cooperation with 15 Arab countries, under the auspices of the ALECSO Organization, led joint efforts to inscribe the ‘Arabic Calligraphy: Knowledge, Skills and Practices on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization …

Egypt Today Egypt was re-elected as a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) having 130 votes in elections on Wednesday. “The re-election of Egypt for a second consecutive terms in the UNESCO is considered an international recognition of the country’s active role in the UN …

Egypt Today The Egyptian Ministry of Culture received an invitation to participate in UNESCO’s virtual exhibition held under the title ‘Creative Resilience – Art by Women in Science’, which is scheduled to launch on 28 October and ends on 1 December. UNESCO’s virtual exhibition aims to shed the light on the …

Egypt Today The Pyramids of Giza will host the launch of the fourth annual exhibition of Art D’Egypt, entitled ‘Forever is Now’, on Thursday 21 October. The exhibition will run untill 7 November, under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNESCO. …

Egypt Independent “A team of Egyptian palaeontologists have named a new species of amphibious whale. The fossil was discovered by an Egyptian expedition”, Professor of Palaeontology at Mansoura University, Hesham Sallam, announced on Wednesday. Professor Sallam explained, “palaeontologists discovered the fossils in 2008, during an expedition in the Fayoum Depression, South …

Egypt Today The ‘Courtyards Dialogue’ design submitted by eight Egyptian architects has won the UNESCO competition to rebuild the historic Al-Nouri mosque complex, which was mostly destroyed by the ISIS terrorist group in Mosul, Iraq. “The winning design was selected by an international jury from among 123 entries in the …

Ahram Online “Egypt attaches great importance to developing relations with the UNESCO”, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi told UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on Sunday. Sisi made his remarks at a meeting with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, in the presence of Minister of Antiquities and Tourism Khaled al-Enani and Minister of Culture Inas …

Ahram Online The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO vowed, on Thursday, to lead efforts to protect Lebanon’s vulnerable heritage. Following last week’s gigantic Beirut port blast. The UNESCO warned that 60 historic buildings were at risk of collapse. The effects of the blast were felt all over the Lebanese capital, but …

Egypt Independent Houses in Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa are collapsing under heavy rains, as months of floods and storms assail a country already reeling from war, food shortages and disease. The distinctive brown and white mud brick houses of Sanaa’s historic neighbourhoods, which were built before the 11th …