Under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, Dr. Enas Abdel-Dayem, Minister of Culture, and Major General Adel El-Ghadban, Governor of Port Said, will launch the activities of the Egyptian Capital of Culture, on the evening of Sunday, March 8th, at the Cultural Center in Port Said in the presence of the leaders of the Ministry of Culture and a number of popular leaders The executive in the governorate.
Dr. Enas Abdel Dayem said, that the sky of Egypt is glowing with multiple and successive creative events and witnesses an intense public presence, which reflects the high societal awareness and highlights the awareness of the importance of creativity in the highness of conscience. Writers of Egypt.
Enas Abdel Dayem added that the Ministry of Culture has prepared an agenda for activities that includes 75 cultural, artistic and intellectual activities, that include all colors of the Egyptian creative movement with the participation of all sectors and held in a number of cultural sites in the governorate as well as the appropriate spaces of gardens and parks to provide artistic and theatrical performances for the masses as well as adding to the cultural structure The governorate has many projects that serve the people of the governorate and its guests, including the reopening of the cinema of Egypt on the thirtieth Street after its development, renewal and rehabilitation to fit the history and status of the valiant city and also the reopening of the Egyptian General Authority For the book in Port Fouad, developing the screenplay scenario at the Victory Museum, book exhibitions, seminars, evenings, intellectual salons, artistic and musical performances, and other activities, so that the valiant city is a jewel of culture and art on the land of Egypt.
The opening ceremony begins with artistic shows for folk arts teams, followed by a speech by the Governor of Port Said, then the Minister of Culture announces the opening of the events and honors five personalities from the people of the governorate and their symbols who succeeded in placing prominent imprints in various fields of Egyptian creativity are Major General Dr. Samir Faraj, journalist Sakina Fouad, the artist The great Mahmoud Yassin, the theater director Samir Al-Asfouri, the Arabic calligraphy artist Musaad Khudair, after which the artistic concert directed by the artist Jihan Morsi begins and includes paragraphs for each of the marimba player Nesma Abdel Aziz Al-Moutarban Yasser Suleiman and Rehab Mutawa, then he will present the Prince of Arab singing Hani Shaker Aqh selected from his own works as well as a number of books of Arab music heritage.
It is noteworthy that the tradition of the Egyptian capital of culture was developed by the Ministry of Culture last year and its activities will be held in the governorate, which hosts the General Conference of Writers of Egypt, where it held the title during the 2019 Matrouh Governorate and enjoyed by Port Said Governorate during 2020.
Sun, Mar. 8, 2020
