The artist, Dr. Enas Abdel Dayem, Minister of Culture, announced the "People's Cinema" project, which aims to present contemporary and modern cinematic works at symbolic prices within the reach of all segments of society and the simple Egyptian citizen through the palaces and houses of culture scattered in various governorates of Egypt.
The project will be implemented in cinemas of the General Authority for Culture Palaces headed by director Hisham Atwa and under the supervision of the artist Tamer Abdel Moneim, Director General of Cinematic Culture, starting from the first days of Eid Al-Fitr 2022. , Al-Anfoushi Culture Palace in Alexandria, Al-Bahr Al-Adham Library in Giza as a first stage and then circulated throughout the Republic and includes short fiction or short documentary films produced by the Ministry of Culture represented by the Academy of Arts, the National Center for Cinema and the General Administration of Cinematic Culture, shown before the beginning of the main cinematography presented by major distribution companies Which contributes to shedding light on the distinguished works produced by the Ministry of Culture and contributes to spreading community awareness as well as distinguished independent works, and from here we will review the most important initiatives presented by the Ministry of Culture during the past years.
Your culture is your book
One of the cultural initiatives and projects launched by the Ministry of Culture, to achieve cultural justice, reach the target audience and disadvantaged groups, and confirm the directives of the Minister of Culture, Dr. Enas Abdel Dayem, to communicate culture to all segments of society, regardless of their location.
And “Your Culture is a Book” is one of those important initiatives launched by the Ministry of Culture, represented by the Egyptian General Book Authority, and the initiative launched during the 52nd session of the Book Fair, includes hundreds of titles from publishing houses and sectors of the ministry, by 11 publishers, which does not exceed The price of the book is 20 pounds; In order to urge citizens and exhibition goers to acquire books and encourage them to read, the initiative also includes organizing a number of virtual activities through the exhibition's electronic platform.
The initiative has achieved great success since its launch, especially in the fifty-second session of the Cairo International Book Fair, because it represents raising awareness, confronting dark ideas, achieving the principle of cultural justice, and reaching the book to the Egyptian citizen, regardless of his place and location, to raise awareness, confront dark ideas, and spread knowledge. enlightenment among the citizens.
Start your dream initiative
Which is held by the Youth Theater Troupe in the artistic house of the theater free of charge, in order to implement a plan to support and discover new young representative artistic talents through admission tests for applicants, as part of the strategy of the Ministry of Culture to inject new young blood from artists, from which three batches have graduated, resulting in 230 artists. The project was launched through the General Authority for Cultural Palaces in the regions, and the first batch of the workshop was graduated in Assiut, where 700 young men and women applied to participate. 53 trainees were selected, including 24 girls and 29 young men, and work is underway to graduate the first batch of the workshop from the people of the Sharkia and Fayoum governorates.
Egypt's industrial initiative
The launch of the “Industrial Egypt” initiative was an activation of the directives of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, based on the national role aimed at preserving identity and preserving its unique features, and with the aim of returning the Egyptian traditional and heritage crafts to the spotlight, and working to revive and rehabilitate a new generation of innovators in this field, as it is implemented by a fund Cultural development in the Fustat Center for Traditional Crafts, and 430 people applied to participate in the initiative, 43 artists and craftsmen were selected, of whom ranged between 18 and 40 years old. After the necessary personal interview, a group of senior specialists from the various faculties of arts and distinguished craftsmen supervised their rehabilitation at the Traditional Crafts Center in Fustat. .
The Ministry of Culture is working to rehabilitate and restart the entire track, coinciding with the revival of theater art, so the mobile theater project came within a strategy and vision to counter the correction of extremist ideas, as convoys of mobile theaters roam all over Egypt to spread enlightenment and awareness through various creative programs that include forms of thought and art. It is a leap in the path of achieving cultural justice among the spectrum of Egyptian society and a window for the cultural product to reach the most needy villages, hamlets, and border areas.
Mobile theaters
At the beginning of the project, the Ministry of Culture received six mobile theaters, through which they present various types of creativity in the most remote and needy areas throughout Egypt. Delta, East Delta, Qanat and Sinai, and witnessed many cultural sites affiliated with the General Authority for Culture Palaces, in which artistic events for moving theaters were held, including the New Valley, Beheira, Qena, Aswan, and the villages of Luxor Governorate, South Sinai, Beni Suef, Matrouh, and other governorates Canal and Sinai.
Cultural caravans
The cultural and artistic convoys aim to provide societal cultural support to Egyptian families in remote areas, direct care and awareness to young people in all their locations, enhance social responsibility, build a productive and influential partnership, as well as spread the components of literary, artistic and heritage culture among groups of society, and spread the concepts of cooperative awareness among institutions. The governmental, local and private community, and the promotion and dissemination of the values of community culture and support for its application and adoption in public life.
The General Authority for Culture Palaces activates the project of cultural and artistic convoys and the participation of the cultural sectors of the Ministry of Culture in order to reach the cultural and artistic service to citizens residing in the desert, valleys, islands and oases far away, which are not reached by means of recreation to the extent that achieves justice among the people of the country, with the aim of nourishing the mind with enlightened ideas, which Calls for reflection and reflection on the common good, and the future.
Fri, Apr. 22, 2022
