PM reviews report on selecting Cairo as Islamic world's 2022 capital of culture

CAIRO - 8 April 2022: Prime Minister Mostafa Madboui reviewed Thursday a report raised by Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem on selecting Cairo as Islamic world's 2022 capital of culture.

The prime minister said the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) selection of Cairo attests to the Ministry of Culture's success in implementing the State's strategy, especially in light of the great importance President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attaches to preserving Egyptian cultural heritage on the various levels, as well as exerting utmost efforts meant to promulgate for Egypt's longstanding heritage.

In her report, the minister of culture said Cairo was named as 2022 Islamic culture capital on Feb 20,2022, during the 51st edition of Cairo's International Book Fair (CIBF), but the untoward impact of the coronavirus pandemic that gripped the world hindered holding celebrations marking the event and they were set to be organized in 2022 in cooperation between the ICESCO and the ministry.

The celebration will kick off Sunday in a breathtaking festivity featuring Cairo's greatness with its basking artistic and cultural arts, the minister added.

The festival's program would include a wide range of activities, amounting to almost 50 cultural, artistic, intellectual and creative activities embodying the most important features of the Egyptian identity.