381 activities presented by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Culture in 2020

CAIRO – 30 December 2020: During the year 2020, the Supreme Council of Culture headed by Hisham Azmy organized a large number of international and local cultural activities and events, totaling 381 activities.

The activities was held whether with actual participation or within the implementation of the initiative launched by the Minister of Culture “Culture is Between Your Hands”, and that is through the council's 24 specialized committees, in cooperation with the council's conference secretariat team, where the council benefited from the support of all intellectuals of Egypt and the Arab world and continued to provide its activities in light of the Corona pandemic.

The activities came within the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Plan.

The events were related to the following topics:

1- A series of international and local forums and conferences (6 international and local conferences)

2- The International Cultural Dialogue Forum (14 events) which included “Culture Brings Us Closer” which included 5 events, and a series of cultural relations in cooperation with foreign cultural relations including 9 activities.

3- A series of seminars and evenings, including lectures and intellectual salons totaling  91 activities.

Online events with participation from Egypt and the Arab world; including:

1- A series of lectures entitled "Online Culture" which included 24 events.

2- “Read With Us” series which included 106 events.

3- The series "Everyday a Poet" which included 75 activities and was organized by the Council's Poetry Committee.

4- “Reading in a Translated Book” series which included 10 activities and was organized by the council's Translation Committee.

5- The series of plastic arts and architecture included 44 events and was organized by the Board of Plastic Arts and Architecture Committee.

6- “Our Life with Music” series which included 11 events and was organized by the council's Committee for Music, Opera and Ballet.