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As you know, my dears, the Cairo Opera House always seeks to promote the arts across Egypt's governorates. This week, the Opera House, headed by Samir Farag, organised a cultural day in cooperation with Minya University, whose president (as you well know) is Maher Mustafa. An original idea was the performance of the most prominent compositions of pianist Omar Khayrat and composer Gamal Salama by Nesma Abdel-Aziz on the percussion instrument called the marimba. This event took place in the Suzanne Mubarak Hall. The programme also comprised a recital of the late Salah Jahin's famous poems by lovely actress Athar El- Hakim, who expressed her great pleasure at participating for the first time in the Opera's cultural activities in Minya. Lovers of opera and classical music were enchanted by the voice of tenor Hassan Kami, who performed excerpts from Aida and Tosca while soprano Hala El- Shabouri sang arias from Carmen and La Bohème, accompanied by the Cairo Opera Orchestra. A song recital by soprano Neveen Allouba accompanied by Manal Mohieddin on the harp completed the classical part of the musical programme.

El-Baz at Al-Minya University; Kami.

The recital was followed by a discussion between the political adviser to President Mubarak, Osama El-Baz, and students of Minya University, tackling numerous political and social issues. The cultural day was brought to its conclusion with a medley of old songs presented by the Abdel- Halim Noweira Arabic Music Ensemble, conducted by Salah Ghoubashi.

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