9 - 15 May 2002
Issue No.585
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Al-Ahram Weekly Online 9 - 15 May 2002 Issue No.585 |
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What good news for a hot summer! The talented 14-year-old Menatallah Mahmoud Afifi, a student at Ramses College for Girls, will today be a guest at the American Embassy to receive a gold medal for her poem about war, Stop . Afifi took first place in a creative writing competition supervised by Sue Taher at the American Embassy's Cultural Centre. Inspired by the ongoing Israeli war against the Palestinian children, Afifi expressed her feelings in the poem Stop, as follows:
Stop war everywhere.
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Abercrombie and Kent (A&K) travel company and its manager, Amr Badr, had the pleasure of celebrating with my dear friend Zahi Hawass his recent appointment as secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). In his honour, A&K held a glamorous cocktail reception where Hawass delighted the guests with an exclusive slide presentation which included some of his most fascinating excavations. Guests in Egypt were given a taste of what is usually reserved for Hawass's devotees abroad -- his presentations on Egyptian archaeology and tourism. The guests included Minister of Tourism Mamdouh El-Beltagui, American Ambassador in Cairo David Welsh, Austrian Ambassador Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, American University in Cairo Press Director Mark Linz, the owner of Al-Sherouq Publishing House and head of the Arab Publishers Union, Ibrahim El-Ma'lem, Nile TV announcer Nehal Saad, prominent Egyptian film stars such as actress Nadia Lutfi and actor Ezzat El-'Alaili, and other key officials and leaders in the travel industry. This pleasant occasion coincided with A&K's 20th anniversary of providing high quality travel services in Egypt.
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In recognition of women's critical role in society, the General Organisation of Cultural Palaces (GOCP) yesterday granted prizes to the winners of the first literary competition organised by the General Department of Women's Culture. Winners submitted research papers on the theme of the role of the women behind the pioneers of enlightenment in Egypt, and the part played by leading female figures on a social and political level. At the Children's Cultural Palace in Garden City, where the event took place, head of GOCP, Anas El-Fiqi, will distribute the prizes -- totalling LE 4,100. Certificates of recognition, gold medals, and books issued by the GOCP will also be given out. The ceremony will include a recital by the renowned poet Abdel-Rahman El-Abnoudi and the colloquial poetess Iman El-Bakri. The competition comprises 28 research papers. Winners were selected by a jury which included Amina Shafiq, a member of the National Council for Women (NCW), and the editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine Adab Wa Naqd (Literature and Criticism), Farida El- Naqash.
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My dear colleague Nesmahar Sayed had an enthralling time at the Opera's plastic art gallery yesterday. Viewers were swept off their feet by the exhibition "One Shot: Darb Al-Labbana". The exhibition displays the works of 15 painters, each depicting the same view in Darb Al-Labbana alley in the Qal'aa district. The artists are: Abdel-Aziz Elgendy, professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Hanan El-Sheikh, Mohamed Kamal, Khaled Abdo, Amira El- Khatib, Mona Sonbol, Dina Hamdy, and Mohamed El-Sayed, Maged Shaaban, Dareen Moheiy, Eman Mamdouh, Yasmine Batayhey, Rania Hafez and Asmaa Abu Bakr El- Nawawi. The exhibition includes 50 paintings, and is delightful given that it shows just how different the world is through different people's eyes. A wonderful idea with even more wonderful results!
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Spring is in the air, and everyone is out and about. The Nile Hilton threw people even more into the spring mood by inviting 22 children from the Coptic Orthodox Association for Child Welfare to partake in an Easter egg hunt. The hotel's PR manager, my dear friend Farida Mansour and Captain Samir Zahran of the food and beverage department had a ball with the cheerful children. Indeed a delightful event.
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