Ministry of Culture (Egypt)
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| Formed | 1958 |
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| Jurisdiction | Egypt |
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Zamalek, Cairo Coordinates: 30°3′33″N 31°13′1″E / 30.05917°N 31.21694°E |
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| Website | Official website |
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The Ministry of Culture of Egypt is a ministry responsible for maintaining and promoting the culture of Egypt. The current Minister is Helmy Namnam.[1]
History and structure
Until 1958, the ministry of national guidance dealt with the cultural affairs.[2] The ministry was established by President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1958 under the name of the ministry of culture and national guidance.[2][3] The French model was adopted in the establishment.[3]
The ministry has the following branches:
- Supreme Council of Culture
- Egyptian General Book Authority
- National Library and Archives
- General Authority for Cultural Palaces
- General Authority for Books and National Documents
- The Opera House
- General Authority of the National Agency for Urban Harmony
- Egyptian Arts Academy
- Department of Applied Arts
- The Fine Arts Sector
- Cultural Development Fund
- The Book and Publishing Commission
- Dar El kotob
Duties
Is duty of Ministry of Culture digitize, preserve and make them available and accessible public domain works for every citizen. Egypt has millions of public domain works (books, pictures, music and films) that belongs to the public domain and since there is not restrictions or copyright on them and all these works can be accessed, copied and enjoyed by its citizen in order to accomplish human right of access to science and culture make more egalitarian access to culture in every country no matter the social status of the cirizens.[4][5]
Critics
In January 2001, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture was criticized for withdrawing three novels of homoerotic poetry by the well-known 8th Century classical Arabic poet Abu Nuwas from circulation.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Egypt's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi". Ahram Online. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- 1 2 Jessica Winegar (2009). "Culture is the Solution: The Civilizing Mission of Egypt's Culture Palaces" (PDF). Romes. 43 (2). Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- 1 2 Sonali Pahwa; Jessica Winegar (Summer 2012). "Culture, State and Revolution". MERIP. 42 (263). Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ http://dl.psnc.pl/2010/07/30/european-libraries-and-google-cooperate-in-digitization/
- ↑ http://www.communia-association.org/2015/12/05/public-domain-on-trial-in-mannheims-reiss-engelhorn-museum-vs-wikimedia-et-al/
- ↑ "Egypt's Cultural Players in Crisis". Middle East Report.
External links
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