The supreme Council of culture held its 64 meeting on Saturday 20 June to vote for the 2020 State Awards winners. The meeting, chaired by Minister of Culture Inas Abdel-Dayem, took place in the Cairo Opera House.
It is worthy of note that the state precautionary measures against coronavirus were also put in place during the meeting.
Furthermore, the state awards are granted in the fields of social science, arts, and literature; they are distributed on four pisions: the Encouragement Award, the Excellency Award, the Appreciation Awards, and the Nile Award – the highest honour.
The Ministry of Culture announced the winners for these awards as follows:
The Encouragement Award
Arts
Drawing: Hend Hassan Say.
Porcelain: Mohamed Ahmed Hassan.
Theatrical performance: Salwa Ahmed Mohamed.
Theatrical Designing costumes Marwa Mohamed Saleh.
Long documentary direction : Mostafa Ashraf Ahmed.
Literature: Critical Analysis of Literary Text: Reda Attia Iskandar.
Poetry: Hatem Mohamed Abdel Halim.
Novel: Ahmed Atallah Mohamed.
Novel for children aged 9-15: Haitham Abd Rabo El Sayed.
Translation: cancelled.
Social Sciences.
Sociology: cancelled.
History: cancelled.
Environmental Culture: cancelled.
Geography: Manal Samir Shalaby.
Philosophy and Psychology: Muhammad Mamdouh Ali.
Youth: Fathi Muhammad Fathi.
Book and Publishing: Nermin Abdul Qadir Imbabi.
Management Sciences: Ayman Al-Sayed Al-Bagouri.
Economic and legal Sciences.
Environmental economics: cancelled.
Egyptian economy between independency and dependency: cancelled.
Trade Laws and Private International Law: Haitham El-Sayed Ahmed.
Popular Culture and the Principle of Equality and Non-Discrimination: Youssef Mohamed Wardani.
The Excellence Award
Late director Mohsen Helmy and Dr Ahmed Ragab Mansour won Egypt’s Excellence Award in Art.
The Excellence Award in Social Sciences went to Ibrahim Al-Desouki Abdullah and Dr Anwar Hamid Ahmed.
In Literature, Dr Ahmed Mohamed Belboula and Dr Fawzi Mahmoud Ahmed won the Excellence Award.
The Appreciation Awards
Arts: Dr Hoda Wasfi and Dr Farouk Al-Jabali.
Literature: Mohamed Lotfy Hassan, Yaqoub Ishaq Qalini, and Abdullah Abdel-Fattah Al-Tatawi.
Social Sciences: El-Sayed Amin Shalaby, Sami Al-Sayed Abdel-Aziz, and Ahmed El-Sayed Ahmed.
The Nile Award
Arts: Writer and director Lenin Al-Ramly.
Literature: Professor of Folklore at Cairo University Ahmed Morsi.
Social Sciences: Former Minister of Social Solidarity Jouda Abdel-Khalek.
Arab Creators Award: Sudanese Artist Muhammad Omar Khalil.
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