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Culture Min., Oman’s Higher Educ. Min, Oman’s Opera Head Discuss Artistic Cooperation


Sun 03 Nov 2019 | 10:49 PM
Ali Abu Dashish

Dr. Inas Abdul Dayem, Minister of Culture, received Dr. Rawya bint Saud Al Busaidia, Minister of Higher Education of the Sultanate of Oman and Head of the Royal Opera House to discuss ways of intensifying cultural and artistic cooperation between the two friendly countries.

Abdul Dayem praised the participation of the premier Royal Ensemble for Music and Folklore in the 28th Edition of Arab Music Festival.

She welcomed the invitation presented to Egypt to participate in the celebrations of the Golden Anniversary of Sultan Qaboos's ascension to the throne in the coming year -2020.

At the end of the meeting, the minister of culture presented a series of publications of the various sectors of the ministry to the Omani Minister of Higher Education.

On her part, the Omani Minister of Higher Education put forward a number of cultural and artistic exchange projects.

These projects encourage the exchange of Egyptian experts to establish creative centers in various parts of Oman to discover and develop talented people, in addition to preparing a protocol of cooperation between the Egyptian Opera and the Royal Opera.

Furthermore, the two sides proposed to hold a joint festival that includes a variety of activities including children, youth and folkloric activities that reflect the artistic nature of the two communities.