On Sunday, the Board of Trustees of the Farouk Hosny Foundation for Culture and Arts convened at the Foundation’s headquarters in Zamalek.
During the meeting, the Board discussed the Foundation’s future plan, directions and mandates throughout the upcoming year 2024. The Board members also deliberated the most important fields on which the Foundation will focus its attention.
They agreed that all of the Foundation’s activities will target talented and creative young artists who need support and accolades to become more creative and innovative.
The Board of Trustees decided to double the value of the Grand Merit Award to 200 hundred thousand Egyptian pounds, which is granted to eminent figures who have enriched Egypt’s cultural and artistic arenas in appreciation and honor of their remarkable achievements.
The Board also discussed the possibility of organizing many cultural and artistic events and activities in the coming period.
The Board meeting was attended by Artist Minister Farouk Hosny, Businessman Engineer Naguib Sawiris; Dr. Zahi Hawass, Archaeologist and Former Minister of Antiquities; Dr. Moustafa Elfeki, Former Director of the Library of Alexandria; Writer Mohamed Salmawy; Dr. Moamena Kamel; Mr. Tamer Auf, Former Adviser to the Prime Minister; Writer Elham Aboul Fateh; TV Presenter Jasmine Taha Zaki; Mrs. Enas Louqa; Dr. Aleya Abdel Hadi, Former Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Arts, University of Petra, Jordan; and Poet Wael El-Simary.
The Farouk Hosny Foundation for Culture and Arts is a registered independent foundation founded in 2019. It is a non-profit NGO that focuses on artistic and cultural activities and the various creative disciplines and cultural components based on the concept that culture is capable of absorbing all human creative practices and developing humanity.
The Foundation announced last September the launch of the fifth round of the Arts Awards for the year 2024 in the fields of (photography, painting, architecture, sculpture, art critique, and photography) with awards amounting to half a million Egyptian pounds.
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