Abdel Dayem... Successful Minister of Culture

By: Wafaa Fayez

CAIRO, Mar. 13 (SEE)- March 8 is the day which turned from a painful memory to an international celebration. Creativity and pain are correlated partners for the woman. In spite of challenges, women prove their success everywhere. Therefore, SEE celebrates International Woman's Day. Inas Abdel Dayem is the Egyptian Minister of Culture in the governments of Sharif Ismail and Mustapha Madbouli. She has been president of the Egyptian Opera House until 2018, in addition to being an international flute player.

She began her studies at the Cairo Conservatory and, after earning her bachelor's degree, traveled to France until January 1990. She received her master's and a doctorate in flute from the Paris High School of Music.

During her studies she obtained a high diploma in flute in 1984; high diploma in flute performance in 1985; high diploma in chamber music by unanimous acclaim in 1986, followed by a high diploma in single chamber music in 1988 and doctorate in flute Higher School of Music, Paris, with honors.

Activities

She appeared in a number of concerts with the UNESCO International Orchestra in Paris, as well as solo concerts with the Cairo Conservatory Orchestra

She has also performed several solo concerts in several European and Arab countries such as Czechoslovakia, Italy, Germany, Spain, Bulgaria, Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom. In addition to several radio programs, the most important of which were Radio France in Paris, Abdel Rahim in Germany and Cairo.

She received many awards throughout her artistic career, including the first prize of the Union of Music Institutes in France in 1982, the Certificate of Appreciation at the World Competition of the Fallot in Kiba, Japan; and the Best Actress Award at the North Korean Art Festival

She also represented Egypt at the Mediterranean Orchestra Festival in Marseilles and was the first Egyptian to participate in this gathering. In 1999, she founded a class to teach flute to children at an early age to develop talent at the Egyptian Opera House and supervised many scientific research to obtain a doctorate degree and master of arts in many Egyptian universities and institutes.

She also participated in the preparation of educational curricula in Egypt and some Arab countries. She is the technical advisor to the Orchestra of Light and Hope, an Egyptian orchestra of the Blinds.

Honors and Awards

She has won many local and international awards including the State Encouragement of Arts Award, the Best Artist Award, the South Korean Art Festival Award, the First Place of the Federation of Musical Institutes of France, and the Certificate of Appreciation from the Kobe International Flute Festival.