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Iman Issa, an egyptian contemporary artist has won the Fundació Han Nefkens Macba Contemporary Art Award in barcelona. The award is a new category included in the event and according to Fundació Han Nefkens (FHN) and the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, its inclusion is geared towards consolidating the career of artists with many years’ […]
A four year agreement to build a broadband access network which will bring high-speed Internet access and high-quality voice and video services to millions of Tunisians has been announced by the largest provider of wireless communications in the country, Tunisianain partnership with Alcatel-Lucent. Tunisiana is hoping to launch commercial services early next year and Alcatel-Lucent […]
A two-day workshop organized under the patronage of the Ministry of Employment, Vocational Training and New Technologies between political and economic decision makers under the theme “The evolution of technologies and their impact on the economy in Mauritania” has some to end and was summarized at a press conference held by the government and Microsoft […]
The 6th edition of the Arab Film Festival in Oran (FOFA) is going on in Algeria and the minister of culture Khalida Toumi was the chief guest of honor at the opening ceremony. In the opening remarks, the minister who was represented by Rabah Hamdi said that the Arab Film Festival in Oran represents a […]
Algerians in the United States of America have expressed their strong desire to participate towards nation building and development by their willingness to create industrial and investment in productive activities in Algeria, especially in technology and renewable energy. A delegation of 20 Algerian businessmen in the USA was engaged in discussions with national authorities towards […]
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania has been playing host to the 3rd edition of the Francophone Literature Festival which will come to an end this weekend. The festival begun since the 9th of December and has been famous for uniting francophone literature under one umbrella for almost a week. This year’s edition was graced by […]
The 4th edition of the national cultural festival of Amazighe Theater opened on Monday night at regional theater of Batna in a friendly atmosphere enhanced by the rousing sounds of local folk groups. The opening ceremony of the annual event was attended by a large crowd and important dignitaries amongst which were members of the […]
Biopharmaceutical experts from Algeria and the United states alongside government officials met to discuss over modeling Algeria to become the best in the region before 2020 in terms of bio-pharmacy and healthcare. The discussions were held at the Algeria 2020 Partnership Conference which sets its goal towards promoting business partnership, innovations, expanded research and development […]
A musical and archaeological celebration was held at the house of Lord Howard Carter who is honored for discovering the intact tomb of King Tutankhamun marking the 90th anniversary of the discovery. Present at the ceremony were the Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou, Minister of Archaeology Dr Mohamed Ibrahim, Governor of Luxor Dr Ezzat Saad […]
The 12th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival kicked off Friday evening in the presence of scores of stars from the four corners of the world. The festival was first held in 2001. The world was still under the shock of the 9/11 attacks and organizing a film festival in such an uncertain environment […]