Cultural policies and measures targeting creation and production


Where
Egypt
When
2013
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Description of the policy/measure

As example, we could mention:鈥 the center for creativity ( hanager )basically, the objective of this center is to support young performers, singers, and dancers by providing assistance for the production of their art work. the role of this center is also to supervise young artists in the domain of experimental theater and provide them with specialists who observe and direct the work of qualified elements. the strategy of the center targets the distribution and dissemination of domestic cultural services.鈥 the house of the song (palace of emir bishtak)the objective of this house is to offer training activities in the domain of music and vocal/instrumental sounds. the artists are challenged to produce harmony and expression of emotion with authenticity essence.鈥 the house of she鈥檙 (beit el set wassila)this place in the heart of the world heritage site of historic cairo is allocated by the ministry of culture to promote arabic literature and calligraphy and to nurture people鈥檚 memory of famous arab poets and poems.鈥 the house of 3oud (palace of harawi)with the objective of preserving one of the most authentic instruments of oriental music 鈥3oud鈥, the ministry of culture has dedicated the old mamelouk house of 鈥渉arawi鈥 to this purpose. this creativity center aims to:record and promote traditional music and musicians in egypt, as living heritage able to renew the intercultural bridges.to highlight the vital role of the music in societies and underline its importance from the old time up to now in shaping the imagination of the egyptian people.to organize workshops supervised by the most distinguished specialists in the area of oriental instruments.to offer national prices/ awards with the aim to encourage the perception of this music as a resource for creativity.