International day of the poet Cavafy celebrate in Egypt

 Egypt celebrates the International Day of the Poet Cavafy and awards the Yorgos Foudoulis Prize for Culture 2024

Egypt participated in the celebration of the International Day of the Greek Poet Cavafy, including the Yorgos Foudoulis Prize for the year 2024.

The Egyptian-Greek ceremony was held at the Grand Hotel

Organized, sponsored and chaired by the Commissioner General of the Foudoulis Award in Egypt:

Dr. Atef Khair

The vice president of the celebration 

Manar Marouf

And Dr. Reda Abdel Rahim

And the journalist Andy Al-Arabi

And journalist Marwa Abdel Ghani

The ceremony, started with the playing of the Greek National Anthem and then the Egyptian Republican Anthem

The Yorgos Foudoulis Prize for Culture was awarded with honors

Honor, shields and certificates of appreciation by  the name of the Yorgos Foudoulis

 Culture Award

The Foudoulis Prize for Culture for the year 2024 was awarded to :

Professor Dr. Mona Haggag, Greek archaeologist and civilizationist

And the Greek archaeologist and civilization scientist, Professor Dr. Wafaa Al-Ghanem

And the distinguished artist of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Culture, Dr. Ali Abdel Ghani

And historian and writer Dr. Reda Abdel Rahim

The Vice-Chairman of the Celebration is Mrs. Manar Marouf

Issam Helmy, the Egyptian guitar expert

He knows the semsimiya instrument and the leader of the traditional semsimiya band, the artist Ahmed Ashry

And the international visual artist, Dr. Adel Benjamin

And Mrs. Amani Ahmed Tarraf

And President of OCD Academy of Arts

Visual artist Abdullah Kharouba

And the artist Marian Muhammad

And the artist Imad Muhammad Ibrahim

And the artist Nisreen Al-Lawandi

And the  artist and calligrapher Ahmed Tariq

And the poet Hana Al-Gharabawi

And the poet Maryam Al Faraskouri

The artist is the leader of the Storm Team performing arts team

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Grand Hotel, Mr. Jamil Farah, was honored

And the head of the Egyptian Society for Human Rights, Counselor Gamal Al-Najjar

The ceremony included speeches delivered by  the presidency of the celebration, and Dr. Atef Khair thanked and appreciated the attendees. 

He also thanked and appreciated the international Greek musician Giorgos Foudoulis, who authorized him to award the award in Egypt.

The ceremony was presented in English by journalist Marwa Abdel Ghani

The ceremony was presented in Arabic

Journalist Muhammad Al-Jazzar

Professor Mona Haggag and Professor Wafaa Al-Ghanem spoke about Greek civilization in Egypt and the historical relations between Egypt and Greece.

The poet Hana Al-Gharabawi recited the poem Greece

The poet Maryam Al Faraskouri also recited the poem “Ithaca” by the poet Kafafis in Arabic

Storm Team Performing Arts performed

A dancer's performance to the music of Zorba the Greek

Pharaonic review

A review of Egyptian folklore

Guitarist Issam Helmy played musical pieces

Singer Hamsa Ekramy presented singing segments

The ceremony included a musical performance by musician Yorgos Foudoulis

And Cavafy's poems

And the Greek song of Alexandria

Certificates of honor were presented to the attendees and participants from the Egyptian governorates and cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Damietta, Asbut, and Sharqia.

In the conference hall of the Grand Hotel Ras El Bar.