Farouk Hosni receives a delegation of "Passenger art" on the sidelines of the Cairo Biennale

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The artist Farouk Hosni, the former Minister of Culture, met with his delegation in Zamalek on Sunday evening a cultural and artistic delegation of Saudi Arabia, including a group of artists and architects headed by Eng. Nawaf Al Nassar and the plastic artist Abdulla Al Shaher, head of Al Miftaha village in Abha and engineer Sonia Ashour and Hoda Al Tamimi. Photographer Fahd Al-Qasab, designer Malak Slash, and Mansur Katheer.

This came on the sidelines of the visit of the delegation to Cairo under the program "Musafar Fan", organized by the sixth sense platform, a platform of Saudi Arabia on art and culture.

The meeting was held at the request of the Saudi delegation, which is on a four-day artistic and cultural tour in Cairo on the occasion of the launch of the Cairo International Art Biennial.

During his meeting with the Saudi delegation, Farouk Hosni stressed that "Saudi Arabia is taking quick and strong steps towards supporting culture and the arts," praising the Kingdom's efforts in this field, which is considered a great support for Arab culture.

The delegation expressed its happiness with the meeting and the cultural dialogue with Farouk Hosni. Nawaf Al Nassar, a Saudi decorator and head of the delegation, explained the idea of ​​a traveler. He said: "He founded Musafir Fann with the Saudi artist Asma al-Dakhil, the owner of the six sense platform, "The delegation, which includes 16 Saudis, will visit Cairo for four days to attend the Cairo Biennial and make a tour of historic Cairo and Khedive," he said.

"Nawaf added that" the group participating in the trip asked to visit Farouk Hosni to benefit from his great cultural and artistic experience, especially as he is a fan of his art, and because it is a source of positive energy, can not be completed our visit to Egypt without a meeting and talk with him. "

"The Grand Egyptian Museum will be the largest museum in the world, and it was thought to be built because the Egyptian Museum of Liberation, the first museum in history, was created in 1903," said Farouk Hosni, Had been turned into a storehouse of many of the effects found in it. "

Farouk Hosni added that "the large and great monuments must be exhibited in a large museum, and the large Egyptian museum will be a complete scientific and museum institution." He added that "it is proposed to transform the Egyptian Museum by editing after the opening of the Grand Museum in 2020 to a school of Egyptianology, Temporary exhibitions ".

The meeting discussed the future of culture in the Arab world, the importance of education and artistic and cultural education in the renaissance of the Arab societies, and the feasibility of establishing new museums in the Gulf countries, in light of other priorities in the Arab region, especially education, housing and health. Top priorities, but museums are important because education is not complete without education, museums and art contribute to the artistic and cultural education of generations, countries are known for their culture and not buildings, and museums stimulating the arts and culture.

Saudi Fine Artist Abdullah Al-Shaher praised the return of the Cairo International Biennale after a stoppage of 8 years. He said that "the Biennial stopped since 2011, was a halt to the entire Arab art movement. Egypt is the kiss of art, civilization and heritage."

At the end of the meeting, Nawaf al-Nassar gave Farouk Hosni a copy of the book "I Want to Fly", a biography of his father, Saudi pilot Nahar bin Abdul Razek al-Nassar, known as the "pilot of kings". "His father learned to fly by Egyptian pilot Captain Aziza Fahim "He said.

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