Luxor’s Corniche, February 7, 2015 – Wikimedia/Mohamed MoussaCAIRO – 11 March 2018: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi approved Luxor becoming the capital of arts and culture. From March 15 to March 18 arts and culture in Luxor will be celebrated, according to a statement released by the Cairo Opera House on Sunday.The four-day period will be celebrated through various cultural activities across several villages and cities in Luxor. The events are conducted as a collaboration between Culture Minister InasAbdeldayem and Luxor Governor Mohamed Badr.The city of Oujda in Morocco will be the next capital for arts and culture in the MENA region, the statement read.Mohamed Mounir is set to perform at the Karnak Temple on March 18 as part of a ceremony celebrating Luxor being the Arab Cultural Capital for the year 2017, before handing the Arab Cultural Capital flame to Oujda, Morocco for 2018.The Arab Cultural Capital is a title given by the standing Committee on Arab Culture, which is a committee chosen and agreed on by the ministers of culture in all Arab countries. Luxor alone has one third of the world’s ancient monuments such as the Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, Valley of Kings, Valley of the Queens, and the Temple of Deir al-Bahri. During the time of the Pharaohs, the road was one of the most important, as it hosted ceremonies and festivals.

Source: Egypt Today March 12, 2018 09:22 UTC