EICEN Photos Album Dr. Nadia Zakhari, Egypt Minister of Scientifc Research Visit India Egypt India Cultural Exchange Newsletter Vol.2, Issue No.3 – March 2012 Egypt – India Cultural Exchange Newsletter e- Newsletter Published Monthly By Embassy of Egypt - Cultural Bureau New Delhi - INDIA Chief Editor Prof.Dr.Saad SHAMA Handy Indian Hindi Hindi Expressions and Words • Good/ Bad/ So-So. Accha/ Boora/ Theekthaak अछा-बूरा-(ठक-ठाक) • Big/ Small Bada Chhota बडा-छोटा • Today/ Now Aaj/ Abhi आज-अभी • Tomorrow/ Yesterday Kal/ Kal कल-कल • Yes/ No Haan/ Naa or Nuhi हाँ- ना-नहं • Really! Such mein? सच म • Look! Dekkho! दे खो • Hurry up! Jaldi karo! ज#द करो • What? Where? Kyaa? Kahaan? $या? कहां? • What time is it? Kitney bajey hain? &कतने Supervisors Open Discussion and Important Negotiations with Excellency Mr.Khaled El Bakly Amity University (UP) • Ambassador of Egypt to India To inrich Education & Scientific cooporation between Egypt & India Give me this! Mujhey ye cheez chaaheeye! मुझे यह चीज़ चा&हए। • I feel sick. Meri Tabiyut kharaab hai. मेर Counsellor& Director of Cultural Office Prof.Dr.Galal El-Gemaey Head of Cultural Affairs & Missions Sector in Egypt The बजे ह( तबीयत खराब है । Nile at Cairo - Egypt • One, Two, Three Ek, Dow, Teen एक, दो, • Four, Five, Six Chaar, paanch, chhey चार, • Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten Saat, Aath, Nao, Dus सात, आठ, नौ, दस तीन पांच, छः Egypt Educational Institutions French University in Egypt http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/spip/?lang=en Sharada University organised th Holi 8 March Festival of Colours in India (We are waiting) Fanciful programme fully made by Students ( we share with them as usual ) India Educational Institutions H.E Sami Al Soliman Ambassador of Kuwait at New Delhi, celebrates its 51st National Day (We were joyful to share happyness with them) Jamia Milia Islamia Amity University India Arab Cultural Centre http://www.amity.edu/admission/ campuses.asp The Official Release of Books (Arabic,Urdu & Hindi Translations of Well-known books of Indian an Arab Writers) 2 EICEN – Egypt India Cultural Exchange Newsletter – Vol.2, Issue No.3, March 2012 Facts about Egypt Current Photos From *Album Of Egyptian Scholars at India The weather in Egypt in March can vary like the UK and still be like winter weather or be on the change and much warmer. In general March is very pleasant and a good month to visit Egypt Egypt. Egypt in March is perfect during the day around 25 degrees and it never rains here. The temperature drops after sunset and you may need a fleece on if youv enture out in the evening. The days are always sunny and within half an hour of the sun rising it is T shirt weather outside yet not hot and stifling. A perfect English summers day.Average temperature during the day in March is 23 -25 degrees and a low of 10 to 12 degrees at night. The climate of Egypt is hot and dry. Egypt is a sandy desert plateau, cut into two by the Nile River. As a stark contrast, the Nile River valley is very lush and green. The soil near the Nile River is fertile and excellent for farming. The best time to visit Egypt to see the majority of sights, including the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings, is from February to April and October to November, when it is hot enough to know it's the ‘Land of the Sun', but not too hot to be enjoyable. At this time, the skies and sea of Egypt are a perfect blue. A trip to Egypt will never disappoint in any month of the year but Egypt In March has a great deal to offer. So what are you waiting for? Start looking for your next holiday now and maybe you will spending your next holiday in Egypt In March! Upcoming Events in Egypt *H Q Photos are welcome for publish Facts about India Indian Holidays and Festivals During 2012 • January • • February • • • • • • • • • 1st Ram Navmi 5th Mahaveer Jayanti 6th Good Friday 13th Baisakhi 14th Ambedkar • May • 6th Budh Purnima • August 17 to 18 April 2012 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt Website: http://www.savefile.ro/142xl17mul70/14t h_Conference.pdf.htm Contact name: Dr. Rasha Ali Eldin • • • • Website: http://icel.eelu.edu.eg Contact name: Dr. Mohamed EL Zayat 7th Holi 8th Dhulhendi • April The Future of the Constitutional System of Egypt 9 to 11 July 2012 Cairo, Egypt 5th Eid Milad El-Naby 20th Maha Shivratri • March • • • • EELU International Conference on E-Learning 26th Republic Day 2nd Raksha 10th Janmashtami 15th Independence Day 20th Eid El-Fitr • October 2nd Gandhi Jayanti 24th Dushehra 27th Eid El-Adha 29th Valmiki Jayanti • Novmber • • • • 13th Diwali 14th Goverdhan 25th Muharam 28th GuruNanak • December • 25th Chrismats 3 EICEN – Egypt India Cultural Exchange Newsletter – Vol.2, Issue No.3, March 2012 Upcoming Events in India INDIA INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FAIR BY GLOBAL GROUP EDUCATION WORLDWIDE INDIA FAIR Spring 2012 Series in 5 Cities of India New Delhi Hotel Taj Mahal (Mansingh Road) 21 April 2012 Mumbai Hotel Taj President (Cuffe Parade) 23 April 2012 Hyderabad Hotel Taj Krishna (Banjara Hills) 25 April 2012 Chennai Hotel Ambassador Pallava (Egmore) 27 April 2012 Bangalore BIBLIOTHECA Alexandria • Intel Bibliotheca Alexandrina Science and Engineering Fair 2012 The BA Planetarium Science Center (PSC), in collaboration with Intel Co., is organizing Intel Bibliotheca Alexandrina Science and Engineering Fair (Intel BASEF) from 10 to 12 March 2012. This competition prepares students from all over Egypt for participating, competing, and winning in the national competition. Intel BASEF top three winning projects will represent Egypt in the International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) competition that will take place in USA. Intel BASEF brings together students, 14-18 years of age, from all over Egypt to train, research, innovate and compete in preparation for the Intel ISEF, the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. • Memory of Modern Egypt Vivanta by Taj (M G Road) 29 April 2012 material type, resulting in the creation of a multidimensional web of materials and themes interrelating with each other to enable the user to explore the connections between the different sources in the repository. This offers an exceptional informative visual tool for the user to overview Egypt’s modern history. Additionally, the repository’s infrastructure was designed to accommodate expandability, thus allowing continuous addition to the content. MoME website won Al-Kindi Informatics Award as the best cultural website in Arabic in 2009. For more Information: http://www.bibalex.org/home/default_en.aspx Important Notice To All Islamic centers In India AlAl-Azhar University Distance Education Faculty of Islamic Studies Now Open For Admission For more information www.azharegypt.net info@azharegypt.net www.facebook.com/azharegypt Or write To : World Association for Al-Azhar Graduates Al-Azhar University Naser City, 11884 Cairo – Egypt Contact us EDUCATION FAIR SPECIAL SERIES NEPAL & INDIA Kathmandu The Everest Hotel 01-02 May 2012 Patna Hotel Chanakya 05-06 May 2012 Ranchi Radisson Blu Hotel 08-09 May 2012 For Details: http://www.eduworldwidein dia.com/ The BA “Memory of Modern Egypt” (MoME) project is a collaborative effort between ISIS and the Special Projects Department. It is a digital repository documenting the last 200 years of Egypt’s modern history through tens of thousands of varying items, such as documents, pictures, audios, videos, maps, articles, stamps, coins, etc. that created an index of 14 different material types. The interface and the underlying infrastructure of the repository allow the user to browse by facets, thus allowing for optimum data filtration and a more precise browsing. The repository is structured around five main themes with each of these divided into subtopics, thus creating an index of over 500 dimensions. 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