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- You are most welcome at Cairo salon. Today we’ll talk about Egyptian art.

- When we speak about Egyptian art, the image that comes to mind is the work of Pharaohs,

- Copt art, or Islamic art, but we want to talk today about modern Egyptian art,

- that is not only the continuity of ancient art we are proud of and for which we attach great importance,

- but that is also the work of a generation of pioneers, the work of contemporaries and of youth that will create future art.

- We’ve got here a very nice book written by Doctor Mustapha Al-Razzaz, entitled Egyptian art in the 20th century.

- This book is financed by the Ministry of Culture.

- It is precious because it gives an excellent account, not only of development of modern art,

- but also of different schools, and it situates pioneers one by one in the different periods of modern art

- and more precisely it deals with sculpture, drawing and photography.

- Egyptian modern art is a new subject because it’s contemporary.

- It’s a subject that may not have had sufficiently its place in the collective awareness

- of Egyptian artistic richness in the 20th century.