Press Release No. 71

November 8, 2006

Glimpses of India painting competition

Egyptian children to get prizes from Hisham Abbas

    Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture (MACIC) organized the annual "Glimpses of India" painting competition for school children from 3^rd to 15^th October 2006. Over 3000 children from 293 schools of Cairo and Giza participated in the competition. This event is held every year to commemorate the birth anniversaries of three great leaders of modern India: Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

    At a function scheduled to be held at 7 pm on November 21, 2006, at Al-Salam Theatre, 101, Kasrel Eini Street, Garden City, Cairo, the famous Egyptian singer, Hisham Abbas, will be the Chief Guest and will present prizes to 80 children, who have been adjudged winners from three categories of the competition.

For further details, please contact the MACIC: 3933396 / 3960071

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