“China Meets Egypt” SuccessfullyHeld by Beijing Women’s Federation
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01 Talk and exchanges between Chairman Ma Lanxia and the Egypt ambassador to China
02 Chairman Ma Lanxia presenting paper cuttings by the smart ladies to Egypt ambassador to China to embody the friendship between China and Egypt
03 International honored guests and the Haidian residents are watching the marvelous show
04 The brilliant Chinese and Egyptian dance performances
How exciting and inspiring it could be when Chinese dancers who are local residents arising from communities meet a professional dance troupe coming all the way from Egypt? The applause and cheer echoing in the performance hall of HaidianWomen and Children’s Activity Center in October might be the best answer to this question.
A cultural exchange activity named “China Meets Egypt”, which was co-held by Beijing Women's Federation and the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in China, opened in the Haidian Women and Children's Activity Center in the afternoon of October 25, 2014. This marks another cooperation between the two parties after the “Global Artists: International Families Art Week” held at 798 Art Zone in May and “Forever Smart Women: Sino-Egyptian Women’s Cultural Exchange Activity” at the Egyptian Embassy in June in the same year. The activity attracted nearly three hundred participants, including Ma Lanxia and Zhou Zhijun, Chairwoman and Vice Chairwoman of Beijing Women's Federation, Chen Shuang, Deputy Mayor of Haidian District, H. E. Mr. Magdy Mahmoud Amer, the Egyptian Ambassador, Inusah, the Nigerian Ambassador, Mrs. Karima Nasser Al-Saadi, the Chairman of the Association of Wives of Arabian Ambassadors in China and wife of the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman, families of diplomatic envoys in China, Egyptian students studying in China and residents from Haidian District. It was covered by several media, such as CCTV International Arabic, China National Radio, Radio Beijing Corporation, China Women’s News, Women's Foreign Language Publications of China and Qianlong.com. The journalists from CCTV International Arabic carried out exclusive interviews with the Egyptian Ambassador and the representatives from Beijing Women's Federation on cultural exchanges between China and Egypt.
On the lively site of the activity, a dozen Egyptian dancers performed a traditional dance called “Sophie” which could be traced back to the 13th century. When the dancers in colorful dresses whirled to the lively rhythm and the deep voice of the singer, the audience felt like wandering at the foot of a pyramid or along the Nile. The superb skills of the Egyptian dancers won the heart of every spectator and the appreciation of friendship, enthusiasm and brightness was communicated through their dancing to the audience. Afterwards, Chinese children from Blue Sky Kindergarten responded with a mixed performance of Chinese folk dances full of childish merriness, and senior dancer groups from Ganjiakou Street of Haidian District and Haidian Women and Children’s Activity Center staged excellent Xinjiang-style and Tibetan-style dances and a show of Chinese costumes in the Tang Dynasty, displaying the diversified Chinese ethnic features, the extensive and profound Chinese culture and the positive attitude of Beijing residents towards life. At the end, both Chinese and Egyptian dancers and all the spectators from different countries joined in, dancing and singing together. The friendship and enthusiasm which cannot be limited by language gaps seemed to last forever in the swirling dresses and the hearty laughs of the participants…
H. E. Mr. Magdy Mahmoud Amer, the Egyptian Ambassador, and other guests also paid a special visit to a dozen classrooms with special functions of Haidian Women and Children’s Activity Center, and learned about various exhibitions and comprehensive services, such as the SkilfulWomen’s Works Exhibition, the Family Activity Center, psychological counseling, legal rights protection and gym room. The Ambassador highly values various good facilities and services provided by the Center for women and children. He said that this visit reveals more of the excellent services provided and customized by Beijing Women’s Federation to different needs of women, children and families, and that the rich experience of the Federation especially in promoting women’s development and upgrading women’s abilities to get employed is a valuable source of reference for Egypt. According to him, the Egyptian Embassy and Beijing Women’s Federation have cooperated successfully for many times, becoming reliable and close long-term partners; it is expected that, in the future, the two will have deep and all-around cooperation in multiple fields, with good interactions and exchanges between women’s organizations in China and Egypt.
Ms. Ma Lanxia told the Ambassador and his accompanies that public welfare institutions similar to Haidian Women and Children’s Activity Center are available in each district/county of Beijing to provide “women, children and families” in the same district/county with diversified services involving skill training, cultural exchanges and recreation activities, and invited the Ambassador and friends from all the countries to visit. According to her, as the women’s organization in China’s capital, Beijing Women’s Federation aims not only at making life better for women and children in Beijing, but also at building a supportive atmosphere for developing Beijing into an internationally-leading city of harmonious environment suitable for living by taking advantage of civil diplomacy among women to drive multicultural exchanges through various kinds of carriers; meanwhile, Beijing Women’s Federation sincerely hopes to further deepen the cooperation with the Egyptian Embassy based on the previous successful cooperation, to strength exchanges between each other and learn from the advantages of each other, to build a diversified exchange platform for women in China and Egypt and to jointly boost the development of women and children in both countries.
This activity also is an opportunity for more foreign friends to learn about Haidian and Beijing. The great attention paid and efforts made by the government and the CPC Committee of Haidian District to women and children are highly praised by the Ambassador and his accompanies.
Diversity makes a beautiful world. Exchanges refine cultures. In the future, Beijing Women's Federation will keep organizing activities with the theme of women’s cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries in communities, where residents can enjoy. It will strengthen distinctive cooperation with international organizations including the embassies of foreign countries in Beijing to jointly build exchange platforms, for the purpose of contributing to the development of Beijing as a center of culture and international communication.
A cultural exchange activity named “China Meets Egypt”, which was co-held by Beijing Women's Federation and the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in China, opened in the Haidian Women and Children's Activity Center in the afternoon of October 25, 2014. This marks another cooperation between the two parties after the “Global Artists: International Families Art Week” held at 798 Art Zone in May and “Forever Smart Women: Sino-Egyptian Women’s Cultural Exchange Activity” at the Egyptian Embassy in June in the same year. The activity attracted nearly three hundred participants, including Ma Lanxia and Zhou Zhijun, Chairwoman and Vice Chairwoman of Beijing Women's Federation, Chen Shuang, Deputy Mayor of Haidian District, H. E. Mr. Magdy Mahmoud Amer, the Egyptian Ambassador, Inusah, the Nigerian Ambassador, Mrs. Karima Nasser Al-Saadi, the Chairman of the Association of Wives of Arabian Ambassadors in China and wife of the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman, families of diplomatic envoys in China, Egyptian students studying in China and residents from Haidian District. It was covered by several media, such as CCTV International Arabic, China National Radio, Radio Beijing Corporation, China Women’s News, Women's Foreign Language Publications of China and Qianlong.com. The journalists from CCTV International Arabic carried out exclusive interviews with the Egyptian Ambassador and the representatives from Beijing Women's Federation on cultural exchanges between China and Egypt.
On the lively site of the activity, a dozen Egyptian dancers performed a traditional dance called “Sophie” which could be traced back to the 13th century. When the dancers in colorful dresses whirled to the lively rhythm and the deep voice of the singer, the audience felt like wandering at the foot of a pyramid or along the Nile. The superb skills of the Egyptian dancers won the heart of every spectator and the appreciation of friendship, enthusiasm and brightness was communicated through their dancing to the audience. Afterwards, Chinese children from Blue Sky Kindergarten responded with a mixed performance of Chinese folk dances full of childish merriness, and senior dancer groups from Ganjiakou Street of Haidian District and Haidian Women and Children’s Activity Center staged excellent Xinjiang-style and Tibetan-style dances and a show of Chinese costumes in the Tang Dynasty, displaying the diversified Chinese ethnic features, the extensive and profound Chinese culture and the positive attitude of Beijing residents towards life. At the end, both Chinese and Egyptian dancers and all the spectators from different countries joined in, dancing and singing together. The friendship and enthusiasm which cannot be limited by language gaps seemed to last forever in the swirling dresses and the hearty laughs of the participants…
H. E. Mr. Magdy Mahmoud Amer, the Egyptian Ambassador, and other guests also paid a special visit to a dozen classrooms with special functions of Haidian Women and Children’s Activity Center, and learned about various exhibitions and comprehensive services, such as the SkilfulWomen’s Works Exhibition, the Family Activity Center, psychological counseling, legal rights protection and gym room. The Ambassador highly values various good facilities and services provided by the Center for women and children. He said that this visit reveals more of the excellent services provided and customized by Beijing Women’s Federation to different needs of women, children and families, and that the rich experience of the Federation especially in promoting women’s development and upgrading women’s abilities to get employed is a valuable source of reference for Egypt. According to him, the Egyptian Embassy and Beijing Women’s Federation have cooperated successfully for many times, becoming reliable and close long-term partners; it is expected that, in the future, the two will have deep and all-around cooperation in multiple fields, with good interactions and exchanges between women’s organizations in China and Egypt.
Ms. Ma Lanxia told the Ambassador and his accompanies that public welfare institutions similar to Haidian Women and Children’s Activity Center are available in each district/county of Beijing to provide “women, children and families” in the same district/county with diversified services involving skill training, cultural exchanges and recreation activities, and invited the Ambassador and friends from all the countries to visit. According to her, as the women’s organization in China’s capital, Beijing Women’s Federation aims not only at making life better for women and children in Beijing, but also at building a supportive atmosphere for developing Beijing into an internationally-leading city of harmonious environment suitable for living by taking advantage of civil diplomacy among women to drive multicultural exchanges through various kinds of carriers; meanwhile, Beijing Women’s Federation sincerely hopes to further deepen the cooperation with the Egyptian Embassy based on the previous successful cooperation, to strength exchanges between each other and learn from the advantages of each other, to build a diversified exchange platform for women in China and Egypt and to jointly boost the development of women and children in both countries.
This activity also is an opportunity for more foreign friends to learn about Haidian and Beijing. The great attention paid and efforts made by the government and the CPC Committee of Haidian District to women and children are highly praised by the Ambassador and his accompanies.
Diversity makes a beautiful world. Exchanges refine cultures. In the future, Beijing Women's Federation will keep organizing activities with the theme of women’s cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries in communities, where residents can enjoy. It will strengthen distinctive cooperation with international organizations including the embassies of foreign countries in Beijing to jointly build exchange platforms, for the purpose of contributing to the development of Beijing as a center of culture and international communication.
