Prof. Dr. Mohamad Galal Hassan Shehata – Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Al-Nahda University, inspected the activities of the engraving and prominent printing workshop for first-level students in the faculty, which is supervised by the artist, Dr. Mohamed Attia – a teacher in the Department of Visual Arts, who is considered one of the most prominent artists of drawing, engraving, and printing in Egypt.
Dr. Mohamad Galal expressed his happiness with the level of the students, in which he noticed remarkable progress over the past two months.
His Excellency also stressed the keenness of the faculty and its council to raise the level of students artistically through their actual practice of all forms of arts, whether through the staff of the Faculty or with external technical expertise, which the Faculty and the university are working to host for our students.
The Faculty of Mass Commnication and Public Relations at Al-Nahda University organized a field visit for fourth year students at the faculty to the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Wastewater in Cairo, under the supervision of Dr. Mervat Abdel Hamid and Dr. Amira Amir, and they were received by Major General Muhammad Kalboush – Head of the Media and Customer Service in the Sector building in Abbasiya.
A brief presentation was presented on the nature of the company’s work and the services it provides, as well as the nature of the work of the media sector and customer service. Major General Muhammad Kalboush accompanied them on an inspection tour to learn about the nature of the work of the media center, the awareness department, the opinion poll department, as well as the department of the company’s community participation, the general administration of the hotline 125, the customer service center in Al-Waili, and mobile customer service cars.
They were also briefed on all the systems and mechanisms that are used in dealing with print, audio and visual media, how to manage the mental image of the company, as well as the method of dealing with complaints and requests received from customers via the hotline 125, in addition to the systems used in managing and operating workers to achieve the highest levels of performance.
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, Al-Nahda University witnessed the inauguration of the Cinema Club at the Faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations, to spread cinematic culture among its students and increase their awareness of the elements of cinematic production. This is under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Hossam Al-Malahi – President of Al-Nahda University, and the supervision of Prof. Dr. Heba Al-Semry – Dean of the Faculty of Mass communication and Public Relations, and in the presence of Prof. Dr. Magdi Abdel Qader – Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, The Deans of Faculties, The Secretary-General of the University, and the Director Mohab Zanoun, and Director of photography for the movie “Mayt Al-Hajar”, Mr. Mustafa Yehia.
The inauguration of the Cinema Club began with the screening of “Mayat Al Hajar”, a documentary film about the manufacture of replica and alabaster carving in Egypt, the oldest Egyptian industry known to history and Its secrets were preserved by the Pharaohs, and it was inherited by the descendants from the people of the ancient village of Qurna, and the film won the admiration of the audience.
In his speech, Prof. Magdy Abdel Qader – Vice President of the University expressed his happiness with the opening ceremony, praised the idea, and stressed the significance of the Cinema Club for the media student, which will contribute to increasing his artistic awareness through events and activities that will be held during the academic year.
Prof. Dr. Heba Allah Al-Semri – Dean of the faculty congratulated the students and greeted and appreciated the guests of the opening ceremony, and thanked the university leaders for the full support To the Faculty, and the extent of their keenness to provide all the capabilities that allow students an academic and training level of high quality, She expressed her gratitude to Mirna Adel Hanna, the demonstrator who organized The Cinema Club, and the students who organized the ceremony for their fruitful cooperation and Properly directing the opening ceremony.
Al-Semari explained that the Cinema Club aims to present film screenings on a weekly basis, and to host filmmakers, film critics, and specialists to open a discussion about different filmmaking techniques and various film schools around the world, As well as in order to shed light on different types of films, whether documentaries or narratives, local or international, old or modern.
The Dean of the Faculty of Mass Communication expressed her great admiration for the opening film, “Mayt Al-Hajar”, and described it as a well-made and integrated work. She indicated that the late great journalist Mufid Fawzy described it as an artwork that incites belonging, and praised the film’s elements of script, rhythm, and photography.
On Sunday, December 25, 2022, Al-Nahda University opened the first art exhibition (Bedaya 1) for students of the Faculty of Fine Arts. The exhibition includes the productions and works of first-level students of the Faculty of Fine Arts, which is a real starting point for students.
The students’ artwork reflected the extent of the effort exerted by the Staff and the assistant staff, who were able, in a period of only three months – which is the period of starting the study in the Faculty- to make a breakthrough in the students’ performance and their mastery of the use of various materials and to produce an artistic product by the hands of the students and with a great professionalism. The Faculty of Fine Arts was keen to open the exhibition for university students from various faculties to visit it.
