Academy of Arts (Egypt)

The Academy of Arts (Arabic: أكاديمية الفنون; Akādīmīya al-Finūn) is a large educational complex in Cairo, Egypt, established by the Ministry of Culture of the then-United Arab Republic in 1959.

It began with three institutes (for film, music, and ballet), but today comprises several institutions of higher learning:

Additional performing groups include:

The Academy of Arts's former president was Samha El-Kholy.

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