By Honorary Reporters Alaa Atef Ebada, Ghada Mohamed Ali and Shaymaa Mohammed Roshdi from Egypt

Photos = Shaymaa Roshdi and team members

Eight contributors (left) to the Arabic-language magazine Colors of Korea pose in front of the Korean Embassy in Cairo for a photo after meeting on May 12. They also released fall and winter editions of the magazine (right).

Last year from June to October, Korea.net assigned monthly missions to its Honorary Reporters and encouraged members to work in groups. For the September mission of creating a fall magazine, the focus was to share stories of and experiences with Korea. 

Thirteen Arabs teamed up to create Colors of Korea, which was one of 12 magazines selected by Korea.net to pose online.

The magazine team decided to release the magazine quarterly, and the print edition was published on May 10.

Because we were impressed with the magazine, the decision was made to release one every quarter. The focus will be on the similarities and differences between the two countries with the purpose of spreading Korean culture and highlighting Egyptian civilization. 

To go more public with our project, we contacted Korean Ambassador to Egypt Hong Jin-wook on April 30. We finally got his reply on May 8 to visit the embassy and started binding the two issues into a hard copy magazines on May 10. Finally, we took the two issues with us to the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) and the Korean Embassy in Cairo on May 12.

Contributors to the magazine Color of Korea pose for a picture with Korean Ambassador to Egypt Hong Jin-wook (center) on May 12 at the Korean Embassy in Cairo.

The ambassador invited our team to the embassy with hard copies of the magazine, with eight showing up. Team member Ghada Mohamed told him that she and fellow member Alaa Atef attended the "K-Culture Colored with the Nile" event in January hosted by the Korean Culture and Information Service. 

Ambassador Hong then stressed the importance of such an event in Egypt to spread Korean culture and praised our role as Honorary Reporters. After the meeting, the team went out for Korean food and took photos.

The magazine team pose for a photo at the Korean Embassy in Cairo.

Afterwards, the team started work on the spring edition of the magazine under the theme "Life Is a Flower." We also await the induction ceremony on May 20 for this year's incoming class of Honorary Reporters and K-influencers under the theme "Harmony with K-culture"

Furthermore, we are eager to take part in new programs this year and more opportunities to work together.

(Click the image to see the e-book) Creators of "Colors of Korea": Alaa Atef Abada (Editorial head), Nour Al-Oyoun Jamal (Design), Sorour Amer (Art), Wessam Hamdi (Cover photo), and Contributors: Shaima Rushdi, Ghada Mohamed, Reem Arafa, Hajar Ahmed, Nourhan Adel, Fatima Nafeh, Nourhan Mustafa, Aisha Abbas, and Marwa Abu Al-Yazid.

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*This article is written by a Korea.net Honorary Reporter. Our group of Honorary Reporters are from all around the world, and they share with Korea.net their love and passion for all things Korean.