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Cairo International Book Fair 2012: Cultural Agenda Book discussions, movies, musical performances and roundtable discussions are just some of the events taking place at this year's book fair
The Cairo International Book Fair has always been about more than just selling books and this year's event is no different. A large and wide-ranging calendar of events offers fairgoers the chance to see a variety of Egyptian and Arab cultural and intellectual figures. The below calendar of events will be updated regularly as more events are scheduled. 23 January, 2012 4pm – Investment Hall 1 – Abdel-Monem Tallima leading debate on ‘Civil State: One term, different definitions' 6pm – Investment Hall 1 – Poetry evening: features work of the late Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudy and modern Emirate poets 6pm – Culture Café – Nubian performance 24 January, 2012 Germany display – Hamed Abdel-Samad's book presentation,Peace or War: The Arab revolution and the future of the west 12pm – Investment Hall 1 –Writer: El-Sayed Yasin,and book: January 25 Between Democratic Transformation and Complete revolution 12pm – Culture Café – From popular arts, experts share views about pottery art. 12pm – Arts Tent – showing movie,Al-Karnak 12pm – Creations Tent – Poets from the Square 12pm – Guest of Honour Hall 3 – Discussion: The Role of Culture, Art and Media in the Arab Spring Revolutions, in cooperation with Al-Ahram 1pm – Investment Hall 2 – Roundtable on the Tunisian Experience, hosting guests from Tunisia 2pm – Investment Hall 1 – discussing Tharwat Okasha's book,The Eye Observes and the Ear Hears 2pm – Culture Café – Tahrir testimonies, featuring Zein Abdel-Hadi 2pm – Arts Tent – Performing play,Rise Up Egyptians, from Fouad Haggag poetry 2pm – Creations Tent – Artists from around the country: Guiza and Sharkia 3pm – Guest of Honour Hall 3 – Debate onPublishing and The Arab Spring 4pm – Investment Hall 1 – Mohamed Nour Farahat discussing the ‘Crisis of formulating the Egyptian Constitution', featuring experts including Tahani El-Gebaly 4pm – Culture Café – Open discussion with renowned Egyptian economist, Galal Amin 4pm – Creations Tent – Discussing new novel,House of Fire, by Mahmoud El-Wardani 5pm – Creations Tent - Discussing the book of the Naguib Mahfouz celebration,100 Writers and Authors for Mahfouz Centennial 5.30 – Guest of Honour Hall 3 –Discussing the Tunisian Revolution and the Egyptian Revolution 6pm – Poetry evening: first part about renowned Egyptian poet, Ahmed Shawky, and second part about Modern Tunisian poets 6pm – Culture Café – Bilal El-Sheikh performance 6pm – Arts Tent – Evening with the revolution singer, Ramy Essam 6pm – Creations Tent – Testimonies of novelist, featuring Youssef Al-Kaeed 27 January, 2012 12pm – Guest of Honour Hall 3 – Testimonies from the Tunisian Revolution 12pm – Creations Tent – Poets from the Square 1pm – Culture Café – Popular storytelling 1pm – Investment Hall 2 – Roundtable onArab Narratives between Creativity and Adoption 1pm – Arts Tent – showing movie, It's Chaos, by late director Youssef Shahin, with Khaled Youssef 2pm – Investment Hall 1 –Writer: Ayman Abdel-Wahab,and book: Water Security the Challenges of Development and Stability 2pm – Creations Tent – Artists from around the country: Beni Sueif and Damietta 3pm – Culture Café – Testimonies from Tahrir square 3pm – Arts Tent – Play performance 4pm – Guest of Honour Hall 3 – Tunisian poetry evening 4pm – Investment Hall 1 – Celebrating the Centennial of Mahfouz, with host of intellectuals and novelists discussingThe Egyptian Revolutions in Mahfouz's Creations 4pm – Creations Tent – Discussing novel,The Oasis, but author Mohamed Gad 5pm – Culture Café – Open discussion with writer, Karima El-Hefnawy 5pm – Arts Tent – Discussion onThe Revolution and TV Drama 6pm – Investment Hall 1 – Zein Abdel-Hadi leading discussion on The Cyber Space and the Making of the Revolution, hosting guests including activist Israa Abdel-Fattah 6pm – Creations Tent – Testimonies of novelist, featuring Said Salem and Montasser Al-Nakkash 7pm – Culture Café – Artist Hassan Zaki performing 7pm – Arts tent – Tannura band performing traditional songs 8pm – Investment Hall 1 – Poetry evening: first part on Egyptian poet, Hafez Ibrahim, and second part on voices of modern Libyan poets 28 January, 2012 12pm – Investment Hall 1 –Writer: Galal Amin,and book:Egypt and Egyptians in the Mubarak Era 12pm – Culture Café – Discussing Siwan culture 12pm – Arts Tent – Showing documentary Young Lenses 1pm – Investment Hall 2 – Roundtable onThe Arabic Book Crisis: between publishing, distribution and modern technologies 2pm – Guest of Honour Hall 3 – Discussing ‘The Novel and the Revolution' 2pm – Investment Hall 1 – Discussing100 years since Saleh Gawdat, hosting poet Ahmed Abdel-Moti Hegazy 2pm – Culture Café – Testimonies from Tahrir square, featuring poet Abdel-Monim Ramadan 2pm – Arts Tent – Play:The River Changes Course' 2pm – Creations Tent – Artists from around the country: Dakahlia and Gharbeya 4pm – Investment Hall 1 – Helmi El-Namnam leads discussion on ‘Capitalism and the Arab Revolutions'hosting Hazem Hosni, Khaled El-Sergany and historian Sherif Younis 4pm – Culture Café – Open discussion with Hafez El-Marazi 4pm – Arts Tent – showing movie,Tahrir Movie 2011: The Kind, The Wicked and the Politician 4pm – Creations Tent – discussing novel,Tango and a Mawwal, by Mai Khaled 4pm – Guest of Honour Hall 3 – New books on the Tunisian revolution 6pm – Investment Hall 1 – Poetry evening: first part discussion about Beirm Al-Tonsi, and second part featuring voices from modern Iraqi poets 6pm – Culture Café – Beit Al-Oud performance 6pm – Arts Tent – The Egyptian Music and Singing band 6pm – Creations Tent – Novelists featuring Gamal El-Ghitany and Sahar El-Mougy 6pm – Guest of Honour Hall 3 – Discussing the future of African relations in light of the Arab revolutions, including a book signing forSudan and the African Liberation Movements 29 January, 2012 German display – Meeting with the editorial board ofTransit,an electronic magazine featuring contributions of bloggers from the Middle East 12pm – Investment Hall 1 –Writer: Aly Mabrouk,and book:Arab Revolutions and the Fundamental Discourse 12pm – Culture Café – Discussing basic artistic material: sand, rocks and marble 12pm – Arts Tent – showing short documentaries about Tahrir 1pm – Investment Hall 2 – Roundtable‘Egypt's Character and the question of Identity' 2pm – Investment Hall 1 – Celebrating 150 years since Gorgy Zeidan's birth 2pm – Culture Café – Tahrir testimonies, featuring Khaled Ali 2pm – Arts tent – play performance ‘Square Mates' 4pm – Wahid Abdel-Meguid hosting Essam Soltan and Amr Hamzawy to discus‘Parliaments of the Arab Spring' 4pm – Culture Café – open discussion with Amr El-Shobky 4pm – Arts Tent – showing movie Asmaa 6pm – Investment Hall 1 – Poetry evening: first part discussion on poet Mahmoud Taha, and second part on voices of modern Jordanian poets 6pm – Culture Café – Play performance ‘A farmer in Tahrir' 6pm – Arts Tent – Performance by the National Arabic Music Band, by conductor Selim Sahab
