The American University in Cairo Sat 20, 6-7pm: “TYPE LAB Instagram Live Talks: Designing Letters for Children”, the third TYPE talk will be hosting Nadine Chahine, an Arabic type designer and AUC's very own Yamisne Motawy, an Arabic children's books scholar as they discuss the problems of legibility in Arabic and how to encourage children to read more live on Instagram.
Cervantes Institute The Virtual Reading Club of Cervantes Institute, which provides the opportunity to read and discuss a literary book via the Internet, continues in June with the poet and professor of literature at Granada University and world head of the Cervantes Institutes Luis Garcia Montero. Participants will read “Stronger Than Life Love”, a selection of poems by Jaime Gil de Biedma, one of the most prominent Spanish poets whose name was given to the library of the Instituto Cervantes in Alexandria. Initially, participants have been able to read the aforementioned poems until 14 June, after which the discussion about the work will continue, then a meeting between the participating readers will be held with Montero via the Internet on 29 June. The reading club is a platform to read a set of distinguished works from the Spanish and Latin American literature that speak the Spanish language, and then discuss them via the Internet with the aim of encouraging reading at any time and from anywhere. TheInstitutein Cairo has modified its course programme to suit the current circumstances by offering its courses online in a way that has met with great success among students. Within this framework, it offers various courses: a course in Spanish, a course in improving grammar, speaking, writing, so that learning Spanish is among the activities that students carry out in their homes to endure this period.TheInstitutecontinues to encourage its students to read during this period of lockdown by providing links to many of the works included in the electronic library of Cervantes Institute's branches.
Darb 1718 Fri 19 and Fri 26, 11am-12pm: Hatha Yoga with Violaine Guibert is back and as strong as ever! Tune in to Darb 1718 Instagram account for a refreshing, free of charge hour of live yoga so all of you can join in!Be ready with long scarf and some books.
The French Cultural Institute The Instituteadvises you to stay at home to prevent coronavirus and to protect your loved ones.It offers you a variety of entertainment and educational proposals to do in your home alone or with your family. Through the # of the French Institute, in Egypt, withyou, at home, the institute will share withnew information through which you can discover several fields, including: museums, audio-visual media, heritage, dance, science, education and language.Be on time with the institute onits Facebook pageat 11am and 3pm.You can make virtual visits to museums, listen to audiobooks, watch parties, continue studying French online and enjoy leisure activities. After school closures, Culturethèque is at your service especially for students and subscribers to one of its libraries. In your home, you can view the Culturethèque, a platform that allows you to read and download a large number of sources such as French newspapers, classic and contemporary literary novels, comics, children's books, and games. You can listen to music and watch concerts and documentaries. You will also find effective and creative ways to study the French language. The Culturethèque platform is open free of charge. The subscription is through your learning card number and the subscription card in one of the libraries of the French Institute in Egypt and used as a user name. Learn French with Culturethèque at: https://vimeo.com/333929979Learn about the platform at Culturethèque: https://vimeo.com/163372950 Join Culturethèqueand choose the best audiobook for 2020 from the Culturethèque Digital Library until June 2020, you can participate in choosing the best audiobook for 2020, listen to the clips of the participating books and vote for the best.You can listen to a selectionof books entitled "La Plume de Paon" which includes 5 sections: Classic, Contemporary, Youth and Children, Documentary and Police. You can participate by clicking on the "Vote" button for the best book.
Goethe Institute Goethe InstituteCairo offers its courses online. Try it for yourself and make sure that online courses lead to the same success as traditional classes. You can enjoy the institute's home-learning offers on its official website. On Onleihe, you can find German films, music and books for free. All information is readily available on the Corona page. The Goethe Institutewebsite is at https://www.goethe.de/ins/eg/ar/sta/kai/kur/onk.html
The House of Arab Poetry Under the title “Poetry brings us together”, the House publishes a poem daily via the internet and its official page on Facebook, and the poems presented vary to include readings of poets from different ages and schools and are distinctively produced. The meeting link will be posted on the page, half an hour before the evening, so that those interested can follow up before its start.
The Italian Cultural Institute The Institute in Cairooffers daily multimedia content in several categories representative of the best of the Italian cultural industries, including literature, language, art, cinema, and archeology. To stay updated follow these digital contents and connect to the institute's official Facebook page: Italian Cultural Institute and Archaeological Center. As for the teaching of the Italian language, the Institute continues to provide its students at home with courses covering all levels of the language taught. The instituteinvites you to follow the hashtags # We Are Italy and#Stay Tuned on IIC CAIRO.In addition, it presents on the other social channels: Instagram and Twitter: STAY TUNED ON IIC CAIRO. The institutein Cairo continues its commitment to promoting contemporary Italian literature and its translations into Arabic. The Institute of Cairo has been selected for the year 2020 as a member of the foreign jury of the Strega Prize, the most important Italian literary prize. Thanks to a collaboration with the Bellonci Foundation, together with the precious Arabic translations carried out by the Italian Department of Badr University in Cairo, IIC Cairo creates a series of video works in which Egyptian actors read the extracts translated from the works participating in the Strega Prize in Arabic. The Egyptian actors will read some extracts in Arabic of the texts selected this year for the prestigious literary prize Strega. The 12 videos, one for each selected finalist book, represent a good example of Italian contemporary writing for the Arabic-speaking public, ranging from familiar themes to social situations, from intimate descriptions to historical reconstructions.
The Ministry of Culture The Ministry of Culture's electronic initiative “Stay at Home: Culture in Your Hands” started broadcasting a number of rare and distinguished salons for the Egyptian icons of thought, art and science including painters Salah Taher, Taheya Halim, thinkers Yehia Haky, Mustafa Mahmoud, scientist Farouk Al Baz, author Tharwat Okasha, actors Adel Imam, Yehya Al-Fakhri, French philosopher Roger Garaudyamong others. The broadcast started on the ministry's YouTube channel in June, and the salons are presented per month on 9pm. Sat 20, 9pm: A intellectual meeting with Russian writer Varlamov. Wed 24, 9pm: “The Creative Memory” salon features composer Abdu Dagher.
Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture (MACIC) The United Nations Declaration of 21 June as the International Day of Yoga (IDY) has helped people across the world to come together, celebrate and experience the benefits of this ancient practice. The Embassy of India has been celebrating the IDY since the last five years in Egypt. This year, the MACIC is offering a free three-day Online Yoga workshop for diplomatic community and their family members in Egypt, from 16 to 18 June, 6-7.30pm. There is no age or gender barriers. Officers working under the Govt. of Egypt can also participate in the workshop. Highlights of the Online Yoga Workshop are as follows: A 90-minute workshop for three days. Practice of stretching, gentle Yoga, Pranayam (breathing techniques), postures and relaxation techniques. Interested media persons may register themselves by sending an email to [email protected]
ALEXANDRIA Bibliotheca Alexandrina The BA called its frequenters to follow up the books that it publishes electronically to provide knowledge on a large scale. The number of books reached about two hundred thousand books on the website of the library of Digital Assets “Dar” for the benefit of researchers and those interested in culture. BA Digital Assets DAR is at http://dar.bibalex.org/webpages/dar.jsf BA website is at www.bibalex.org And its Facebook account is www.facebook.com/bibalexOfficial Its YouTube channel is at www.youtube.com/user/BAchannel
*A version of this article appears in print in the 18 June, 2020 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
