Cervantes Institute 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. 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.For full information flock to https://elcairo.cervantes.es/eg/courses_spanish/july_december_general.htm 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.
Diwan Bookstore 1, Road 254, Degal, Maadi, Tel 010 98887326 Mon 14, 7pm: Meet writer Haitham Dabour and get a signed copy of his new novel Saleeb Mousa (Mousa's Cross). Wed 16, 9pm: Diwan announced the start of its “Monthly Book Club” in last July, which is run by novelist and journalist Rasha Samir. On Wednesday, she will discuss with veteran writer Mohamed Salmawy his bookYawman aw baad Yawm (A Day or Someday) in a live broadcast from the Diwan page on Facebook, https://bit.ly/2K2COPe.
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 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 and it's other social channels: Instagram and Twitter. 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. “Parla come mangi” (Speak as you Eat) is the first video series created by IIC Cairo and dedicated to students of the Italian language which was edited by the institute's professors of the Italian language courses, which search and even display various expressions of the vernacular Italian language, which is often similar to the Egyptian one, in addition to gestures, sayings and lifestyles.
El-Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 River Hall (No entry without a mask and the hall will be open at only 25 percent audience capacity) Sat 12, 11am: Hatha yoga session with Hana Mahmoud.
*A version of this article appears in print in the 10 September, 2020 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
