Italian Cultural Institute 3 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek. Tel 2735 8791/5423 Sun 9, 6pm: “Along the Nile, through the Sahara Travels in the Land of the Pharaos in Search of the Unknown Egypt”, a round table discussion features Italian Ambassador to Egypt Claudio Pacifico, Director of the Italian Cultural InstituteRoberta Bonalume, as well as Edda Bresciani, Sonnallah Ibrahim, Hussien Mahmoud, Rosanna Pirelli and Naglaa Waly.
Japan Embassy 81 Corniche Al-Nile St, Maadi, Cairo *Multipurpose Hall Thur 13, 6pm: “Influence of Tea Culture on Japanese Design”, by Ahmed Saqfalhait, Design Department, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Arts, GUC. Sun 16, 6pm: “Modern Japanese Design –Japanese Culture in Design”byHiroshi Kashiwagi, professor of History of Modern Design atMusashino Art University, Tokyo.
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448, www.culturewheel.com *River Hall Thur 13, 7pm: World-renowned novelist and writer Alaa Al-Aswani speaks about post-revolution Egypt.