Japan Embassy 81 Corniche Al-Nile St, Maadi, Cairo *Multipurpose Hall Sun 16, 6pm: “Modern Japanese Design –Japanese Culture in Design”byHiroshi Kashiwagi, professor of History of Modern Design atMusashino Art University, Tokyo and design critic.
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.