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 Tue 12, 7pm: A group poetry recital from poems by late veteran poets such as Salah Jahin, Mahmoud Darwish and Naguib Sorour. Thur 14, 7pm: Internationally acclaimed novelist Alaa Al-Aswani speaks about post-revolution Egypt. Townhouse 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 2576 8086 *Library Tue 12, 7pm: “Artist Talk” introduces Cairo-based artist Daniel Rode who was born in Eutin, Germany in 1971. He first studied Art and Educational Sciences at Greifswald University where he afterwards worked as an assistant professor for five years. From 2002 until 2006 he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden. Besides his own art practice he ran the independent art space MODUL in Dresden. Since 2009 he has been living and working mainly in Cairo.