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 *Word Hall Mon 25, 6.30pm: "Islamic Rule", a lecture to be delivered by Ahmed Khalil Khayrallah, Hossam Abul Bukhari and Mohamed Ali Youssef . Wed 27, 5pm: An open invitation to all Egypt's literary men.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 *Multipurpose Hall Thur 21, 12- 3pm “The Rise and Fall of Royal Alexandria: From Mohammed Ali to Farouk,” a lecture hosted by the Department of History and the Middle East Studies Center at The American University in Cairo (AUC) in collaboration with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina to be delivered by Philip Mansel, a British historian and author of a number of books about revolutionary and post-revolutionary France and the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire.