Alef Bookstores 132 Al-Merghany St, Heliopolis, Tel 2419 2396- 010 022 4004 Mon 15, 7pm: Signing Sherine Adel's book Al Awala Paris. 2 Taha Hussein St, Zamalek, Tel 010 0227 007 Fri 12, 7pm: A book signing and discussion of a collection of stories entitled Cubid Tulip, compiled by Hadeel Howeidy. Sat 13, 7pm: A signing and discussion of Hisham Al-Kheshin's novel Adam Al-Masri and Ashraf Al-Ashmawi's novel Al-Murshid. 84 Road 9 Maadi. Tel: 2750 8661- 010 022 9996 Tue 16, 7pm: Signing Alaa Mesbah's book Everything is allowed in Beruit.
The American University in Cairo *Oriental Hall Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel 2615 2694/01280009077 Tue 16, 6-8pm: “Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil,” a lecture to be delivered by Timothy Mitchell, distinguished visiting professor of the American University in Cairo (AUC)'s History Department (co-sponsored by the Middle East Studies Center). *Muhammad Shafik Gabr Hall AUC's Main Campus Wed 17, 1-2pm: “Economentality: How the Future Entered Government,” a lecture will be delivered by Timothy Mitchell. *Prince AlWaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall AUC's Main Campus Mon 15, 1pm: “Issues Facing Creative Women,” a panel discussion, organized by The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at the American University in Cairo (AUC). The discussion features Amina Zeidan, Egyptian novelist and a recipient of the Naguib Mahfouz Literature Prize; Duha Aasi, Egyptian researcher and translator, owner and director of Shababeek Cultural Centre; Maysun Saqr, poet, novelist and artist from the UAE and Hala Al Badri, Egyptian journalist and novelist, and a recipient of the Egyptian state Award of Excellence.
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute 1 Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek, Tel 2738 2520/22/2736 2988 Thur 11, 6pm: "Showcasing Mamluk Legitimacy, the royal image of Sultan Qalawun (1279-1290)" a lecture by Willem Flinterman, a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam. Thur 18, 6pm: "The Earliest Photographers of Mecca and Madina", a lecture by professor Jan-Just Witkam who studied Arabic, Persian and Modern History of the Middle East at the University of Leiden.
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 11, 7pm: World-renowned novelist Alaa Al-Aswani speaks about post-revolution Egypt. *Word Hall Sun 14, 5pm: "Our Heritage …to where?", a lecture organised by the Egyptian Association for Maintaining Heritage, to be delivered by professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo Fayza Heikal.
