Beit Al She'r (Al Sett Wassila) Al Azhar district, behind Al Azhar Mosque, Al Aini st, Tel 2510 3171 Sun 5, 7pm: A poetical evening to celebrate the poet Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Senna for receiving the Sultan Bin Ali Al Ewais Cultural prize. Participating in the event are poets and critics including Ahmed Hassan,Abdul Hakam Al Allami,Nancy Ibrahim, Mohamed Hamdi, and Mohamed Mansour.
RamattanCultural Centre 11Helmeyet Al Ahram st, Madqour, Al Harm, Tel 35834869 *Taha Hussein Museum Sun 5, 6pm: A seminar entitled; "The Constitution and National Security" featuring Major General Khaled Okasha, professor Abdallah Al Moghazi, and singer Ali Ismail.
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *Word Hall Fri 3, 5pm: "The Congo River and the River Nile Parallel to it", a lecture by Professor Ibrahim Nasr. Fri 3, 7pm: A lecture entitled; "The Parallel Valley to the Nile Valley….A Project of Digging a Waterway that joins Darfur with the Mediterranean Sea", by Hossam Amer. Sat 4, 5.30pm: "Re-writing History with Egyptian Hands", a lecture by Bassam Al Shamaa. Sat 4, 8pm: A cultural evening by professor Sherief Al Gayar and storyteller Mona Maher. Mon 6, 5pm: A seminar entitled;"Micro Projects…Problems and Solutions", by trainer Hussein Al Sayed. Tue 7, 7pm: Signing professor Hussein Zein Al Abdin's novel Teba fe ain Shams (Teba in the Daylight) Wed 8, 7pm: "The Art of Weaving", a lecture by artist Ibrahim Al Baridi. Thur 9, 6:30pm: A lecture about medicine in Ancient Egypt and modern Egyptian medicine by surgeon Alaa Omar and historian Bassam Al Shamaa.
Talat Harb Cultural Centre 1 Al-Sayeda Nafisa St, Zeinhom, infront of Fathi Sorour Compound, Tel 2362 2647/ 2362 8174 Thur 2, 6pm: A poetical evening to mark the 85th anniversary of the birth of the poetSalah Gahine; featuring Poets Amin Haddad, Ragab Al Sawy,Ayman Massoud,Ahmed Abdel Gawad,Hossam Goweli, andSalem Al Shouhbani.
