The American University in Cairo *Nadia N.Mostafa Room New Cairo Campus, Room 3014, Tel 2615 2694 Mon 7, 1pm: A lecture entitled;” Imagining the Book: Student Initiatives” by Poet and senior Instructor, Department of Rhetoric and Composition, AUC Melanie Carter. *Oriental Hall Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel 2615 2694/012 80009077 Thur 3, 5-7pm: A lecture entitled;”Transforming Public Service” by Dean of School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, AUC Laila Al Baradaai, Professor of Management and Institutional Development, Faculty of Commerce Alexandria University, Sakr Ashour, Director of Public Research and Consultation Center, Professor of Public administration, Faculty of Economics and political Science, Cairo University, Saleh Abdel-Rahman. Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) 22 Abdel Khalek Tharwat St, 4th Floor, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 2396 4272 Thur 3, 7pm: A lecture entitled; “Evolving Portraiture” by photographer Steve Double. Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 *Auditorium Hall Thur 3, 4-5:30pm: A lecture entitled; “The Alexandrian Culture….A Future Insight,” by professor Mohamed Zakaria, Professor Mohamed Rafiq, and Professor Moukhtar Attia. Fri 4, 6-8 pm: A poetical recital by Ahmed Mahmoud, Nagui Abdel-Latif, Fahmi Ibrahim, Azza Rashad, Gaber Sultan, Mohamed Te'eima, Hosni Mansour, Gehan Barakat, Shaimaa Hassan, Soheir Al Tayeb, and Professor Mohamed Shehata. *Lecture Hall Thur 3, 2-4 pm: A lecture entitled;”The Modern Egyptian and Turkish Novel……Naguib Mahfouz and Orhan Pamuk”, by Professor Ahmed Kazem Oreon. (6-7.30pm) A lecture entitled; “Alexandria the City of Novels” by Ibrahim Abdel-Meguid and professor Haitham Al Haj Ali. (8-10 pm) A lecture entitled; “The Egyptian media…reoccurring Crisis” by Professor Mohamed Said Mahfouz and Professor Yasser Abdel-Aziz. Tue 4, 6-8 pm: A lecture to mark the Alexandrian Union's 100th anniversary by Juster Moneer, Abdel Qader Ibrahim, Mohamed Mouselhi, and Mahmoud Ezzat. Tue 4, 8:30-10 pm: A lecture entitled; “The Man-Woman Relationship in the Literature of Contemporary Female Writers” by Amal Aweida, Soheir Shoukri, and Azza Sultan. Diwan Bookstores 159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Tel 2736 2582/98 Thur 3,7pm: Signing Safaa Al Naggar's book; “A wonderful ending” Mon 7, 7pm: Signing Alaa Al Asswani's book; “How to make a dictator” Wed 9, 7pm: Signing Ehab Al Badawi's book; “Je m'appelle Zuhdi” (My name is Zuhdi) Heliopolis: 105, Abu Bakr El-Seddiq St, Tel 2690 8184/85 Sat 5, 7pm: Signing the book Makan (place), a compilation of work by a group of writers 1, Road 254Maadi Degla, Tel 2019 8887 326 Mon 7, 6pm: signing Marwa Salah's book, Life Outside Your Comfort Zone. Wed 9, 7pm: Signing Professor Amr Sukar's book, Success Using Instinct. MUSIC AND DANCE The 3rd Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) Performing arts are at the heart of D-CAF with artists from all over the world bringing their theatre and dance pieces to Downtown Cairo, some of which can be experienced in historically relevant and architecturally impressive theatres and venues across the area. Falaki Theatre American University in Cairo, Downtown Campus, 24 Falaki St, Downtown Cairo, Tel 012 88721446 Sat 5 (8-9pm) & Sun 6 (9-10pm): Dance Double Bill (Egypt/France), two dance performances, artistic director Mohamed Shafik and choreographed Mohamed Al-Deeb. Wed 9, 8pm: La Voix est Libre (Egypt/France). Qasr Al-Nile Theatre Fri 4, 8.30pm-12pm: A musical performed by internationally acclaimed singer Yasmine Hamdan followed by the promising association of Egyptian singer Fayrouz Karawya and electro musician Ismail. Rawabet Theatre 3 Hussien El Meaamar St. ext. of Mahmoud Basiouny St., from Talaat Harb Square, Downtown Sun 6, 1-2pm: Ahmed Al-Attar features On the Performance of Being An Arab (Egypt), the show is based on the life events of the performer, Al-Attar will be both the material and the one presenting the material. Sherazade Nightclub 3 Al-Alfi St, Downtown, Tel 2574 2988 Thur 3, 10pm: Al-Manzouma (Egypt)/ One Be Lo (USA)/ Hello Psychaleppo (Syria/Lebanon). Taleaa Large Theatre *Zaki Tolaymat Hall Thur 3 & Fri 4, 6-7pm: Violence Lointaine (Egypt/Switzerland/France/ Congo), world premiere; Omar Ghayatt (Egypt), De La Vallet Bidiefono (Congo) and Maxime Denuc (France) produce together a dance performance that reflects the artists' own personal experiences with violence.
