Beit Al She'r (Al Sett Wassila) Al Azhar district, behind Al Azhar Mosque, Al Aini st, Tel 2510 3171 Sun 18,7pm: A poetical recital to mark the 4th anniversary of the inauguration of the house of poetry by poets Hassan Toulb,Shereen El Adawi,Mohammed Ibrahim Abou Sena,Mahmoud Nesseim,Mohammed Bahgat and Madiha Gouhar. Cairo Opera House Gezira Exhibition Grounds. Info 339 8144, box office 2739 0132/0144 *Small Hall Tue 20,7pm: A seminar entitled; “Egyptian Applied Arts” features artists Helmi Al-Touni, Mustafa Al-Razzaz, and Hamdi Abul-Maati and moderated by artist Amin Al-Serafi. Diwan Bookstores 159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Tel 2736 2582/98 Wed 14, 7pm: Signing writer Abdel-Rashid Mahmoudi's book After Coffee. Goethe Institute 5 El Bustan St, Tahrir sq, Downtown, Cairo, Tel25748261, 25759877, 25769449 Wed 14, 10am: A seminar entitled; “Are we heading to permanent change or just repeating ourselves?….German-Egyptian co-operation In the field of education after the Revolution” (The language of the lecture is in both English and Arabic) Hungarian Cultural Counsellor Office: 13 Gawad Hosni St, Abdin, Downtown, second floor, Tel 23926692 Sat 17, 6pm: A lecture by Dr. Zsuzanna Vanek entitled; “In Carter's Footsteps….A Hungarian Archaeologist in Egypt.” Italian Institute of Culture 3, Al Marsifi St, Zamalek, Cairo, Tel 0020227355423-27358791 Sat 17, 5pm: A poetry competition between 6 Italian poets; also attending the event are poets Daniela Attanasio, Antonella Bukovaz, Maria Grazia Calandrone, Franca Mancinelli and Rossella Tempesta (The poems are to be translated from Italian into Arabic). El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *Word Hall Wed 14, 7 pm: A poetical recital and grammar competition entitled; “Arab Tongue” by Arabic language expert Ayman Massoud. Sat 17, 7pm: A seminar entitled;”The International Communication Day”, by communication expert and engineer Mohamed Abou Qoureish. Sun 18, 6.30pm: A lecture entitled; “An Archive of Literary Magazines…. Ahmed Amin” introduces engineer Magdi Al- Faramawi. Tue 20,7 pm: “Preserving the Egyptian Biological Diversity”, a seminar features CEO of the technical office of sanctuaries, Tareq Al-Qanawani and Co-ordinator of biological diversity at the Egyptian Observatory of Desertification Yasser Hanafi. Talat Harb Cultural Centre Al Sayeda Neffesa st, Zeinhom district, in front of Fathi Sorour complex, Tel 3622647 Sat 17, 6pm: Signing the book “Immigrants without Supporters” by writer Sami Al Zokom.
Umm Kulthoum Museum 1 Al Malek Al Saleh St, Manial Al Rouda, Tel 23631467 Sat 17, 7.30 pm: “The Culture of Museums”, a seminar introduces professor Venus Fouad.
