Alef Bookstores 33 Geziret Al Arab,Al Mohandeseen,Tel 02 33035570 Fri 30,7pm: Signing Karim Azmi's book A Husband's Scream.
The American University in Cairo Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel 2615 2694/01280009077 *Oriental Hall Sat 31, 6pm: Edward Said Memorial Lecture: "A Settler- Colonialism of Her Own: Imagining Palestine's Alternatives," by Lila Abu-Lughod, professor of anthropology, women's and gender studies at Columbia University. The lecture is hosted by the AUC's School of Humanities and Social Sciences. It will reflect on Palestine's current impasses and imaginatively explore its possible futures through a detour through the experiences of unexpected places and peoples. Sat 31 & Sun 1, 9pm: “Creative Cities: Reframing Downtown”, an international conference, organized by the AUC and Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environment Research. The conference will showcase comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to issues related to public space, heritage and urban culture, the revitalization of Cairo's Downtown in the context of gentrification and securitization and urban governance. It will consist of public plenary sessions as well as urban walking tours. The conference brings scholars, professionals and experts including Riham Arram, Cairo Heritage Preservation Unit, Cairo Governor's Office; Emad Abu Ghazi, former minister of culture, George Arbid, director of Arab Centre for Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, AUB; Sahar Attia, head of Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University; Soheir Hawas, Ministry of Culture; Jerold Kayden, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard University; Ernesto Lopez-Morales, Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Universidad de Chile; Nathaniel Bowditch, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, AUC; Samia Mehrez, Centre of Translation Studies, AUC (Translation from Arabic into English is provided).
Beit Al Sinary Mong Ally, Behind Al Saneya Secondary School, Al Sayeda Zeinab Square, Cairo, Tel (202)23909471 Thur 29, 6pm: A seminar entitled;"Displaying the Digital Archive of President Mohamed Anwar Al Sadat", by the team who designed the website.
Contemporary Image Collective 22Abdel Khalek Tharwat St,3rd and 4th floor,Downtown Cairo,Tel 23964272 Thur 29,1-5pm: A seminar by photograher Randa Shaath entitled;"Encounters." This is a space for exchange of knowledge, thought, and experience on contemporary image practices in which each month an artist is invited to meet youner artists and discuss their work. (To participate an artist should send his/her name and expected time of arrival to [email protected] and confirm by phone: 010 11738115)
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *Word Hall Thur 29, 6pm: A seminar entitled;"The Great Ones of the Month". The event is held in memory of theatrical poet Naguib Sourour, novelist and writer and professor Taha Hussein, intellectual and scientist Mustafa Mahmoud, and Indian leader Mahatma Ghandi. Thur 29, 8pm: "Ten Steps to Quit Smoking", a seminar by consultant of internal medicine and liver disease, Doctor Wael Safwat and consultant of hot zones medicine and contagious diseases Doctor Ahmed Ramzi. Fri 30, 6pm: A lecture entitled;"Anxiety between Children" to be given byAssistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts, Minya University Abdel Mohsen Degham. Fri 30, 8pm: "France…Paris", a seminar introduces Head of the Geography Committee at the Businessme Association Ali Al- Qoureiei. Sat 31,5pm: A lecture entitled;"Counterfeit medicine ….. manufactoring and monitoring" by Professor Mahmoud Fattouh and Professor Khatter Al-Shafaai. Sat 31,7.30pm: A seminar entitled," A Gathering of T.V Hosts" by Doaa Rashad and Ammar Abdel-Ghani.
