Alef Bookstores 84 Road 9 Maadi, Tel 02 2750 8661- 0100 022 9996 Thurs 7, 4pm: An evening of poetry and a talk by Poet Ashraf Tawfeq. The American University in Cairo Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel 02 2615 2694/012 8000 9077 AUC Tahrir Book Store Wed 5- Sat 8, 10am-6pm: The AUC Tahrir Book Fair. The American University in Cairo New Cairo Campus, Tel 02 2615 2694 Fathi Samara Lounge (CVC P021) Thurs 6, 9.30am -11.30pm: "EURECA HUSS Panels," Thurs 6, 11.30-1am: "EURECA HUSS Panels," Thurs 6, 1 pm-3.30 pm: "Community Education as Empowerment," a lecture by Professor of Practice at the AUC Graduate School of Education, Malak Zaalouk. This will be followed by another lecture, "Beyond Buzzwords: Innovation, Inequality, and Imagination in the 21st Century," by assistant Professor at Princeton University, Ruha Benjamin. The event is part of the AUC Research Week. Beit Al Sinary Mong Ally, Behind Al Saneya Secondary School, Al Sayeda Zeinab Square, Cairo, Tel 02 2390 9471 Wed 12, 6pm: "The Hassan Fathi Architecture from a different Perspective," a seminar by Professor of Architecture Ahmed Sedqi. The British University in Egypt (BUE) El Sherouq City, Suez Dessert Road, Cairo 11837, P.O.Box 43, Tel 202 2689 0000 Thurs 6, 10am: A business seminar organised by the Indian Embassy in Cairo as part of the India by the Nile Festival. French Cultural Institute Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Tel 02 2791 5800 Sun 9-Thurs 13, 7pm: A series of discussions commemorate the late French movie critic, Serge Daney (1944-1992) to be delivered by cinema critic Ali Hussein Al-Adawy. Daney was an influential French movie critic who went on from writing film reviews to developing a “television criticism” and onto building a personal theory of the image. Although highly regarded in French and European film criticism circles, his work remains little known to English-speaking audiences, largely because it has not been consistently translated. El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 Word Hall Thurs 16, 6pm: "Start Up Your Dream….Set Your Business," a seminar by Marwan Othman.
