Alef Bookstores 84 Road 9 Maadi, Tel 02 2750 8661- 0100 022 9996 Tues 18, 7 pm: Writer Dina Farag will discuss and sign her book Al Seir Fowk Kows Kazah (Walking over the Rainbow). 132 Al-Merghany St, Heliopolis, Tel 02 2419 2396- 0100 022 4004 Fri 14, 7pm: Writer Amr Al-Adli will discuss and sign his novel Esmi Fatma (My Name is Fatemah). Sun 16, 7pm: Writer Rasha Zeidan will discuss and sign her novel Roh (Spirit). Wed 19, 7pm: Writer Reham Farouq will discuss and sign her book Demagh Banat (Girls' Mind). French Cultural Institute Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Tel 02 2791 5800 Thurs 13, 7pm: A series of discussions commemorate the late French movie critic, Serge Daney (1944-1992). 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 13, 6pm: “Start up Your Dream….Set Your Business,” a seminar features Marwan Othman. Sat 15, 6pm: “Historical Messages,” a seminar introduces Egyptologist Bassam Al-Shamaa. The event is part of a lecture series entitled “Re-Writing History by Egyptian Hands.” Sun 16, 7pm: “Jupiter…The Giant Gaseous Planet,” a seminar to be delivered by Engineer Mahmoud Adel. Mon 17, 7pm: “The Monthly Sawi Camera Club Meeting,” a seminar will be given by Photographer Karim Nabil. Tues 18, 7pm: “Ebola,” a seminar by members of Atebaa be la Hodoud (Doctors without Borders) Organisation. ALEXANDRIA Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 Auditorium Hall Sun 16, 7pm (Free entry): “An Aspect of the History of the Invention of Cinema,” a seminar by researcher Mohamed Hashem Abdel-Salam.
