Alef Bookstores 84 Road 9 Maadi. Tel 02 2750 8661- 0100 022 9996 Thurs 27, 7pm: Writer Walid Abdel-Moneim will discuss and sign his novel Leleto. Fri 28, 7pm:Writer Amir Atef will discuss and sign his novel Logharithm. 132 Al-Merghany St, Heliopolis, Tel 02 2419 2396- 0100 022 4004 Sat 29, 7pm: Writer Mahmoud Abdel-Shakour will discuss and sign his book Kont Sabeyan Fe Al Sabeneyat (I Was a Boy in The Seventies). 33 Gezeret Al Arab St, Mohandessen, Tel 02 3303 5570 Sun 30, 7pm: Writer Hamdi Abdel-Reheim will discuss and sign his book Al Da'era Al Sawdaa (The Black Circle). The American University in Cairo AUC New Campus, Tel 02 2615 2694 Malak Gabr Hall Thurs 27,1pm: Part of Music Talks I is “John Cage's Musical Ideas for a Better World,” talk. Balassi Institute Hungarian Cultural Counsellor Office 13 Gawad Hosni St, Abdeen, Downtown, second floor, Tel 02 2392 6692 Tues 2, 7pm: The Ambassador of Hungary Dr. Péter Kveck, and Ms. Marianna Fa, the Hungarian Cultural Attaché organise a book launch of the Arabic edition of The Suez Crisis and Hungary, 1956 by the Senior Researchers of VERITAS Research Institute for History.
Cairo Opera House Gezira Exhibition Grounds. Info 339 8144, box office 02 2739 0132/0144 Cinema Hall Thurs 27,7pm: A musical poetry recital features Poet Medhat Matar, Writer Marwa Al-Gamal, Poet Walaaeddin Farouq,Writer Othman Abdel-Moneim, and Poet Ehab Al-Kelani. French Cultural Institute Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Tel 02 2791 5800 Thurs 27, 7pm: “L'Artiste et le Commissaire,” (The Artist and the Commissioner) a seminar introduces French Painter Eric Corne and plastic artist Haitham Nawar. Sun 30, 6pm: Professor of Philosophy and Cinema Marie Claude Benard will discuss her book La Sortie au Cinema (The Cinema Trip). 5 Shafeq Al Deeb St, Ard Al Golf, Heliopolis, Tel 02 2417 4824 Sun 30,7pm: “Conference Autour de Patrimoine Heliopolitain,” (The Heritage of Heliopolis in French), a seminar by Salwa Haggag (The lecture is in French). Goethe Institute 13 Hussein Wassif St, Messaha Sq, Dokki, Tel 02 2575 9877 Fri 28, 7pm: Part of The European-Egyptian Contemporary Music Society (EECMS)'s “Music Talks” series in its 5th edition of the Cairo Contemporary Music Day Festival is “The Beginnings of “New music” in Darmstadt, Germany, after World War II” talk featuring Dr. Doris Koesterke, the festival's guest of honour in which she will be hosted in many events and talks where she will focus on the development of music generally and after World War II specifically. Dr. Koesterke is the professor of Music and Philosophy in the University of Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz – Germany. The festival promotes the general and essential knowledge of music development which comes from a strong belief in the importance of understanding the progress in the field which has led the technologies to be part of it and of the creations of most of the sound artists and electronic music composers. This is in relation to the developed theory which has led to current complexities of music composing in general (Free entry). Heliopolis Library Beirut Street, Heliopolis, Cairo, Tel 02 2291 2412 Sat 22-Sat 29: The Book Fair. Sat 29, 6.30pm: Writer Sherif Abdel-Hadi will discuss his novel Malakout (Kingdom). Italian Cultural Institute 3, Sheikh el Marsafi st., Zamalek, Cairo, Tel 02 2735 8791 Thurs 27, 7pm: “The Influence of Italian Renaissance and Baroque on the Architecture of Kraków,” an exhibition and a lecture to be given by Professor Łukasz Mikołaj Sadowski.The event is organised in collaboration with the Embassy of Poland and the Museum of the City of Krakow. 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 Fri 28, 7pm: “A Trip to the Sites of Alexandria of Different Ages,” a seminar moderated by Maha Abdel-Fattah. Sat 29, 5pm: “Revelation,” a seminar by Marwa Borhan. Sat 29, 7.30pm: “The Photography Meeting,” a seminar features Photographer Mohamed Hesham. Sun 30, 7pm: “Entertaining Geography,” a seminar by Professor Ali Al- Qoureiei. ALEXANDRIA Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 Auditorium Hall Sun 30, 7pm: A discussion with filmmaker Maged Nader.
