The American University in Cairo AUC Tahrir Campus, Downtown, Sheikh Rihan building, Tel 02 2797 6888 Room 339 Sat 20, 2pm- 5pm: Rose's Cairo Book Club hosts a reading and a discussion of Ibrahim Nasrallah's book Gaza Weddings. Beit Al-Ainy Behind Al-Azhar mosque, Al-Darb Al-Ahmar, Tel 02 2514 2990 Thurs 18, 11am: “Art and Joy”, a workshop organised in cooperation with the Applied Arts Sector. Every Wednesday and Thursday, 2pm: “Tales” educational workshop supervised by Menna Al-Imam. Every Wednesday, 12-2pm: “Recycling Creativity” workshop organised in cooperation with the Green Corner Unit of the Ministry of Environment. Every Saturday and Thursday, 6pm: “Hide and Seek” poetry workshop supervised by Eman Al-Mehy (All workshops are for free). Beit Al-Seheimi Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Tel 02 2591 3391 Every Friday, 4pm: Puppets workshop on how to make them and perform with them (All workshops are for free). Catsaros Auctioneers 22Gawad Hosny, Qasr Al-Nil, Down Town, Tel 02 2392 6123 Thurs18 and Fri 19, 7pm: “Khedivial Cairo”, a seminar in Arabic on the Egyptian urban identity, a presentation followed by a discussion to be delivered by architect and urban and heritage management expert Ahmed Sedky.
Diwan Bookstore 105, Abu Bakr El-Seddiq St, Heliopolis, Tel 012 2600 0168 Thurs 18, 7pm: Book signing and discussion of E'feshy A'alek fe 30 youm” (Grip your brain tightly in 30 days) by its author Noha Zahra, A'laa Hodood Birwa (On the borders of Birwa) by its authors Reem Aqbiq and Mohamed Abbas and Khamasino by its author Marwa Ibrahim. Al-Sheikh Zayed Branch 3rd Neighbourhood, 2nd District, El Sheikh Zayed, 6th of october, Giza Inside Tivoli Dome, Tel 012 7488 3006 Fri 19, 7pm: Signing the best seller author Ahmed Mourad's new best seller novel Mosem Saed Al-Ghazlan (Season of Deer Hunting). Egyptian House for Architecture 4 Darb Al-Tebana St, Al Darb Al Ahmar, Tel 012 6296 5078 Every Fri, 9am: Field drawing workshop with Dr. Mai Hawass and a group of Cairo's architecture sketchers to preserve the uniqueness and authenticity of architectural gems in Mounira (All workshops are for free). 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 Mon 22, 6.30pm: An Arabic seminar on love from the perspective of philosophy and the differences between a man and a woman and the stages of love by Ayman Abul-Kheir, religious philosophy scholar at Al-Azhar University. Tues 23, 6.30pm: Arabic poetry recital by Mina Safwat. Thurs 25, 5pm: An evening of different variations of Arabic poetry reciting features four poets: Walaa Farouq, Marwa Al-Gamal, Mo'men Adly and Zahran Al-Halabi. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area. Tel 02 2362 2647 Every Friday and Saturday, 1pm: Tale telling workshop (All workshops are for free). ALEXANDRIA Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 Auditorium Hall Sun 21, 2pm-4pm: “Fifty Years of Excavating Drowned Antiquities along the Coast of the Red Sea”, a lecture held and moderated by Dr. Mohamed Al-Sayed Mohamed representative of the Central Department of Drowned Antiquities, the Ministry of Antiquities.
