The American University in Cairo Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall New Cairo Campus, Room 2124, Tel 02 2615 2694 Wed 7, 1pm-2pm: “A Close Look at the Step Pyramid Conservation and Restoration Project”, Ministry of Antiquities researcher Ashraf Youssef Ewais speaks about Saqqara step pyramid, the challenges it faces and the restoration mission. 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). Beit Al-Sennari Al Komi, Al Hanafi, El-Sayeda Zainab, Tel 02 2390 9471 Thurs 8, 10am: The Annual Coptic Heritage Day presenting a number of lectures by scholars and professors from The Coptic Studies Programme in Bibliotheca Alexandrina supervised by Head of the programme Doaa Bahieddin. French Cultural Institute Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Tel 02 2791 5800 Wed 7, 7pm: Egyptian director and producer Nada Riyadh discusses the French film Cinematiques and the female contribution to the cinematic direction.
Balassi Institute Cairo Hungarian Cultural Counsellor Office 13 Gawad Hosni St, Abdin, Downtown, second floor, Tel 02 2392 6692 Thurs 1, 7pm: “Syria-Palestine in World War I”, a topic discussed by Professor István Ormos at Eotvos Loránd University in Budapest Department of Semitic Philology and Arabic about in the light of Mihály Kmoskó's Travel Report from the Year 1916 (Lecture is in English). The Netherlands-Flemish Institute 1 Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2738 2520/22/2736 2988 Thurs 1, 6pm: “Egypt's Forgotten Architecture”, a lecture by photographer, visual artist, curator, and educator Xenia Nikolskaya about the possibilities and limits of architectural and interior photography as a complex method for investigation, interpretation and preservation of Egypt's architectural heritage. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area. Tel 02 2362 2647 Daily, 1pm: Drawing and artifact workshop for children (All workshops are for free). ALEXANDRIA Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 Auditorium Hall Sun 4, 7pm: A lecture and discussion of the film Two Days a Year with its director Mohamed Arafa.
