Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 02 2514 2581 Every Saturday and Sunday, 1pm: Religious chanting workshop by munshid (religious chanter) Mahmoud Al-Tohami. Every Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, 1-3pm: Playing on musical instruments workshop for ages from 10 to 18 years Every Sunday and Tuesday (10.30am) and every Wednesday & Thursday, 10am: Plastic arts workshop for ages from 7-12 years.
Balassi Institute Hungarian Cultural Counsellor Office 13 Gawad Hosni St, Abdin, Downtown, second floor, Tel 02 2392 6692 The Call for application for Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme for the 2019/2020 Academic Year is now open. The Office of the Hungarian Cultural Counsellor will hold two “Information Days” about the scholarship. Each and every one who is interested to study in Hungary is welcome to attend. The schedule is planned as follows: Sat 15, 4-5pm: Presentation of the scholarship, (5-6pm) Q and A. Thurs 20, 6-7pm.: Presentation of the scholarship, (7-8pm) Q and A.
Beit Al-Harrawi (The Arab Oud House) Mohamed Abdu St, behind Al-Azhar Mosque, Tel 02 2510 4174 Every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday, 4-9pm: Oud classes given by the oud professors of the Arab Oud House. Every Saturday and Thursday, 3-6pm: Workshops on the theories of playing oud for advanced students. Every Saturday, 5-6pm: Workshops on the theories of playing oud for beginners.
Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) 27 Talaat Harb St, 2nd Floor, Downtown, Tel 02 2396 4272 Tues 18, 7pm: “Food Sovereignty in Egypt: Paradoxes from the Margin”, a talk by Reem Saad. Her talk offers an overview of the principles of food sovereignty within a broad framework linking agriculture and food in Egypt.
Diwan Bookstore 105, Abu Bakr El-Seddiq St, Heliopolis, Tel 02 2690 8184/85 Mon 17 & Mon 31, 7-9.30pm: Discussion of The Wisdom of the Enneagram book, written by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson. Tivoli Dome, Sheikh Zayed, Al-Bustan Sq, Tel 012 74883006 Mon 24, 7-9.30pm: Discussion of The Wisdom of the Enneagram book, written by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson. French Cultural Institute Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Tel 02 2791 5800 Auditorium Thurs 13-Sat 15, 10am-6pm: “The Factory of the Sustainable City” symposium is the second part of “The Sustainable City Factory 2nd Edition: Reinventing Heritage/Registering the Present”, initiated by the Cairo French Institute in December 2017. This edition focuses on the question of urban heritage, both architectural and immaterial, past and present, and will bring together a large number of institutions, cultural actors, researchers and artists.
Talaat Harb Cultural Centre Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Tel 02 2362 2647/ 2362 8174 Every Saturday, 12pm: Drawing, artistic and leather handicrafts workshop, conducted by Heba Samir. Every Sunday, 1pm: A candle making workshop, supervised by Dalia Al-Sherbini. Every Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, 10am: artistic and skills development workshops for people with special abilities, supervised by Alham Aalian. Every Thursday, 1pm: Oil painting workshop, supervised by Dalia Al-Sherbini. Every Sunday and Wednesday, 3.30pm: Arab calligraphy, trash recycling and ceramic faience workshops given by Sondos Mohamed Ali. Every Monday and Wednesday, 4-6.30pm: Classical Arab singing workshop. Thurs 13, 6pm: A poetic evening on women's poetry in Egypt and the Arab countries featuring eleven female poets such as Laila Hassan, Nora Goweida, Reem Salah,Soheir Al-Samman, Abeer Al-Attar and Ebtisam Abu-Saad.
UBUNTU 20 Hassan Sabry St, (entrance from Ibn Zinki St), Zamalek, Tel 0100 2792223 Sat 15, 6.30pm: This month's UBUNTU Dialogues session introduces visual artist Samir Fouad in a talk about art and marketing (The lecture is in Arabic). Limited seating available so to reserve your seat, email your name and mobile number to [email protected].
ALEXANDRIA Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 BA Main Entrance, Auditorium Wed 19, 5-8.30pm (Free Entry): A lecture on the jazz music history by music expert Salah Hashim.
