The Artistic Creativity Centre Cairo Opera House Grounds, Tel 02 2737 0602/2736 0361, box office 02 2739 0132/0144 Tues 21, 9pm: "Creative Egypt" salon features poet Fouad Haddad, together with poet Mohamed Bahgat. Beit Al She'r (Al Sett Wassila) Al-Azhar district, behind Al Azhar Mosque, Al Aini St, Tel 02 2510 3171 Sun 19, 9.30pm: Readings in the modern Sufi poetry includes reciting the poems of Taher Abu-Fasha, Mahmoud Hassan Ismail and Ali Aql.
The Child Creativity Centre (Beit Al-Aini) Al-Azhar district, behind Al-Azhar Mosque, Tel 02 2514 2990 Every Sunday and Wednesday, 10-12pm: A workshop on works on art, supervised by Hala Anwar. Every Wednesday, 1-3pm: Drawing workshop by Doaa Fathi. Every Monday and Wednesday, 11-1pm: Miscellaneous activities for children. House of Egyptian Architecture 4 Darb Al-Tebana St, Al Darb Al Ahmar, Tel 012 6296 5078 Tues 21, 9pm: “Preserving the Heritage of Building”, a seminar features engineer Hany Anwar. Wed 22, 9pm: “The Culture of Architecture for Children and Youth”, a seminar held in cooperation with the supreme council of culture. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Tel 02 2362 2647/ 2362 8174 Wed 22, 9pm: "Memory of The Nation" salon on Badr Invasion, accompanied by religious chanting by Munshid (religious chanter) Mustafa Kamal.