Here's Ahram Online's picks and recommendations from Cairo International Book Fair's Cultural Agenda for Tuesday, 2 February.
Tuesday 2 February
Main Hall Events
1:00pm - 3:00pm - "Gamal El-Ghitani and the Historical Novel," Speakers: Mohammed Afifi, Mohammed Sayyied Eid and Tarek Imam.
3:00pm - 5:00pm - "Scientific Thinking" - Speakers: Youman Tariff El-Kholy, Sayyied Yassin and Shawky Galal.
5:00pm - 7:00pm - Open discussion with Bahrain's Minister of Culture, Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa.
7:00pm - 9:00pm Poetry Recital.
A Writer and a Book Hall
12:00pm - 2:00pm - "A Mosque in Munich," Translated by: Ahmed Gamal Abul-Leil Speakers: Abdel-Khalek Farouk, Mohamed Metwally Mansour and Hany Dawa.
2:00 - 4:00pm - "National Bet" by: Wafaa Sendy - Speakers: Iman Yehia, Gehad Ouda and Farid Zahran.
4:00 - 5:30pm - "Europe Has No More to give to the World," by: Khaled Ziada, Speakers: Khaled Ziada, Sherid Younis and Anwar Moghith.
Round Tables
12:00 - 1:30pm - Discussion: Translating Chinese Literature.
1:30 - 3:00pm - Discussion: Books and The Media.
3:00 - 4:30 - Discussion: The role of the Media in Shaping the Arab Reader.
8:00 - 9:00 - Discussion: Renewing the Religious Discourse.
Guest of Honor Hall
7:00pm - 9:00pm Commemorating late novelist Ibrahim Aslan.
Cultural Cafe Hall
5:00 - 7:00pm - A meeting with Anwar Moghith, the director of the National Center for Translation
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