American University in Cairo
Alwaleed Hall - P071
Thurs 11, 3pm-5pm: “Interpreting Surah Al-Mulk: Al-Baydawi (D.1319, Iran) and Al-Khafaji’s (D.1659, Egypt) Quraan Commentariesa” seminar featuring Walid Saleh, a renowned Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto, will give you the opportunity to learn from and gain valuable insights into the interpretation of Surah Al-Mulk. The seminar is part of the Department of Applied Linguistics and the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations Spring 2023 lecture series titled: Humanities in the Islamicate World: Language, Knowledge and Meaning.
Mon 15, 7-8pm (Online event): “Business as a Force for Good” is a Gerhart Centre Webinar featuring Andrew Kassoy, co-founder of B Lab Global. He will discuss how the B Corp Movement sets an example for transforming our economic system. Kassoy is co-founder of B Lab, the nonprofit organization behind the B Corp Movement. He recently stepped out of his CEO role to become Executive Vice Chair and focus on strategy and long-term growth. B Lab’s vision is stakeholder capitalism – in which business plays a transformative role in creating an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economic system for all. B Lab drives systemic change by changing the culture, behavior, and structure of the business and the capital markets. The movement is led by the example of over 6,500 Certified B Corporations in 80 countries that meet high social and environmental performance standards, legal accountability, and public transparency.
Before leaving the private sector to form B Lab with two college mates, Bart Houlahan and Jay Coen Gilbert, Kassoy spent 16 years as a partner in private equity funds at DLJ, Credit Suisse, and MSD Capital. Andrew was raised in Boulder, Colorado and graduated from Stanford University as a Truman Scholar. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, Margot Brandenburg, and four children, Max, Jed, Etta, and Xavier. The link is https://e.cglink.me/2kZ/r300089561
Wed 17, 7-8pm (Online Event): “Make Sustainable Impact Measurable, Operational and Profitable”, join our session, introducing Richard Georg Engström, to get an introduction to Impact Business Modeling System through some practical impact business cases. Since 2016, Engström and his team have assessed 7,000+ Nordic impact startups and matched hundreds of them with international venture capital with the intention to have a social, environmental and climate-positive effect and a financial return.
In 2020, they developed the Impact Business Modeling System to help startups make their sustainable impact measurable, operational and profitable. The link is https://e.cglink.me/2kZ/r300089924
Diwan Bookstore
105, Abu Bakr El-Seddiq St, Heliopolis, Misr Algedida, Tel 02 2690 8184/85/ 0122 6000168
Sat 13, 7pm: A signing ceremony for Mona Radwan’s book Alkashkoul La Yazal Fi Gaybi (the notebook is still in my pocket).
Radio Cinema, 24 Talaat Harb, Marouf, Qasr El Nil, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 25756562
Sat 13, 7pm: A signing ceremony for Mohsen Rashad Abu Bakr’s book Cannizzaro Interaction features keynote speaker Sherif El-Gayar. The symposium will be moderated by Dalia Aslan, an Egyptian novelist.
Tahrir Cultural Centre (TCC)
AUC’s Tahrir Campus, Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel 02 2615 2694/01280009077
AUC Tahrir Square Bookstore and Gardens
Thurs 11- Sat 13, 10am-7pm: In collaboration with AUC Tahrir Cultural Centre, AUC Bookstores will be hosting the Tahrir Book Fair, where you will find the biggest selection of English-language books at discounts up to 75% and prices starting LE20 only at AUC Tahrir Bookstore and Gardens. There will be several local handcrafts makers exhibiting and selling their products as well as live-music entertainment.
This event is free and open to the public, so come bring your family and friends and enjoy the beautiful gardens of the Tahrir Campus.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 11 May, 2023 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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