Diwan Bookstore
159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Tel 01222 40 7084
Sat 25, 7pm: "What is Narration?: Pieces of The Self in Search for A Narration" a panel discussion with Ibrahim Ahmed and Hana El-Sagini, moderated by Farida Youssef.
Tues 28, 7pm: May book discussion presents Sally Rooney's book Normal People.
Heliopolis Library
42 Al-Oroba St, off Beirut St, Misr Al-Gedida, Tel 011 42464426
Mon 27, 5.30pm (open invitation): "The Philosophical Salon" lecture aims to introduce the reader to philosophical trends and ideas throughout the long history of philosophy and through dialogues and discussions, moderated by philosophy professor Emad El-Adly.
Tahrir Cultural Centre (TCC)
AUC’s Tahrir Campus, Downtown, 24 Falaki St, Downtown Cairo, Tel 012 88721446
Oriental Hall
Thurs 23, 7-9pm: "Sameh Ismail's Artwork: Phenomenological and Transcendental Interpretations of a Contemporary Attempt to Reclaim Islamic Aesthetics" talk attempts to interpret Sameh Ismail’s artwork, analyzing his orientation as a maker. Drawing on two philosophical traditions, phenomenology (Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty) and transcendental philosophy (Kant and Ibn 'Arabī), the speakers will engage with Ismail's artwork addressing the threefold relationship between making, the work of art and the artist. Art is making; this has been the basic definition of art since Aristotle. The complex relation among the maker, the act of making and the made ‘thing’/artwork constitutes the core of art theories and aesthetic philosophy.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 23 May, 2024 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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