Amir Taz Palace
27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 02 2514 2581
Every Saturday and Tuesday, 1pm: Enshad Dini (religious chanting) workshop by Munshid Mahmoud Al-Tohamy.
Every Sunday and Thursday, 4pm: The singing workshop of Amir Taz Palace Choir.
Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre
1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo, Tel 02 2364 3103
Every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 3-6pm: Egypt’s artisans’ initiative for training on handicrafts such as porcelain, copper, Khayamiya, heritage jewellery.
Heliopolis Library
42 Al-Oroba St, off Beirut St, Misr Al-Gedida, Tel 011 42464426
Mon 8, 5.30pm (open invitation): Screening and discussion of the film “The Core”, in cooperation with the Egyptian Society for Astronomy.
Misr Public Library
4 Gamal Hamdan St, off Nile St, next to the State Council and the Saudi Embassy building, Dokki, Giza, Tel 02 33360291
Fri 5 and Sat 6, 10am to 3.30pm: A book fair selling used books in excess of the library’s needs for bargain prices, in the bookstore at the library's garden.
Every Monday and Thursday, 2pm: Science Crazy lab, a new activity for the age group 9 to 14 years. The course consists of four lectures, each lecture has a topic in which they will learn: Animal classification, Fossils, Electric dough, Scientific presentation of five chemical experiments. For more information, contact the children’s library via WhatsApp https://wa.me/201555420938
Talaat Harb Cultural Centre
Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Tel 02 2362 2647/ 2362 8174
Every Monday, 1pm: Art workshop, teaching drawing supervised by Rahma Mohsen.
Every Saturday, 12pm: Artistic skills development workshop with Sarah El-Guindy. Embroidery art workshop by Amany Reda, 2pm.
Every Sunday, 12pm: Wax making workshop with Professor Dalia El-Sherbiny.
Every Wednesday, 2pm: Arabic calligraphy workshop with Mohamed Fawzy.
Every Friday, 2pm: Doll making workshop with Rahma Mahgoub.
Saturday and Wednesday of every week: a workshop (integration) for Talaat Harb choir team and people with special abilities, 1pm.
Every Thursday, 1pm: Reading and narration workshop.
Every Saturday, 12pm: Artistic workshops and skills development for people with special abilities, supervised by professor Dalia El-Sherbiny.
Every Sunday, 8pm: “Information and Question” an online workshop and “Book of Delivery”, a book summary on the center’s Facebook and WhatsApp pages.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 4 July, 2024 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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