American University in Cairo
AUC New Cairo Campus
The Sullivan Lounge
Sun 22, 1pm – 2.30pm: “What is Metaphysics?” is a question highly debated and not easy to answer. In contemporary philosophy, metaphysics is often understood as the area of the discipline that asks (and tries to answer) “what is x?”-questions, that is, questions that target the nature, definition or “essence” of things broadly construed (i.e., objects as well as ideas and concepts). We tend to think that trying to answer questions of this kind should be an objective, neutral enterprise – in the end, things are what they are, aren’t they? So what would a distinctively feminist perspective on metaphysics look like? Join the talk with Ariane Schenck, Assistant Professor at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, to learn about the feminist metaphysics as a sub-field that has one deconstructive and one constructive objective.

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.

Diwan Bookstore
159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Tel 01222 40 7084
Thurs 26, 7pm: Based on the readers' votes, the book Abdel-Rahman El-Gabarti- The Egyptian Intelligentsia in the era of Nationalism written by Salah Essa, has been chosen to be discussed in September at Diwan Book Club.

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
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 19 September, 2024 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly