Diwan Bookstore
Radio Cinema, 24 Talaat Harb, Marouf, Qasr El Nil, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 02 25756562
Thurs 12, 7pm: Book signing ceremony and discussion of Michael Adel’s collection of poems in Egyptian colloquial Ala Safar (On travel). Poet Mustafa Ibrahim will moderate the discussion.
159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Tel 01222 40 7084
Tues 17, 6pm: Based on the readers’ votes, All About Love book by Bell Hooks has been chosen for December Book Club discussion.
Thurs19, 6pm: Based on your votes, Rasha Zidan’s book Adam’s Eve has been chosen to be discussed in December at the Diwan Book Club.
Greater Cairo Library
15 Mohamed Mazhar St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 2278
Sat 21, 5pm: “Pre-University Education Issues and Coping Mechanisms”
seminar features Essam Qamar, Professor of Principles of Education and
Fouad Helmy, Professor of Educational Planning.
Tahrir Cultural Centre (TCC)
Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel 02 2615 2694/01280009077
Hill House - Room 602, AUC Tahrir Square
Thurs 12, 6:30pm - 8pm: “The Future of Capitalism” panel tackles the foundations of capitalism as being questioned like never before, as the world faces unprecedented challenges. Genocidal war, the rise of populism, and the escalating climate crisis, coupled with the changing nature of work and accumulation are redefining capitalism and our lives. This panel will examine how these forces are converging to reshape economies, labor markets, and societies worldwide. Speakers: Robert Meister: Department of History of Consciousness, The University of California, Kaushik Sunder Rajan: Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago, together with Sameh Naguib: Department of Sociology, the American University in Cairo. It will be moderated by Rabab El-Mahdi ’96, ’98, AUC Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Alternative Policy Solutions (APS).
Oriental Hall
Tues 17, 4:30pm - 6:30pm: Join Mohamed Saleh, Associate Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Research Affiliate in Economic History at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, for an engaging talk titled “The Power of Connections: Colonialism, Nationalism and Corporate Performance in Egypt, 1890 –1950” as part of the AUC-FEPS Political Science Joint Seminar series.
El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448
Word Hall
Sat 14, 6pm: A lecture on Taqi Al-Din Abu Al-Abbas Aḥmed ibn Ali ibn Abdel-Qader ibn Mohamed Al-Maqrizi (1364–1442), who is recognized as the most influential historian of pre-modern Egypt. Ahmed Sediq, translator and former editor in Arabic and English at the AUC’s Centre for American Studies will give the lecture.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 12 December, 2024 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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