American University in Cairo
New Cairo Campus
History Department Conference Room, 2144
Wed 5 Feb, 1-2pm: "History Hash Outs: The British Invasion and Conquest of Palestine, 1917-18" learn about the British invasion and conquest of Palestine during World War I in this insightful talk by Laila Parsons, Professor of Modern Middle East History, McGill University. Explore the strategies, motivations and lasting consequences of this pivotal moment in Middle Eastern history, as Parsons sheds light on the complexities of imperial ambition and local resistance during 1917-18.
The Sullivan Lounge
Thurs 6, 1-2pm: "Qahwa and Kalam—ʿAbduh and the Avicennian Tradition: A Textual History" join the Qahwa and Kalam lunch hour with Robert Wisnovsky, James McGill Professor of Islamic Philosophy at McGill University’s Institute of Islamic Studies. Prof. Wisnovsky specializes in the history of Islamic thought, focusing on the origins, development and legacy of Avicenna’s (Ibn Sīnā, d. 1037) philosophy.
Cairo Opera House
Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Tel 02 2737 0602/2736 0361, box office 02 2739 0132/0144
Small Hall
Fri 31, 1pm: The Cairo Opera House's cultural salon entitled "Cinema and Artificial Intelligence.. Opportunities and Challenges" will introduce actor Hussein Fahmy, President of the Cairo International Film Festival, Producer Medhat El-Adl, President of the Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers, lyricist and composer Khaled Hamad, filmmaker Magdy Ahmed Ali, together with Engineer Adly Toma, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Gemini Africa Company. Ambassador Lamiaa Mekheimer, former Consul General of Egypt in the US State of California, will moderate the salon.
Diwan
159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Tel 01222 40 7084
Thurs 30, 6pm: Based on the readers' votes, the book When the Body Says No, written by Gabor Maté has been chosen for discussion in January's Book Club.
Tues 4 Feb, 7pm: Talal Faisal Book Club discusses Henrik Ibsen's three-act play A Doll's House.
Italian Archeological Centre
14 Champollion Street, Tahrir Square, Downtown, Cairo
Sun 2 Feb, 6pm: "New Directions in Egyptian Scholarship: Arts and Archaeological Sites in Ancient Maghreb" is the opening lecture of the new series of lectures on related topics. It will start with a welcome and introductions by Prof. Giuseppe Cecere,
Coordinator – Italian Archaeological Centre – IIC then a discussion of the book Masterpieces of Antiquities of the Algerian East, written by Dr. Hend Ahmed Abu Shaheen, lecturer of Greek and Roman Archaeology at the Faculty of Archaeology and Languages, Matrouh University. The lecture introduces Prof. Jan Achim Lichtenberger, Professorship for Classical Archaeology, Münster University, Prof. Shadia Khalaf Allah,
Director of the National Public Museum of Setif, Inspector of Cultural Heritage, specialist in antiquities, Islamic and Ottoman coins. In addition to Hanan Khamis Elshafie, Professor of Greek and Roman Archaeology, and Head of Greek and Roman Archaeology Department in the Faculty of Arts, Damanhour University, who will discuss tower-tombs in Palmyra, Marina El-Alamain and M’Daourouch an Archaeological Comparative Study (The lecture will be in Arabic with simultaneous English translation and will be accessible both in presence and online, Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89558515594
Meeting ID: 895 5851 5594).
Tahrir Cultural Centre (TCC)
AUC’s Tahrir Campus, Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel 02 2615 2694/01280009077
Oriental Hall
Sat 1 Feb, 5-7pm: Join a comprehensive presentation of the Fourth Arab Social Science Report (ASSR4), titled “Humanities in the Arab World in Times of Conflict and Change”. This event features Hoda Elsadda, the report’s author and professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University, in discussion with Ahmad Dallal, president of the American University in Cairo. The report examines knowledge production in the humanities in the Arab world during the twenty-first century, with a particular focus on the transformative decade from 2011 to 2021. (This event is by RSVP and on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity. The presentation will be in Arabic with simultaneous English translation).
* A version of this article appears in print in the 30 January, 2025 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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