American University in Cairo
Tues 24, 7pm (Cairo/Athens), 5pm London, 12pm New York (Online event):
“The Medieval Mediterranean Between Islam and Christianity” a virtual book discussion of The Medieval Mediterranean between Islam and Christianity: Cross-pollinations in Art, Architecture, and Material Culture edited by Sami Luigi De Giosa and Nikolaos Vryzidis (AUC Press, 2025).
A volume that explores Christian-Islamic cultural exchange in the medieval Mediterranean through material culture—textiles, metalwork, architecture and more—revealing how faiths intermingled across regions. Thirteen scholars examine cross-religious artifacts, shared artistic practices and the movement of objects and craftsmen from Spain to Georgia. The book editors Giosa and Vryzidis, will be in conversation with Alison Ohta, Director of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. A Q&A session with the audience will follow the book discussion.
Diwan Bookstore
159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Tel 01222 40 7084
Tues 24, 6pm: Discussion of Noor Naga’s book If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English.
Diwan Majarrah, El-Sheikh Zayed
Wed 25, 7pm: June book discussion Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, moderated by Noha Bassiouny.
105, Abu Bakr El-Seddiq St, Heliopolis, Misr Algedida, Tel 02 2690 8184/85/ 0122 6000168
Thurs 26, 7pm: Discussion of Salah Essa’s book Afyoun wa Banadeq (Opium and Guns).
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
Sun 15, 4pm: “Reading and Its Role in Spreading Awareness and Culture” lecture features Head of the Arab Council for Culture and heritage Seham Abdel-Moneim, writer and visual artist Hussein Noah, and novelist and scripter Karim Metwaly.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 5 June, 2025 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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