Beit Al-Aini (Child Creativity Centre)
Al Azhar district, behind Al Azhar Mosque, Tel 02 2514 2990
Wed 4 March, 8pm: Farha (joy) a narration show by Auntie Moufida.
Beit Al Sett Wassila (House of Arab Poetry)
Al Azhar district, behind Al Azhar Mosque, Al Aini St, Tel 02 2510 3171
Sun 1 March, 9pm: Halet Lailay (Nights have arrived) an evening of poetry and music.
Sun 8, 9pm: Salon of poet Abdel-Moaty Hegazy celebrates the poetry of late poet Fouad Haddad.
French Cultural Institute
Shafiq Al-Deeb St, Al-Golf, Heliopolis, Masr Al-Gedida, Tel 02 2417 4824
Media Library
Fri 27, 1pm - 3pm: Discover your feelings while learning French! Through games, movement, and everyday activities, children learn the names of body parts and express their feelings in French. Open to children aged 7 to 12.
Diwan Bookstore
1, Road 254, Degal, Maadi, Tel 010 98887326
Fri 27, 10.30am: Story-time Adventures with Yara Alsayes.
Naguib Mahfouz Museum
Tekkeyet Mohamed Bek Abul-Dahab, next to Al-Azhar Mosque, Al-Darb Al-Ahmar, Tel 0122 723 1573
Sun 1 March, 9pm: “The Picture Immortalizes the Place” a seminar features novelist and artist Ahmed Dawoud.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 26 February, 2026 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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