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.

 

 

Heliopolis Library

42 Al-Oroba St, off Beirut St, Misr Al-Gedida, Tel 011 42464426

Mon 22, 5.30pm (free public invitation): "Am I Mentally Sick?" a lecture by writer and translator Raqia Galal El-Dweik, who received a Doctorate in Developmental Psychology. 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

ALEXANDRIA 

 

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 

From 15 to 28 July: BA organises the nineteenth session of its international book fair, in cooperation with the Egyptian General Book Authority, the Egyptian Publishers Union, and the Arab Publishers Union. When organizing the exhibition, the library is keen to select the best publishing houses, It is also keen to have the latest Egyptian and Arab publications available. This year, the fair includes 75 Egyptian and Arab publishing houses, and a pavilion for children is also allocated, which includes more than ten specialized publishing houses. In children's books, a section was also devoted to Sour Al-Azbakeya, it displays old and rare books. It includes a wide range of events exceeding one hundred events, including seminars, lectures, and workshops. And conferences and their topics vary between history and literature, artificial intelligence and creative industries, Egyptian drama, writing in all its genres, media, youth, women, children, Egyptian cultural relations, and publishing.

There will be effective and strong participation of Alexandria’s innovators because of their influential presence in the Egyptian and Arab cultural scene. This is done through a series of interactive seminars under the title “Alexandrian Creativity has Many Faces.”

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* A version of this article appears in print in the 18 July, 2024 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly