Monica Hanna speaks about 'Repatriating Cultural Identity: ISIS, Virgin Mary and Sayyida Zeinab' at TCC - Lectures - Al-Ahram Weekly

Al-Ahram Weekly

10-07-2025

Amir Taz Palace
27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel [phone]
Sun 13, 7pm: Nefertiti Cultural Salon.
Thurs 17, 7pm: Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass Salon presents a course for teaching the ancient Egyptian language.
Beit Al She'r Al-Arabi (Al Sett Wassila)
Al Azhar district, behind Al Azhar Mosque, Al Aini St, Tel [phone]
Sun 13, 8pm: Poet Ahmed Abdel-Moaati Hegazy Salon remembers Palestinian poet Fadwa Toukan.
Goethe Institute
17 Hussein Wassif St, Mesaha Sq, Dokki, Tel [phone]
Goethe Institute organises Green July 2025, a vibrant month-long programme featuring workshops and events aim to rethinking our relationship with the planet through four main themes: growth, innovation, imagination and reform.
Sat 12, 2-5pm: A fun-filled workshop designed for families to learn and bond building. Test your environmental knowledge with an entertaining Q&A game, then unleash your imagination in a group storytelling activity where families create stories inspired by nature. Ideal for all ages to enjoy learning and creativity together.
Wed 16, 12-2.30pm: Imagine a future where nature and technology flourish side by side. This interactive workshop invites you to explore the principles of the Solarbank movement, renewable energy, community resilience, and environmental harmony, and to embody these ideas through art. Reimagine a brighter and more sustainable world, and express your vision of a hopeful future through collective creativity.
Al-Hanager Arts Centre
Cairo Opera Complex, Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek, Tel
Tel [phone]
Al-Hanager Cinema Hall
Thurs 10, 7pm: 'A Talk on Cinema' Salon features film director Ashraf Fayek, who will talk about maestro and musician Ali Ismail and his musical genius who reached international fame, and the works he composed to the cinema.
Italian Cultural Institute
3 El-Sheikh El Marsafy St, Zamalek, Tel [phone] 8791
Arabic courses registration is open from 1 to 14 July 2025. Registration is open for the face-to-face Egyptian Arabic and classical Arabic courses offered by Ahlan World school (www.ahlan-world.org), at the premises of the Italian Cultural Institute. Classes will be held in the evening, starting from 15 July.
For information and registration, contact 01129891993 or email [email protected]. For information on advanced levels, contact via WhatsApp the number 01222143876.
Intensive Advanced Italian courses (Levels C1 - C2) enrollment is now open for in-person intensive Italian language courses at advanced levels C1 and C2. Enrollment period from 15 to 31 July 2025, course duration: 70 hours over the span of three months Course start date on 2 August 2025, modality: face-to-face for information and enrollment: [email protected] Enrollment deadline is 31 July 2025, hurry up because spots are limited!
Tahrir Cultural Centre (TCC)
Al-Sheikh Rihan St, off Tahrir Square, Tel [phone]
Oriental Hall
'Sayyida Zeinab: The Tale of a Mosque and Legendary Sites Around It' the Sheikh Hassan Abbas Sharbatly Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations organizes an exhibition on the Cairene neighborhood of Sayyida Zainab. The exhibition is accompanied by a series of lectures organized by Hoda El-Saadi (Sheikh Hassan Abbas Sharbatly Department Arab and Islamic Civilizations, AUC), Zeinab Abul-Magd (Oberlin College, U.S.) and Eman Morgan (Rare Books & Special Collections Library, AUC).
Mon 14, (in Arabic), 5pm: Opening reception and exhibition tour in the Future Gallery, 6 - 8.30pm: Roundtable discussion at the Oriental Hall introducing Hoda El-Saadi of AUC, Zeinab Abul-Magd of Oberlin College.
Distinguished speakers: Associate Professor of History at AUC Pascale Ghazaleh, Founder and Chair of Megawra-Built Environment Collective Maye El-Ibrashy, adjunct Associate Professor at AUC Dalia Wahdan, Professor of Architecture at Cairo University Dalila Elkerdany, independent researcher in the history of modern Egypt Dina Hussein, visiting scholar of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki Amira Abou-Taleb, and architect Ahmed Mansour.
Tues 15, (in Arabic) 4 - 5pm: 'Repatriating Cultural Identity: ISIS, Virgin Mary and Sayyida Zeinab' by Egyptologist and Dean of College of Arts and Sciences at the American University in Baghdad Monica Hanna. (5.15 - 6.15pm): 'Sayyida in City's Memory -Dhakirat Madina' by Urban planner and researcher at the National Organization for Urban Harmony (NOUH) Amr Abdel-Aal and Haydi Shalabi, Director of the Central Administration for Technical Affairs at the NOUH, (6.30 - 8pm): 'Mapping Cairo, Mapping Sayyida' by Historian of the modern Middle East specializing in Urban history, science and technology studies, and digital history Shehab Ismail.
Hill House, Room 102
Wed 16, 5-6pm: 'Popular Religiosity of Ordinary Egyptians in the Sayyida Zeinab Area' a lecture by independent researcher Essam Fawzy. (6.30-7.30pm) 'From the Tram to the Subway, Sayyida Zeinab District in a Hundred Years' lecture by independent researcher Amr Essam, both lectures are organized by Al Maraya Publishing House.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 10 July, 2025 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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