17-06-2025
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Don't miss Toshikazu Kawaguchi's book discussion at Diwan Bookstore - Lectures - Al-Ahram Weekly
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 will review Before the Coffee Gets Cold book 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).
El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448
Word Hall
Tues 17, 6.30pm: The Culturewheel Philosophy Club presents the encounter 'Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Daily Life', to be led by El-Sawy El-Sawy Ahmed, Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, Benha University. Guest of the encounter is Prof. Reda Khallaf, Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Aesthetics, Faculty of Arts, Menoufia University.
Fri 20, 5pm: 'Use the Mobile, Don't Let it Use You' a lecture by Sheikh Ahmed El-Abady, preacher and researcher at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif.
Fri 20, 5.30pm: 'The Path to a Positive Environment' a lecture with Dr. Rabab El-Sheshtawy, Psychological Consultant.
Sat 21, 5pm: The series 'Rewriting History: Correcting Mistakes in History and Antiquities' from the perspective of historian Bassam El-Shama'a.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 19 June, 2025 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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