21 January-5 February ñ Programme BRITISH CULTURAL PROGRAMME Thursday 29 January *1400-1445: Literary Café: Margaret Drabble talking to Mohamed Salmawy, Hall 15A UK stand. Friday 30 January *1415-1500: Literary Café: David Almond talking to Nadia El-Kholi, Hall 15A UK stand. *1515- 1645: Meet the author: Anthony Horowitz, Hall 15 Protocol room. *1730-1900: Trends in teenage fiction, with Anthony Horowitz, David Almond, Meg Rosoff and Nadia El Kholy, Hall 15 Protocol room. Saturday 31 January *1300-1345: Literary Café: Meg Rosoff talking to Rehab Bassam, Hall 15A UK stand. *1400-1530: Meet the author: David Almond. The secrets behind his creative process, Hall 15 Protocol room. *1600-1730: Meet the author: Meg Rosoff, her life as a writer and how she approaches writing for teens, Hall 15 Protocol room. Sunday 1 February *1400-1530: Meet the author: Meg Rosoff reads extracts from her work and talks about her life as a writer, Hall 15 Protocol room. *1600-1730: Meet the author: David Almond shows how some of the most extraordinary stories can be discovered in the most simple parts of our world, Hall 15 Protocol room. CULTURAL CAFE Thursday 29 January *1300-1500: Culture and social change: Dialogue of culture, with Said Ismail Ali, Abdel-Moniem El-Mashat, Abdel Baset Abdel-Mottie and Nadia Mustafa as speakers; meeting chaired by Sayed Yassin, Cultural Café venue. *1600-1800: Creativity in short stories, with Mohamed Abdel-Nabi, Ahmed Shafie, Ahmed Abdel-Hamid and Omar Shahrayar as speakers; meeting chaired by Zein Abdel Hadi, Cultural Café venue. Friday 30 January *1400-1600: Arab culture pioneers, with Mustafa Labib, Maged El-Se'edi and Siefeddin Abdel-Fattah as speakers; meeting chaired by Farida El-Naqash, Cultural Café venue. Saturday 31 January *1200-1400: Culture and social change: Sufism in modern literature, with Ahmed El-Shahawi, Ahmed Taha and Said Nouh as speakers; meeting chaired by Mohamed Hafiz Diab, Cultural Café venue. Sunday 1 February *1200- 1400: Culture and social change: human rights and social development, with Ahmed El-Rashidi, Sanaa Khalil, Seddik Afify and Mona Makram Ebeid as speakers; meeting chaired by El-Sayed Elewa, Cultural Café venue. Monday 2 February *1200-1400: Culture and social change: Verbal violence and social tension, with Hassan Abdel-Maugoud, Hamdi El-Gazar and Nael El-Tokhi as speakers; meeting chaired by Aliaa Shokri, Cultural Café venue. *1600-1800: Creativity in theatre , with Said Haggag, Hassan Attia, Reda Ghaleb and Hanaa Abdel-Fattah as speakers; meeting chaired by Mohamed Abul-Ela El-Salamouni, Cultural Café venue. Tuesday 3 February *1200-1400: Model of Arabic language complex, with Ayman Mohamed, Ahmed El-Ashri and Tamer Salama as speakers; meeting chaired by Ahmed Darwish, Cultural Café venue. *1600-1800: Creativity in Cinema, with Nasser Abdel-Rahman, Bassem Samra, Tarek El-Shenawi and Youssri Nasrallah as speakers; meeting chaired by Magda Moris, Cultural Café venue. Wednesday 4 February *1200-1400: The excitement of writing, with Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq, Nabil Farouk and Tamer Ibrahim as speakers; meeting chaired by Mohamed Sami, Cultural Café venue. FILM SCREENINGS Saturday 31 January *1200: Iskenderiya Kaman we Kaman (Alexandria Again and Forever), directed by Youssef Chahine, Arts programme venue. *1430: Hassan we Morcous (Hassan and Morcous), starring Omar Sharif, Adel Imam and Lebleba, directed by Rami Imam, Arts programme venue. Sunday 1 February *1200: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, directed by Mike Newell, Arts programme venue. *1430: Tabakh Al-Rayes (The President's Chef), starring Talaat Zakaria, directed by Said Hamed, Arts programme venue. Tuesday 3 February *1200: Iskenderiya -New York (Alexandria-New York), directed by Youssef Chahine, Arts programme venue. INTERNATIONAL FOCUS Thursday 29 January *1300-1500: Albert Qouseri between the Nile river and Seine river, with director Asmaa El-Bakri and professors Nahed Abdel-Hamid, Loren Zekri as participants, Hall 15 Protocol room. Sunday 1 February *1200: Renovation of the digital libraries and protecting the intellectual property rights over the internet, with Mahmoud El-Tayeb, Hall 15 Protocol room. Monday 2 February *1200-1800: Diplomatic dialogue, with Ali El-Samman and Nasser El-Ansari, Hall 15 Protocol room. LECTURES Thursday 29 January *1300-1500: Jerusalem as Capital of Culture : Jeurasalem in Arab Literature, with Sayed El-Bahrawi, Sahar Khalifa and Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Faqih as participants, meeting chaired by Abdel-Kader Yassin, 6th October hall. Friday 30 January *1300-1500: Naguib Mahfouz , with Amina Zeidan, Hussien Hamouda, Khaled Ashour, Shaaban Youssef and Yehia El-Rakhawi as speakers, meeting chaired by Youssef El-Qa'ed, Hall 15, Small theatre. *1400-1600: Jerusalem as Capital of Culture : archeology and history, with Hamdi El-Morsi, Khaled Azzab, Adel Ghoneim and Mohamed El-Kahlawi as speakers, meeting chaired by Mohamed Khaled El-A'zar, 6th October hall. Saturday 31 January *1300-1500: Jerusalem as Capital of Culture : Jerusalem and arts, with Ezzeddin Naguib, Latifa Youssef and Mohsen Shaalan as speakers; meeting chaired by Ahmed Nawar, 6th October hall. Wednesday 4 February *1600-1800: Creativity in Novel, with Sayed El-Wakil, Hussein Hamouda and Sayed El-Bahrawi as speakers; meeting chaired by Salwa Bakr, 6th October hall. POETRY EVENINGS Thursday 29 January *1330: Cultural salon in Egypt and Arab countries, meeting chaired by Samir Farag, 6th October hall. *1600-1800: The experience of poetry, with poet Ahmed Sowelam. *1800-2000: Poetry reading by Egyptian poet Abdel-Rahman El-Abnoudi, 6th October hall. Friday 30 January *1300: Literary groups and modern thinking, chaired by El-Wardani Nassif, 6th October hall. *1600-1800: The experience of poetry, with poet Mokhtar Eissa, 6th October hall. *1600-1800: Creativity in colloquial poetry, with Khaled Abdel-Kader, Ahmed Hassan, Gamal El-Askari and Emad El-Ghazali as speakers; meeting chaired by Maged Youssef, 6th October hall. *1800-2000: Poetry reading by poets Ismail Okab, Gamal El-Shaer, Mohamed El-Basiouni and Mohamed Suliman, 6th October hall.. *1800-2000: Poetry reading introduced by Mohamed Shehata. Saturday 31 January *1600-1800: Creativity in Classical poetry, with Mohamed Saleh, Gaber Asfour, Adel El-Sewi and Fatma Kandil as speakers, meeting chaired by Mohamed Farid Abu-Se'da. *1600-1800: The experience of poetry , poet Ahmed Fadl Shabloul, 6th October hall. *1800-2000: Poetry reading, with poets Sayed Hegab, Mohamed Abu-Douma and Sherifa El-Sayed, 6th October hall. Sunday 1 February *1600-1800: Creativity in arts: Mohamed Abla talking to Attyat El-Abnoudi, 6th October hall. *1600-1800: The experience of poetry, poet Fawzi Khedr talking to Fathi Abdallah, 6th October hall. *1800-2000: Poetry reading, presented by Mohamed Shehata, 6th October hall. Monday 2 February *1330: Creativity in poetry: literary groups. *1600-1800: The experience of poetry, poet Sabri Abu-Allam, 6th October hall. *1800-2000: Poetry reading, with poets Helmi Salem, Emad Ghazali, Farid Taha and Ahmed El-Shahawi, presented by Ahmed Sowelam, 6th October hall. *1800-2000: Poetry reading, presented by Abdel-Alim Ismail, 6th October hall. Tuesday 3 February *1330: Creativity in poetry, literary groups, 6th October hall. *1600-1800: The experience of poetry: poet Fouad Haggag talking to El-Jameli Ahmed Shehata, 6th October hall. *1800-2000: Poetry reading, by poets Iman El-Bakri, Darwish El-Assiouty, Mohamed Bahgat and Mohamed El-Tohami, 6th October hall. *1800-2000: Poetry reading, presented by Ahmed Tawfiq, 6th October hall. Wednesday 4 February *1400-1530: The experience of poetry, poet Fathi Abdallah, 6th October hall. *1800-2000: Poetry reading by poets Zeinab Abul-Naga, Shafiq Saloum, Mustafa El-Saadani and Sharkawi Hafiz, presented by Ahmed Sowelam , 6th October hall. *1800-2000: Poetry reading, presented by Ahmed Sedira, 6th October hall. TESTIMONIES Thursday 29 January *1700-1800: Novelist Ibrahim Abdel-Meguid, winner of the State Merit Award in Literature, 6th October hall. Friday 30 January *1700-1800: Writer Osama Anwar Okasha, winner of the State Merit Award in Arts, 6th October hall. Sunday 1 February *1700-1800: Ahmed Gamal Eddin Moussa, winner of the State Merit Award in Social Sciences., 6th October hall. Monday 2 February *1700-1900: Honouring the memory of the late theatre director Saad Ardash, winner of the Mubarak Award in Arts, with Ahmed Abdel-Halim, Samiha Ayoub and Khalil Morsi paying tribute to the late director's career, 6th October hall.
