Al-Ahram Weekly 4 -10 February 1999 Issue No. 415
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

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Book Fair Seminar and Poetry Reading Programme

Thursday 4 February-Wednesday 10 February

Saraya 6 October (Main Hall):
daily 12noon-2.30pm, The Kateb wa Kitab (Writer and Book) Seminar, where books will be discussed in the presence of their authors; 2.30pm-4.30pm, The Main Symposium Seminar, where dignitaries and public figures will discuss the topics of the Main Symposium, "The end of a history, the beginning of another"; 5pm-7pm, Al-Liqa' Al-Fikri (Intellectual Meeting), in which individual dignitaries will speak about their fields of interest; 7.30pm-9pm, Shahadat (Testimonies), where famous public figures will disclose the secrets of their success; 9pm, Al-Omsiya Al-Shi'riya (Poetry Evening), where a number of Egyptian and Arab poets will read their work.

• Thur, 4 Feb. Ahadith Al-Harb wal Salam (Conversations of War and Peace) by Amr Abdel-Samie; "Science and Where It Will Lead Humanity"; Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani; poet Samih Al-Qassem; poets Ahmed Sweilam, Ismail Oqab, Ahmed Fadl Shamloul, Sayed El-Khamisi, Samir Abdel-Baqi, Samih Al-Qassem.
• Fri, 5 Feb. Al-Zaman Al-Arabi wal Mostaqbal Al-Alami (Arab Times and the Future of the World) by El-Sayed Yassin; "A New Map of the Arab World" with Gamal Badawi and Abdel-Wahab El-Messiri; Minister of Health Ismail Sallam; Dr. Sabri El-Shabrawi; poets Abdel-Mo'ti Hegazi, Mohamed Soleiman, Hassan Teleb, Maged Youssef, Abdel-Moneim Awwad Youssef, Yousri Hassaan, Abdel-Wahab Al-Bayati.
• Sat, 6 Feb. Thahabtu Ila Shallal (I Went to A Waterfall) by Bahaa Taher; "The Feminist Movement: Women's Position in the Next Century", with Eqbal Baraka, Ahdaf Soueif, Amina Rashid, Farouq Abdel-Qader; Governor of Giza Maher El-Guindi; poet Anwar Eshqi; poets Mohamed Afifi Matar, Ref'at Sallam, Abdel-Moneim Ramadan, Adonis.
• Sun, 7 Feb. Al-Harb Tariq Al-Salam (War Is the Road to Peace) by Hamdi Al-Konayessi; "European Union and Arab Economic Coordination"; Makram Mohamed Ahmed, chairman of the Egyptian Press Syndicate; Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Sheikh of Al-Azhar; Ibrahim Issa, Mohamed Fahmi Sanad, Ahmed Antar Mustafa, Mahdi Mustafa, Fathi Abdalla, Gamal Bekhit, Mohamed Bahgat, Mayssoun Saqr, Aref Al-Khaja.
• Mon, 8 Feb. Al-Nass wal Rassas (The Text and the Bullets) by Nabil Abdel-Fattah; "Privatisation of Cinema" with Ashraf Fahmi, Nour El-Sherif, Wahid Hamed; Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Mervat El-Tellawi; journalist Samir Ragab; poets Mohamed Mahran El-Sayed, Farag Maxim, Gamal El-Sha'er, Mohamed Saleh, El-Samah Abdalla, Nassar Abdalla, Mohamed El-Baghdadi, Habiba Mohammadi, readings from the poetry of Abdel-Rahman El-Abnoudi by Amin Haddad, Bahaa Jahin, Mohamed Bahgat.
• Tues, 9 Feb. Fi Tarikh Al-Fonoun Al-Gamila (On the History of Art) by Samir Gharib; "Private or Public Theatre?", with Galal El-Sharqawi, Saad Ardash, Ali Salem, Lenin El-Ramli; Head of the People's Assembly Dr Ahmend Fathi Sorour; academic Mohamed Anani; poets Sayed Hegab, Walid Mounir, Ibrahim Dawoud, Ibrahim Abdel-Fattah, Abdel-Aziz Mowafi, Amin Haddad, Mona Abdel-Azim, Bahaa Jahin, Mamdouh Adwan.
• Wed, 10 Feb. Al-Quds (Jerusalem), translated by Dr Fatma Nasr, Dr Mohamed Anani; "The Feminist Movement: Women's Position in the Contemporary World" with Eqbal Baraka, Hoda Wasfi, Nehad Seleiha; State Minister of Cabinet Affairs Talaat El-Sayed Ahmed Hammad; Dr Ahmed Zoweil; poets Badr Tawfiq, Yousri Khamis, Fatma Qandil, Ibrahim Khattab, Mohamed Adam, Abdel-Sattar Selim, Mohamed El-Shahawi, Shafiq Salloum, Mohieddin El-Lazeqani.

Al-Maqha Al-Thaqafi (Culture Café):
daily 12.30pm-2.30pm, 2.30pm-4.30pm, 4.30pm-6.30pm, three informal discussions of literary works in the presence of their authors and/or seminars on related topics; 6.30pm-8.30pm, Sahraya (an open evening of informal entertainment)

• Thur, 4 Feb. Al-Musarnamoun, a novel by Hosni Hassan. Wada'an Aiyoha Al-Tefl (Farewell, O Child), a collection of stories by Gabbar Yassin. Open meeting with Mahmoud Darwish.
• Fri, 5 Feb. Al-Khawf Ya'kol Al-Roh (Fear Eats the Soul), a novel by Mustafa Zekri. Seminar on youth theatre with Hoda Wasfi, Nehad Seleiha, Maysa Zaki and the cast of Geziret Al-Qor' (Island of the Bald). Open meeting with Ahdaf Soueif. Tesbah Ala Kheir (Good Night), a book of poetry by Saadani Al-Salamoni.
• Sat, 6 Feb. Dawa'er Min Hanin (Circles of Nostalgia), a collection of stories by Said El-Kafrawi. Naqd Al-Hadatha (Critique of Modernism), translated by Anwar Moghith. Open meeting with Abdel-Wahab Al-Bayati, with poet Hassan Teleb. 6pm-8pm Mo'alaqet Bashs by Mohamed Farid Abu Se'da with Edwar El-Kharrat, Helmi Salem, Walid Mounir.
• Sun, 7 Feb. Hairat Fer'aoun (Pharaoh's Bewilderement), a novel by Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Qader. Inferat Al-'Oqd Al-Moqaddas: Al-Rewaya Al-Arabiya Ba'd Mahfouz (The Arabic Novel After Mahfouz), a critical study by Dr Mohssen Al-Moussawi. Al-Akharoun (Others), a novel by Tunisian writer Hassouna Al-Mesbahi, with Edwar El-Kharrat.
• Mon, 8 Feb. Al Bayt (The House), a novel by Bahiga Hussein. Tagalli Al-Gamil (Manifestation of the Beautiful), translated by Dr Said Tawfiq. La Ahad Hona (Nobody Here), a book of poetry by Ibrahim Dawoud. 6pm-8pm Oghneiyat Al-Walad Al-Fawdawi (Song of the Undisciplined Boy), a book of poetry by Mahmoud Maghrebi.
• Tues, 9 Feb. Este'rad Al-Babeliya (Babel's Parade), a novel by Atef Soliman, with Edwar El-Kharrat. Seminar on east-west relations, Hussein Ahmed Amin, Hassan Hanafi, Tareq El-Beshri, Mona Tolba. Al-Ferash Al-Abiad (The White Bed), a novel by Fawziya Salama.
• Wed, 10 Feb. Kahf Al-Farashat (Cave of the Butterflies), a novel by Ibrahim Farghali, with Sayed Bahrawi, Farida El-Naqqash, Wael El-Farouq. Al-Wagh Al-Akhar Lel-Khelafa Al-Islamiya (The Other Side of the Islamic Caliphate), a book by Soliman Fayyad. Seminar on the Ketab Al-Gil Al-Gadid Series, with Hassan Fath El-Bab, Abdel-Hamid Ibrahim, Kamal Nash'at, Mohamed Hassan Abdallah, Salah Rizq, Mohamed Qotb, Magdi Tawfiq.

Lotus Hall:
daily 12noon-5pm, The Specialised Seminars, in which experts and intellectuals discuss specific issues; times may vary.

• Fri, 5 Feb. 1pm-3pm: "Will New Projects Succeed in Eliminating Unemployment?" with Hassan El-Gammal, Mohamed Abdel-Halim and Magdi Metwalli. 3pm-5pm: "Invention and Innovation and the Future of Egypt" with Ali Lutfi, Hassan Ghallab, Sherif Issa and Saad Nassar.
• Sat, 6 Feb. 1pm-3pm: "Century Bridging Projects" (1st session) with Diaeddin El-Qoussi, Lotfalla Emam and Tareq Zeitoun. 3pm-5pm: "The Role of the Private Sector in Solving Housing Problems" with Mohamed Mahmoud Ali, Sayed Karim, Hassan Rateb, Ashraf Sabri, Mustafa Qorra'a and Fathalla Fawzi.
• Sun, 7 Feb. 1pm-3pm: "Unified Labour Law and the Egyptian Job Market" with Ahmed El-Amawi, El-Sayed Rashed, Abdel-Aziz Mustafa, Mohamed Abdel-Halim and Ahmed Herrek. 3pm-5pm: "The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Different Visions", with Mohamed Hamza, Mohamed Sayed Said, Abdel-Aal El-Ash'al and Mustafa Bakri.
• Mon, 8 Feb. 1pm-3pm: "Traffic in the Egyptian Street" with police generals Sherif Galal, Abdel-Aziz Mohamed Ali, Salem Osman, Magdi Gueme'i, and Magdi Amin Othman, Ibrahim El-Demeiri, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, Nabil El-Mazni. 3pm-5pm: "Mubarak and the Amal Projects" (2nd session) with Sherif Wali, Abdel-Qader Ismail and Nabih El-Alqami. 5pm-7pm: Meeting with French writer and historian Robert Solié.
• Tues, 9 Feb. 1pm-3pm: "Future Vision of Literacy Projects in the Context of Comprehensive Development" with Minister of education Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin and Hamed Ammar, Wasfi Mohamed Noureddin, Mustafa Abdel-Samie, Mohssen Khedr and Ragab El-Banna. 3pm-5pm: "Housing and the New Urban Communities" with Fathi Othman, Sherif Lutfi, Leila Barsoum, Shaf'i El-Dakrouri, Gamal Abdel-Sadeq, Mustafa Sharaf, Essam Rashad and Hussein El-Gammal. 6pm-8pm: Meeting with writer Azouz Bajaj.
• Wed, 10 Feb. 1pm-3pm: "The Philosophy of Quality in the Development of the National Economy" with Mohamed El-Fiqqi, Ibrahim Hassan Mohamed and Reda Mahmoud. 3pm-5pm: Meeting with writer and philosopher Rashad Rushdi.

Saraya Almania (German Hall): daily afternoon seminars on a wide variety of topics, including fiction and non-fiction, cinema, television and theatre.

Multaqa Al-Shu'ara' Al-Shubban (Young Poets' Meeting Place): daily 5pm-9pm a number of young poets read from their work.

Other activities include children's films, documentaries, and films based on novels in the Cinema and Theatre Hall; theatrical and musical performances in Mukhayam Al-Ibda' Al-Thaqafi (Culture Tent); seminars on young writers' books in Mukhayam Ibda'at Gadida (New Creative Wrorks' Tent); young poets reading their work in Souq Okaz (Okaz Bazaar).

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