Al-Ahram Weekly Online
24 - 30 January 2002
Issue No.570
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CIBF programme

6 October Main Hall
Fri 25 Jan: 1-3pm
A discussion of Abdel-Latif El-Bughdadi'sMuzakerat Abdel-Latif El-Boghdadi; Speakers: Abdel-Aziem Ramadan and Sami Sharaf 3-5pm The July Revolution: Industry; Speakers: Aziz Sidqi, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab 5-7pm Minister of Education Hussein Kamel Bahhaeddin 7-9pm Alexandria Governor Mohamed Abdel-Salam Mahgoub
Sat 26 Jan:12-2pm Water Policy: The Nile; Speakers: Minister Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Diyaa El-Qusi, Rushdi Said 3-5pm The July Revolution: The Arab-Israeli Conflict;Speakers: Salahelddin Hafez, Mustafa Bakri, Reda Helal, Hussein Abdel-Razeq and Mohamed Ouda 5-7pm Housing Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Soliman 7-9pm Businessman Naguib Sawiris
Sun 27 Jan 12-5pm Discussion of Emil Lodfing's The Nile and Rushdi Said's The Nile. Poetry Reading by Farouk Shousha and Farouk Guweida. Screening of documentaries about the Nile. The Nile in Literature; Speakers: Bahaa Taher, Mustafa Nabil, Amina Shafiq, Rushdi Said 5-7pm Mustafa El-Fiqi, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the People's Assembly 7-9pm
Scientist and Al-Ahram columnist Zaghloul El-Naggar
Monday 28 Jan
12-2pm
Protecting National Industries; Speakers: Abdel-Moneim Saudi, Amr Qies, Mustafa Tolba, Mohamed Abul-Enein, Elham Abdel-Fatah 3-5pm Dialogue or Clash of Civilisations; Speakers: Mohamed Burada, Sayed Yasin, Mustafa Nabil, Gaber Asfour 5-7pm Minister of Tourism Mamdouh El-Beltagi 7-9pm Journalist Mahmoud El-Sa'dani
Tuesday 29 Jan
12-2pm
Egyptian Economy in the Face of Globalization and the GATT; Speakers: The Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ahram Al-Iqtisadi Essam Rifa't, Anas Al-Fiqi, Fa'iqa El-Rifai 3-5pm The Image of Arabs in the West; Speakers: Ali Atiqa, Mustafa El-Fiqi, Abdel-Moneim Said, Mohieddin Amimour, Milad Hanna and Galal Amin 5-7pm Information Minister Safwat El-Sherif
Wed 30 Jan
12-2pm
Patriotism: Rallying Producers and Consumers; Speakers: Bahieddin El-Ibrashi, Mohamed Farid Khamis, Seddiq Afifi, Mahmoud Soliman, Abdel-Moneim Saudi, Sayed Eliwa 3-5pm Between Dreams and Arabs; Speakers: Sayed Yasin, Abdel-Aziz El-Qawadri, Ali El-Samman, Tarek El-Bishri, Sherif El-Shoubashi and Denis Brian
Thur 31 Jan
3-5pm Dialogue of Islam with the West; Speakers: Ali El-Simman, Mohamed Salmawy, Murad Wahba, Roger Allan, Roget Bishawar

Ibdaat Gadida
(Contemporary Literature)
Fri 25 Jan
12-1.30pm

Amal El-Deeb's collection of poetry Naghamat (Tunes); Speakers: Amgad Rayan, Magdi Tawfik and Sayed El-Wakil (chair) 1-30-3pm Safaa Abdel-Moneim's collection of short stories Banaat Fi Bannat (All Girls); Speakers: Mahmoud El-Halawani, Sayed El-Wakil and Masoud Shouman (chair) 3-4.30pm The poets of 1970s; Speakers: Shaaban Youssef, Mohamed Hafez Diab, Ahmed Bahaa Sha'ban, Nabil Abdel-Fattah (Chair) 4.30-6pm Ibrahim Mansour's poetry collection Lil-Nawares Mawtin Akhar (Seagulls have another Homeland); Speakers: Bashir Rifaat Said, Mohamed Saad Shihata, Abdu El-Zaraa (chair) 6-7.30 Al-Rahba, an operetta by Sameh El-Ali; Speakers: Gamal Beikhit and Medhat El-Gayaar 7.30-9pm An evening of Arabic Jazz with saxophonist Abdalla Ibrahim
Sat 26 Jan
12-1.30pm Li'anaki Ardi wa Li'ani Niluki (Because You Are My Land and I'm Your Nile) Nur Solaiman's poetry; Speakers: Hatem Abdel-Azim, Ayman Bakr and Mu'min Samir. 1-30-3pm Nadia El-Kilani's short story collection Ihrag (An Embarrasment); Speakers: Fawziya Mahran, Azzazi Ali Azazi and Khalil El-Gizawi 3-4.30 Mohei Abdel-Hai's playWatan El-Ghorabaa (The Home of the Foreigners); Speakers: Mohsen Moselhi, Abdel-Ghani Dawoud, Amin Bekir and Mohsen Azab (Chair) 4.30-6pm Essam Tayea's poetry collection Hadith Alla Al-Ha'et Al-Thalith (Conversations on the Third Wall); Speakers: Magdi Tawfiq, Mustafa El-Daba' and Mahmoud Abdel-Halim (Chair) 6-7.30 Cultural Journalism: Impact on New Writing. Pages from Al-Ahram, Akhbar Al-Adab, Al-Qahira, Al-Isbou' and Al-Ahali are discussed 7.30-9pm My dear country, A musical recital
Sun 27
12-1.30pm
Gaber Basyoni's poetry collection Huzni Ana Awla Bihi (My Sadness I Am More Worthy Of); Speakers: Ahmed Fadl Shablul, Mahgoub Moussa and Mohamed Thabet (Chair) 1.30-3pm Hassan Khedr's poetry collection Dayman Yatahadath Ma' Gha'ebeen (He Always Talks With Absentees); Fathi Abdalla (Chair) 3-4.30pm The Arabic Novel: Transcending Classicism; Speakers: Sahar El-Mogi, Somaya Ramadan, Bahaa Abdel-Mugid, Mohamed Tolba El-Gharib and Mohamed Taha Nbrahim 4.30-6pm Azza Badr's collection of stories A'naak El-Ward (Necks of Roses); Speakers: Salah El-Sarawi, Salwa Bakr, Rabei Moftah 6-7.30pm The New Cinema; Speakers: Mona Zaki, Karim Abdel-Aziz, Ghada Adel, Ahmed Helmi, Nurhan, Rami, Mirna El-Mohandis, Adel-Imam, Hani Salama, Ahmed Atef, Ziyad Fayed (Chair) 7.30-9pm Musical evening; The Upper Egypt Society for Development and Education.
Mon 28 Jan
12-1.30pm Alaa Misbah's poetry collection Mo'gam El-Ghein (Dictionary of the "Ghein"); Speakers: Mohamed Hassan Abdalla, Salah Rizq and Mohamed Farid Abu si'da (Chair) 1.30-3pm Hawaa Gaf Yagrah Al-Malameh (A Warm Air Wounds the Features" Mo'man Samir's poetry, discussed by Hatem Abdel-Azim, Ayman Bakr, and Anwar Soliman (chair) 3-4.30pm Manal El-Sayed's short story collection Ahla El-Bannat Taqriban (Nearly the Prettiest Girl); Speakers: Zeinab El-Asaal, Sayed El-Wakil, Mohamed Gibreel (Chair) 4.30-6pm Atef Abdel-Aziz's poetry collection Ka'inat Tatahaya Lil Nawm (Beings Readying For Sleep); Speakers: Hatem Abdel-Azim, Mo'men Samir and Sami El-Ghobashi 6-7.30pm Songs of Youth: A Creative Necessity; Speakers: Mohamed Mohei, Wisam Hosni, Riham Abdel Hakim, Bahaa Sultan, Hassan Abu El-Soyud and Mustafa Kamil, Ziyad Fayed (Chair) 7.30-9pm Masha'er Khasa Gidan (Very Private Feelings) Performance of a play written and directed by Sayed Fou'ad
Tue 29 Jan
12-1.30pm
Sahar Sami's poetry collectionTagri Bisoraa Fa'iqaa (Running Extremely Fast); Speakers: Mefreh karim, Helmi Salem, Mohamed Farid Abu Si'da (Chair) 1.30-3pm Awad El-Bahr's poetry collection Habbet Ahaat (A Few Sighs); Speakers: Ahmed Fou'ad Nigm Hani El-Saghir, Amr Sabri (chair) 3-4.30 Azza Heikal's poetry collection Na'am Ini Imra'a (Yes, I'm a Woman); Speakers: Fawziya Mahran, Abdel-Aziz Hamouda, Ibtihal Salim 4.30-6pm Popular Poetry and the Prospects of Modernisation; Speakers: Fou'ad Haggag, Mahmoud El-Halawani, Tarek Hashim, Ahmed Aggag, Ibrahim Abdel-Fattah, Shihata El-Irian, Mahmoud Abdel-Halim and El-Sa'dani El-Salamuni 6-7.30pm Sobhi Moussa's poetry collection Qasa'id Al-Ghourfa Al-Moghlaqa (Poems from the Closed Room); Speakers: Sahar Sami, Amgad Rayan and Sami El-Ghobashi
Wed 30 Jan
12-1.30pm
Nagat Khalil's Ahlam Al-Bahr (Dreams of the Sea); Speakers: Qutb Abdel-Aziz, Rabei Mufath and Ahmed Zarzour (Chair) 1.30-3pm Ihab Abdel-Mugid's novel Saint Tereza; Speakers: Ibrahim Fathi, Alaa El-Aswani, and Mohamed Saad Shehata 3-4.30pm Nagaat Ali's poetry collection Ka'in Khurafi Ghayatahu Al-Tharthara (An Imaginary Creature Who Loves to Chatter); Speakers: Salah El-Surouri, Magdi Tawfiq and Sahar Sami (Chair) 4.30-6pm Sou'ad Soliman's novel Hakaza Bibasata (Simply Like That); Speakers: Hamed Abu Ahmed, Ahmed Abdel-Razeq Abu El-Ella, Amgad Rayan, and Helmi Salem (Chair) 6-7.30pm New Feminist Poetry; Speakers: Rana Abbas, Nagat Ali, Bahiya Tilb, Safaa El-Biyali, Do'aa Abdel-Aziz, Sahar Sami and Zuhra Yusri 7.30-9pm Salah Jahin's poetry collection Asfur Al-Ghinaa (The Singing Bird); Speakers: Bahaa Taher, Amin Fou'ad Haddad, Sayed Khamis, Ayman Bakr, Wagih Aziz, Mas'oud Shouman, Mohamed Ezzat and Hatem Ezzat
Thur 31 Jan

12-1.30
Alaa El-Aswani's novel Imarat Ya'qubian (The Building Of Ya'qubian); Speakers: Ibrahim Fathi and Ahmed El-Ghomeisi, Bahha Abdel-Meguid (Chair) 1.30-3pm Fadya Fahmi's Qasaqis (Cuttings); Speakers: Mohamed Amin El-Alim, Iqbal Baraka, and Mohamed El-Hamamsi 3-4.30pm Gamal Girahi's poetry collection Zay Makun Batkalim Gad (As If I Were Serious); Speakers: Ibrahim Mahmoud, Salah Wali, and Mustafa El-Dab' (Chair) 4.30-6pm Gasr Gamal El-Din's poetry collection Shiwayet Waga' (A Little Pain ); Speakers: Mahmoud El-Ousheiri, Masoud Showman, and Hatem Abdel-Azem (Chair) 6-7.30pm New Writing and Intertextuality; Speakers: El-Shahaat Mohamed, Hussein Hamouda, Magid Abdel-Qader, Afaf Abdel-Mo'ti and Abdel-Nasser Hanafi 7.30-9pm Songs performed by Mohamed Sa'fan
Fri 1 Feb
12-1.30pm

Zaki Salem's short stories 'Iqd Al-Ful (The Jasmine Necklace); Speakers: Samir Abdel-Fattah, Safwat Abdel-Mugid, and Madiha Abu Zeid (Chair) 1.30-3pm Adel Ezzat's poetry collection Al-Saba'a(The Seven); Speakers: Rabei Abdel-Fattah, Ahmed Abu Sedeira, and Ra'd Imam (Chair) 3-4.30pm Ahmed Khaled's poetry collection Akhlou Min Mahabatha (Free of Loving Her); Speakers: Mohamed El-Shahat, Sayed Rashid, and Fathi Abdalla (Chair) 4-30-6pm Mohamed Hosni Tawfiq's poetry collectionAl-Moghani (The Singer); Speakers: Magdi Kamel, Mustafa El-Dabeh, and Hamdi Abdel-Raziq (Chair) 6.30-7.30pm Ahmed Nabawi's poetry collectionAl-Guruh Laha Rawafid (Wounds have Roots); Speakers: Abdel-Nasser Hilal, Muastafa El-Dabeh and Mohamed Sa'd Shehata (Chair) 6-8pm New Writings; Speakers: Ahmed El-Tawila, Suheir El-Musadafa (Chair)

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