I'm feeling bookish this week, my dears, and that's why you'll find me spending most of my time at the 35th Cairo International Book Fair, on going until 7 February, at the Nasr City fairgrounds. It's such a great place to meet and mingle, not to mention imbibe some of the best literature from around the globe. On 1 February, I will certainly be at the fair's Spanish pavilion, where the Cervantes Institute (The Spanish Cultural Centre in Egypt), one of my favourite places in town, will be hosting a celebration of Spain's national day. Spanish TV programmes will be aired, and you'll also be able to find out everything you ever wanted to know about the institute's cultural and educational activities.
On 1 February, you'll also find me at the Arts Complex in Zamalek, where Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, Head of the Fine Arts Sector Ahmed Nawwar and the complex's general supervisor Ahmed Fouad Selim will inaugurate an exhibition by artist Ali Azaam at Akhenaton Hall. The show -- which promises to be fantastic -- is on till 21 February -- so don't miss it.
Education is one of my favourite subjects, my sweets, and this week I have a couple of important tidbits in this realm. First of all, I must tell you about the Healthy Food Festival recently held by the Modern Education Schools (MES) in order to promote healthy food habits amongst the youngest of the school's students -- those dear kindergartners. Organised by the school's Farida El- Ahwal, the event featured a competition for the best and healthiest dish cooked up by the dear students. Can you imagine how lovely the taste tests must have been for the prestigious judges, who included Executive Chef Jean-Marc Varin of Le Meridien Heliopolis, Assistant Executive Chef Moussa Tantawi of Al- Salam Concorde, Amani Koshaik, a secondary & KG home economics teacher, and Shia Safwat, a mother? I won't tell you who won, my dears, but I will tell you how happy I was that the young ones got to eat healthy food for a day, at least.
My second educational item is about the new Canadian International School of Egypt that was inaugurated by Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Denis Coderre, as well as Canadian Ambassador Michel de Salaberry, Senator Raymond Setlakwe, Canadian MP Jacques Saada, and Jean-Philippe Tachdjian, the embassy's cultural attaché, this week. The school principal, Serge Morissette, took the minister and his group on a tour of the school, during which he had the opportunity to talk with students and staff, as well as get a short Arabic lesson. Coderre also congratulated the school's founder, Hassan Hammam, saying it was projects like this that would produce the future leaders of the world who will be both tolerant and aware of the differences between peoples and cultures. This is the school's first year, and it already hosts 62 students from nine countries.
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On 1 February, you'll also find me at the Arts Complex in Zamalek, where Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, Head of the Fine Arts Sector Ahmed Nawwar and the complex's general supervisor Ahmed Fouad Selim will inaugurate an exhibition by artist Ali Azaam at Akhenaton Hall. The show -- which promises to be fantastic -- is on till 21 February -- so don't miss it.
Education is one of my favourite subjects, my sweets, and this week I have a couple of important tidbits in this realm. First of all, I must tell you about the Healthy Food Festival recently held by the Modern Education Schools (MES) in order to promote healthy food habits amongst the youngest of the school's students -- those dear kindergartners. Organised by the school's Farida El- Ahwal, the event featured a competition for the best and healthiest dish cooked up by the dear students. Can you imagine how lovely the taste tests must have been for the prestigious judges, who included Executive Chef Jean-Marc Varin of Le Meridien Heliopolis, Assistant Executive Chef Moussa Tantawi of Al- Salam Concorde, Amani Koshaik, a secondary & KG home economics teacher, and Shia Safwat, a mother? I won't tell you who won, my dears, but I will tell you how happy I was that the young ones got to eat healthy food for a day, at least.
My second educational item is about the new Canadian International School of Egypt that was inaugurated by Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Denis Coderre, as well as Canadian Ambassador Michel de Salaberry, Senator Raymond Setlakwe, Canadian MP Jacques Saada, and Jean-Philippe Tachdjian, the embassy's cultural attaché, this week. The school principal, Serge Morissette, took the minister and his group on a tour of the school, during which he had the opportunity to talk with students and staff, as well as get a short Arabic lesson. Coderre also congratulated the school's founder, Hassan Hammam, saying it was projects like this that would produce the future leaders of the world who will be both tolerant and aware of the differences between peoples and cultures. This is the school's first year, and it already hosts 62 students from nine countries.
