Events

Dust: Egypt’s Forgotten Architecture leads us seductively into some of the most breathtaking architectural spaces of Egypt’s recent past, filled with a sense of both the immense weight and impermanence of history. About the Photographer: Xenia Nikolskaya is a Russian-Swedish photographer and visual artist, based in Cairo, Egypt. Xenia studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, received her MFA from the Russian Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg in 1998, and her Ph.D. from the University of Sunderland, UK. Nikolskaya’s work has been exhibited in 20 solo and 40 group shows internationally and is held in prestigious collections, such as The State Hermitage Museum, Sveriges Allmaänna Konstförening, UBS Bank and in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Centre. Newsweek, GEO, Cosmopolitan, and ELLE have commissioned her work. Fulbright fellow, Nikolskaya was teaching photography at the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg State University, Rutgers University, New York, and American University in Cairo. She is currently teaching at the German University in Cairo. Her first book “Dust” has been published in March 2012 with Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK. During her work as a head of the exhibition department and photo archive at RIA Novosty, Xenia curated about 50 exhibitions and edited several books, including “Anatoly Garanin, Soviet Union” which has been shortlisted Russian National Book Design Contest – Zarkniga. She was also on a jury of The Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest and The Ukrainian Photographer of the year. Her 2nd book “The House My Grandfather Built” was published in 2020 by Nikolskaya-Lund Publishing, Sweden, and received the Best Swedish Photobook of the Year Prize in 2021.

حفل توقيع ومناقشة القصة الأخرى مع فاطمة البنوي الأربعاء ٢١ ديسمبر ديوان سينما راديو ٧ مساء هذه تجربة اجتماعية متفردة قامت فيه فاطمة البنوي على تجميع قصص الناس مباشرة بعد كتابتها باللغة العربية والانجليزية في ركن "القصة الأخرى" الذي أقيم في أماكن عدة في جدة.. تتميز القصص بالصدق والفرادة وتتناول جوانب مختلفة في الحياة

Winter Camp Blast December 26th & 28th Diwan, Heliopolis 10:00am to 1:30pm Age groups: 4-6 & 7-12 Price: 1000LE 1st Child: 1,000LE 2nd Child: 10% discount: 900LE 3rd Child: 15% discount: 850LE Friends (2 or more): 5% discount: 950LE Book your place here! About the event: We've got an exciting 2-day winter camp for your kids at our Heliopolis branch this month. Led by Dr. Nardeen with Kids Workshop, each day will have 2 main components, an arts & crafts workshop, and a science workshop, with a break in between. The kids will enjoy some hands-on activities and learn through play.

الخميس، ٢٩ ديسمبر ديوان، سينما راديو ٥ مساء

الاثنين ٩ يناير ديوان، سينما راديو ٧ مساء ندعوكم لحضور حفل إطلاق أحدث إصدارات ديوان للنشر، كتاب «كل دا كان ليه؟» للكاتبة والفنانة فيروز كراوية، بحضور الفنان أحمد اللباد المخرج الفني للكتاب، يوم الإثنين الموافق ٩ يناير الساعة ٧ مساءً في مكتبة ديوان فرع سينما راديو، وسط البلد .يسعدنا حضوركم

ورشة المرونة النفسية مع طوني جورج الأربعاء ٢٥ يناير ٦-٩ مساء ديوان مصر الجديدة بنتفاجئ كتير من القوة الداخلية الموجودة عند بعض الناس اللي حوالينا واللي بتخليهم يعدوا ظروف صعبة ومؤلمة جداً من غير ما يتكسروا وينتهوا.. ظروف صعبة جداً زي الفقد والترك والخسائر المادية والنفسية الكبيرة وكمان الأمراض الصعبة وغيرها. وبنتسائل ليه وإزاي هم عرفوا يرجعوا يعيشوا ويحلموا ويكملوا ويستمروا وينجحوا؟ الحقيقة كل دا بسبب مرونتهم النفسية الداخلية: رشاقتهم النفسية، استرداديتهم في اللقاء دا مع الكاتب طوني جورج هنتكلم عن معنى الاستردادية (المرونة أو الرشاقة النفسية)، وعن أدوات تمكّننا من بناءها في حياتنا، عشان نعيش حياة أكثر راحة وانتاجية وبتماسك داخلي يحمينا من الانكسار.

Story Writing Workshop with Mai Serhan 6 Sessions every Saturday starting 28 Jan Diwan, Heliopolis 12:00pm Book your place here! Introduction to Story Writing Workshop: This intensive story writing workshop will introduce aspiring writers to the main pillars of the story: Place, People, Plot, Purpose, Perspective & Finding Your Voice. We will be looking at how to write space effectively, how to set-up a scene, how to build characters that are convincing and engaging, how to form a narrative arc, and what lies at the heart of every story from needs, wants, and conflicts. Sessions will involve reading from world literature, discussion and analysis, various writing prompts, and feedback on writing generated within the sessions. Schedule: Sessions will be every Saturday from 12pm to 3pm at Diwan Bookstore, Heliopolis. Jan 28: Write space effectively Feb 4: Build engaging characters Feb 11: Develop a compelling plot Feb 18: Grasp conflict & purpose Feb 25: Determine perspective & voice About Mai Serhan: Mai Serhan is a writer and translator who is currently pursuing her graduate studies in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford. Her poetry, short stories, memoir, and essays have been published widely in regional and international literary journals. She’s been short-listed for the Oxford-BNU Award in Creative Writing, the Quarterly West Poetry Chapbook Contest by the University of Utah, and The Lunch Ticket Poetry Contest by Antioch University in Los Angeles. Mai is also the winner of the Emerging Writer Award by Wellstone Center in the Redwoods, California, and the FH Pasby Award in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford. Find her work www.maiserhan.com

Interactive reading of The journey Veronica Salinas Friday, 3 Feb Diwan, Zamalek 2pm Age 4+ قراءة تفاعلية لكتاب السفر مع المترجمة شرين عبد الوهاب الجمعة ٣ فبراير الساعة ٢ ديوان الزمالك Description: Veronica Salinas tells the story of the picture book "Reisen" while images from the book are projected in the background. She tells the story with humor and seriousness, and the visit and the conversation become a game around the book's themes. The children get to experience a duck blowing ashore in a strange place. The duck finds it difficult to be in the new place, because it does not come into contact with the other animals that already live there. Eventually it makes a friend and learns the foreign language. Then everything goes well, until the new friend is blown away in a powerful storm. But then the duck has learned how to make friends with strangers. This is a story about identity, both the one you create through encounters with other people and cultures, but also about the image you have of yourself. The personal costs of migration, whether it is self-selected or forced, and the importance of staying and making oneself. About the author: Veronica Salinas works as researcher and promoter of literature at the Norwegian Children’s Book institute. She is a writer, actor and playwright. She is a trained actor and linguist from Argentina, and has a literature education from Norway. Salinas has published several books for children in Norwegian, and is translated into a number of languages. Salinas has worked with promoting literature to readers with disabilities. She has also worked as a teacher of librarian students at the Oslo Met University, as well as teaching creative writing at the Norwegian Children’s book institute."