Translation Collider project is a guest at this year’s Cairo Literature Festival. The final festival program is available below, special project events are marked in yellow.
Opening: February 11th, Saturday
7 pm (Beit El-Sehimi): Women Creation and Social Changes
Guests: Maha Hassan (Syria) and Mansoura Ez Eldin (Egypt). Moderator: Dina Kabil (Egypt).
February 12th, Sunday
1 pm (Faculty of Languages/ Ain Shams University): Contemporary German Literature
Guests: Anna Katharina Hahn (Germany). Moderator: Ola Adel (Egypt).
4 pm (Al-Balad Culture Center – Downtown Cairo): Professional Workshop on Translation Collider Project (by invitations only)
Guests: Yana Genova (Bulgaria), Suzana Tratnik (Slovenia) and Mohsen Alhady (Slovenia), Moderator: Mohamed El-Baaly (Egypt).
5 pm (Rawabet Theatre – Downtown Cairo): Contemporary Feminine Writing
Guests: Marisa Silver (USA), Louisa Young (UK), Kim Echlin (Canada) and Omneya Talaat (Egypt). Moderator: Medhat Taha (Egypt).
7 pm (Rawabet Theatre – Downtown Cairo): Woman… a Poem and a Tale
Guests: Iman Mersal (Egypt), Rasha Omran (Syria), Maha Hassan (Syria), Jana Putrle (Slovenia) and Suzana Tratnik (Slovenia). Moderator: Syed Mahmoud (Egypt).
February 13th, Monday
1 pm (Faculty of Languages/ Ain Shams University): Models of Slavic Literatures
Guests: Jozef Banáš (Slovakia), Bianca Bellová (Czech) and Katerina Tuckova (Czech). Moderator: Dr. Iman Ismael (Egypt).
5 pm (Doum Foundation – Downtown Cairo): Closer Look on Translation Exchanges Between Balkan and Arab Literatures (with live translations)
Guests: Jana Putrle (Slovenia), Suzana Tratnik (Slovenia), Mohsen Alhady (Slovenia) and Hamdy El-Gazzar (Egypt). Moderator: Medhat Taha (Egypt).
6 pm (Beit El-Seinari): Women Writing from the World
Guests: May Telmissany (Egypt), Anna Katharina Hahn (Germany) and Milena Michiko Flašar (Austria). Moderator: Mohamed El-Baaly (Egypt).
6:30 pm (Doum Foundation – Downtown Cairo): Launch of the book “Am I Free now?” by Linn Stalsberg (Norway)
7:30 pm (Doum Foundation – Downtown Cairo): Contemporary Women Writing in Kuwait
Guests: Afrah Alhendal (Kuwait), Istabraq Mohamed (Kuwait) and Suzan Kially (Syria). Moderator: Ahmed Shawqi (Egypt).
February 14th, Tuesday
1 pm (Faculty of Languages): Closer Look on Literature from the Balkans and the Former Yugoslavia
Guests: Jana Putrle (Slovenia), Suzana Trantik (Slovenia), and Ahmed Omet (Turkey). Moderators: Ahmed Murad (Egypt).
5 pm (Doum Foundation – Downtown Cairo): Literature is a Wide Sky
Guests: Susanne Schanda (Switzerland), Mohamed Shoair (Egypt). Moderator: Yehia Wagdi (Egypt).
6 pm (Dutch Institute in Zamalek): Release of the book “The Naked and the Covered”
Guests: Mineke Schipper (Netherlands). Moderator: Abdelrehim Youssef (Egypt).
7 pm (Doum Foundation – Downtown Cairo): Development of Literature Written in English
Guests: Kim Echlin (Canada), Marisa Silver (USA) and Louisa Young (UK). Moderator: Dr. Shirin Abu Elnaga (Egypt).
February 15th, Wednesday
5 pm (Doum Foundation – Downtown Cairo): Closer Look on Contemporary Iraqi Literature
Guests: Hamid Al-Rabiei (Iraq), Khodair Flaih Al-Zaidy (Iraq) and Ali Hassan Al-Fawaz (Iraq). Moderator: Amgad Mohamed Said (Iraq).
7 pm (Doum Foundation – Downtown Cairo): Women Writings in Czech
Guests: Bianca Bellová (Czech) and Katerina Tuckova (Czech). Moderator: Dr. Iman Ismael (Egypt).
7 pm (Grand Library of Cairo – Zamalek): Literature Challenges Reality
Guests: Kim Echlin (Canada), Lana Abdelrahman (Lebanon), Basma Abdelaziz (Egypt), Jozef Banáš (Slovakia) and Maha Hassan (Syria). Moderator: Khaled El-Khamisi (Egypt).
7 pm (Younis Emre Institute – Dokki): Historical Novel Between Cairo and Ankara
Guests: Fathy Embaby (Egypt) and Ahmed Omet (Turkey). Moderator: Ahmed Murad (Egypt).
February 16th, Thursday
7 pm (Al-Haram Building – Haikel Hall): Contemporary Poetry Readings
Rasha Omran (Syria), Jana Putrle (Slovenia), Mohamed Eid Ibrahim (Egypt), Mohamed Harby (Egypt), Sherif El-Saf’y (Egypt), Ghada Khalifa (Egypt), Ahmed El-Shahawy (Egypt) and Sara Abdin (Egypt).