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E V E N T S & L E C T U R E S

17 January proposed trip to India click for details

2015
5-8 November proposed trip to Luxor click for rates
24-31 October trip to Jordan click for program
10 June lecture by Dr Ahmed Mustafa on Cosmic Script + book signing
1 June proposed lecture on Cosmic Script by professor/artist Ahmed Mustafa
2 May tour of historic Sayeda Aicha conducted by urban scholar-researcher Mohammed Abou-El-Amayem
7 March symposium on Khedive Abbas Hilmi II @ ministry of antiquities
1 March Manial Museum re-opening reception guestlist
23-24 February program
22 February visit to Grand Egyptian Museum

2014
celebrating Cairo Opera's 145th anniversary November 2014.
Saturday, 14 June visit to Royal Yacht Al-Mahroussa in Ras Al-Teen, Alexandria details
Saturday, 12 April visit Rokn Farouk Museum in Helwan details
Sunday, 13 April book launch @ Archinos bookshop in Heliopolis invitation
Sunday, 30 March Garden City Swiss day event feedback and thank you letter to Swiss ambassador
Planned March 29 visit to Garden City's last garden with lecture on "The Making of Garden City" draft program
see "annoucements" for program first quarter 2014
February 24 lecture "The Temple of Rameses II at Abydos" by Sameh Iskander program
February 8 visit to Khalawati Demerdashia program

2013
December 7 visit (i) Dominican Institute and (ii) Institute of Coptic Studies program
November 25 live monodrama performance by Samira Kirollos program
feedback on cultural trip to Istanbul & Kavala & forthcoming event program
Eid Al Adha (October) Cultural trip to Istanbul & Kavala - program, cost
Cultural Easter (May) trip to Aswan. program
March 20; FMPM introduces Philip Mansel and his new book "Levant" followed by dinner hosted by Mrs Akila Ghorbal
February 10 @ 6.15 pm: Dr. Sherif Kamel, Dean of the School of Business at the American University in Cairo will share with us his "Thoughts on the role of Mohamed Ali Pasha and Khedive Ismail in the architectural modernization movement of the city of Cairo".
February 10 @ 7.15 pm: Architect Agnieszka Dobrowelska will make a presentation on the project for which our Association is seeking funding

2012
December 3. Observing @ 05:30 from the Mena House Hotel the phenomenal planetary alignment (Mercury, Venus, Saturn) above the Giza Pyramids.
Mid-November Alexandria Trip - program
Trip to Siwa November 1-5 - program

2011
In view of the "January 25" revolution and the volatile political climate that followed, events for the calendar year 2011 were suspended.

2010
October trip to Dakhla-Kharga Oasis - click for details
September trip to Barcelona - click for details
Trip to Kuwait and Bahrain 19-25 March 2010 - click for details
lecture by Professor Ahmed Mustafa - 3 March details
Visit to Sharm El Sheik + bird-watching expedition with Mary Megali- 24-27 February - click for details
Lecture and visit to the Hanging Church in Old Cairo - 23 January 2010
suggested program for first half of 2010 - click for details

2009
Friends of Coptic Museum sponsors 3-day trip to Sohag - 11 December 2009 details
Trip to Sicily (Italy) 27 November - 4 December 2009 - click for details
Visit to Ben Ezra (Old Cairo) and Adly Street Synagogues - 21 November 2009
Lecture by Tarek Sharara @ Cairo Opera Library on Camille Saint-Saens's 'Egyptian Concerto' - 2 November 2009
Visit to the prestigeous Desert Institute - 31 October 2009
visit to Egyptian Museum + lecture - 10 October 2009 details
Annual Iftar at Azhar Park + guided tour of Al-Mo'ezz Street - 2 September 2009
visit to Zaafaran Palace - 20 June 2009 - click for details
Trip to Paris - 24 - 30 May 2009 - click for details
Concert at British Embassy - 9 June 2009
Trip to Qatar - 16-20 April 2009 - click for details
Visit snake charmers and Nadeem Factory - 28 March 2009
Visit to Geographical Society - 14 February 2009
Visit to Agricultural Museum + lecture by Prince Abbas Hilmi - 17 January 2009

2008
Visit to Coptic Museum + lecture 22 November 2008 details
Lecture by Azza Heikal at Ceramic Museum - 5 November 2008 details
visit to al-Ghoury Palace + lecture - 13 October 2008 details
Trip to Kavala (Greece) 1 - 6 October 2008 - program
Iftar at Manial Palace 14 September 2008 program
Trip to Sakakini Palace 28 June 2008 details
lecture by Dr. Ahmed Moustafa (Art & Science of Visual Recitation) 1 June 2008
Trip to Fayum 31 May 2008
Trip to Abou Rawash Pyramid 10 May 2008
Visit Kubbet Efendina 6 May 2008
Trip to Luxor (ancient Thebes) 3 - 5 April 2008
Zeinab Khatun and lecture by architect Ahmed Hamid 24 March 2008
Mahmud Khalil Museum and lecture by Jehan Raga'i 9 March 2008

2007
Siwa Oasis trip 19-22 December 2007 - click
A Day @ the Opera 1 December 2007
Alexandria trip, 16-17 November 2007
Bayt al-Soheimi vist Saturday, 3 November 2007
Ethnic Egyptian Costumes exhibition at Qasr Amir Taaz Saturday 27 October 2007
Lecture by Shahira Mehrez on Ethnic Egyptian Costumes Sunday 21 October 2007
Cultural Program 3rd & 4th quarter 2007
Visit to Northern Cemetery + Khedivial Mausoleum @ al-Afifi "Kobbet Effendina" - details
Lecture by Michelangelo Lupo / Mohammed Aboul Amayem @ Mohammed Ali Pavilion Shubra - Sunday 2 September 2007
Visit to Manial Palace - 23 June 2007
Trip to Abou Mona: Ancient and modern monasteries - 26 May 2007
Trip to Istanbul - 5 - 9 April 2007
Mehlevi (derwish) ensemble @ the Sama' Khana -20 March 2007
Lecture on Christian Effect on Fayum Portraits - 18 March 2007
Lecture by Samir Raafat on The Making of Zamalek - 25 February 2007
Lecture by Prince Abbas Hilmi on Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik - 29 January 2007

2006
Lecture on Manial Palace restoration by Ministry of Culture official Ayman Abdelmoneim - 30 November 2006
Lecture by Lyn Younes on Friends of Metropolitan Museum - 12 November2006

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