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Event Information:

• Mon

  23

  Dec

  2019

  Ghada Samman meets Nizar Qabbani

  18:00Hoda Shaarawy Theater

  Ghada Samman meets Nizar Qabbani

  Two icons of Arabic love poetry and combatants for the

  liberation of women

  

  Beit el Hekma Productions sees its task to preserve Arabic Poetry – one of the largest in the world. The House of Wisdom (Arabic: بيت الحكمة‎‎; Bayt al-Hikma) was a major intellectual center during the Islamic Golden Age. It was founded as a library for private use by Caliph Harun al-Rashid (reigned 786 – 809). By the middle of the ninth century, the House of Wisdom had the largest selection of books in the world.

  Actors/actresses:

  Nancy Elhadidy, Tamer Elgazzar, Hamada Shousha
  Idea and Arrangement by Dorothea Walter

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