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Cluster Mapping Initiative is part of CLUSTER’s mandate for critical engagement in the city and public space through urban research, programs and design interventions. This initiative aims at the documentation and analysis of tangible and intangible urban elements, and establishing a reliable archive available to researchers, designers and policy makers, and accessible to engaged citizens. It includes a series of interactive maps and archives, urban tours and thematic itineraries, as well as pilot interventions in public space. Cluster Mapping Initiative is an ongoing umbrella framework that seeks to expand its database through collaboration with complementary mapping projects and initiatives.

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Arabic Cultural Program

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Theme:	Literature
Format:	Conference/Panel Lecture
Date:	Mar 19, 2016 6:00–8:00pm
Admission:	This Event is open to: the public
Website:	http://calendar.aucegypt.edu/

Arabic Cultural Program

Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square

Contact
Marwa Sabry
msabri@aucegypt.edu
26151786
Department
Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations

The Arabic Cultural program hosts novelists Hammour Ziada and Mohamed al-Mansi Qandil to discuss representations of slavery and black and white love in their most recent works.Ziada’s The Longing of the Dervish (Dar al-Ain, 2014) was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2015 and Qandil’s Black Battalion (Al-Shuruq, 2015) was long listed for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2016.

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