Cultural
centres
are good
for
catching
up on
home
news and
making
contacts;
longer-staying
visitors
can join
their
libraries
and sign
up for
language
courses
. Other
courses
are on
offer at
AUC
Public
Service
Division,
28
Sharia
Falaki (tel
357-6873
or
357-6872,
hamgiagi@aucegypt.edu),
and the
International
Language
Institute
(ILI), 2
Sharia
Mohammed
Bayoumi,
off
Sharia
Merghani,
Heliopolis
(tel
418-9212
or
291-9295,
ili@ritsec3.com.eg).
Private
tutors
advertise
in all
these
places.
To find
out
about
public
lectures
at the
AUC,
contact
Mona
Zaki (
Oct-May;
tel
357-5021,
monazaki@aucegypt.edu).
Institutes
American
Research
Center
in Egypt
, 1st
floor, 2
Midan
Simon
Bolivar,
Garden
City (tel
354-8239).
Organizes
lectures
and day-trips.
British
Council
, 192
Corniche
el-Nil,
Aguza;
near the
Circus (tel
344-8445,
www.britcoun.org.eg/).
Large
library
(annual
membership
ĢE40),
including
videos
and
cassettes.
Also
sponsors
visiting
cultural
acts.
Mon-Thurs
& Sat
9am-2pm
&
3-7.30pm,
Fri
9am-2pm.
Canadian
Research
Center
, 32
Road
103,
Ma'adi (tel
350-7214).
Monthly
lectures.
Oct-April
Mon-Thurs
& Sun
8.30am-4pm.
Egyptian
Centre
for
International
Cultural
Cooperation
(ECIC)
, 11
Sharia
Shagar
al-Durr,
Zamalek
(tel
341-5419).
Organizes
Arabic
classes,
exhibitions,
recitals
and
occasionally
tours.
Daily
except
Fri
10am-1pm
& 5-7pm.
Goethe
Institute
, 2nd
floor, 2
Sharia
el-Bustan
(just
off
Tahrir)
(tel
575-9877).
Public
reading
room;
library
membership
and
borrowing
rights
with ID.
Mon-Thurs
1-7pm,
Fri 8am-noon.
Israeli
Academic
Centre
in Cairo
, 92
Sharia
el-Nil,
Dokki (tel
348-8995).
Lectures.
Mon-Thurs
& Sun
9am-3pm.
Netherlands
Flemish-Institute
, 1
Sharia
Mahmoud
Azmi,
Zamalek
(tel
340-0076,
nvic@rite.com).
English
lectures
about
Egypt on
Thurs at
5.30pm (Sept-June).
Mon-Fri
9am-2pm.
