Date: Monday 4th February 2008
Talk by Dr. Abd Elaziz Hegazy at the English Speaking Union
On 4th February, our Chairman, the Rt. Hon. Baroness of Symons, introduced to our members and guests Dr. Hegazy, the former Prime Minister of Egypt and the Chairman of the Egyptian British Friendship Society in Cairo, at the English Speaking Union.
Dr. Hegazy’s lunchtime talk was on “Egypt Today and the Road Ahead” and was followed by a robust “Question and Answer session”.
We were pleased to welcome also Mr. Farid Mansour, Honorary Secretary of the Egyptian British Friendship Society; he and Dr. Hegazy attended the buffet lunch which followed.
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Date: Thursday 27th November 2008
Sir Michael Weir Annual Lecture
The 1st of the Annual Lectures, named after our late Founder and Chairman, Sir Michael Weir, is due to take place at the Institute of Civil Engineers, One George Street, London on Thursday the 27th November 2008.
The Rt. Hon. Lord Patten of Barnes O.M., who was a friend of Michael’s and spoke so movingly at his Memorial Service , has agreed to deliver the lecture.
More details will be sent to members and will be posted on the website a little nearer the time.
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Date: 11th to 15th May 2008
MEA Trade Mission to Egypt
The Middle East Association is organising a Trade Mission to Egypt. Full details appear on our website.
Please note that the deadline for Registration is 25th March 2008
More details click here
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Date: Tuesday 25th March 2008
Talk by Mr. David Arnold, President of the American University in Cairo
Mr. Arnold has very kindly agreed to give a talk on “The Role of Higher Education in the Middle East: the case of Egypt” in the Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London at 6.30pm on Tuesday 25th March 2008 at 6.30pm.
It is free to our members and friends and will be followed by a drinks reception.
We are hoping for a good and challenging audience.
More details click here
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Date: Friday 14th March 2008
Wedding!
On 14th March 2008 our Executive Committee member Dina married
Dr. Morten Pedersen in a civil ceremony at the Egyptian Consulate
in Lowndes Square, London.
Our Secretary, Noel Rands and Treasurer, Mohamed Nasr Farid
were amongst the witnesses as you will see from the photos
on the website. Click here to view images
A further wedding took place on the 12th of March in Cairo with a reception at the Mena House Hotel.
We wish Dina and Morten every happiness.
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Date: Wednesday 23rd January 2008
Bonhams January Egyptian Sale
More details click here
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Date: Monday, 4th February 2008
“Egypt Today and the Road Ahead” by Dr. Abd Elaziz M. Hegazy
More details click here
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Date: 27th September 2007
Mrs Cathie Bryan's summary of Professor Curl's talk
on 27th September at SOAS
Cathie Bryan is a distinguished writer on Egyptian and is on the board of both Friends of the Petrie Museum and the British Egyptian Society
More details click here
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Date: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Reception to Welcome H.E. the Honourable Dominic Asquith, CMG, Her Brittanic Majesty's Ambassador (designate) to Egypt, and Mrs Asquith.
Dominic Asquith Reception dec 07 click here
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Date: Monday 29th October 2007
The Reuters Memorial Lecture at St Anne's College to be given by Mohamed Heikal 18.00 - 19.00, 29th October, Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St. Anne's College, Oxford
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford,
Monday 29th October 2007
Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College
18.00- 19.00
Speaker: Mohamed Heikal
This is an open event and seating is limited - please arrive early to be guaranteed a place.
13 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PS
Tel: 01865 611090 Fax: 01865 611094
Email.tori.mckee@politics.ox.ac.uk
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Date: 22nd September 2007
Launch of Forum Book at SOAS on 23rd October 2007
"The Book on last year's forum which will be called "Egyptian-British Relations - From Suez to the Present Day" will be launched at SOAS on Tuesday 23rd October as you will see from the attached Flyer. The book will be available to BES members at £7 a copy, much reduced from Amazon's special offer and the cover price. The evening is well worth attending."
LMEI flyer for Tuesday 23 October
Noel Rands
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Date: December 2007
Society Weekend Visit to Paris
The response to the society's December weekend to Paris with just 3 couples plus the secretary and the treasurer showing an interest. This is such a pleasant and interesting run up to Christmas that it would be a shame if it fell through. If it does then, of course, it would be the end of Paris trips. Such a shame.
If anyone is interested can they please e.mail me at noelrands@compuserve.com or Farid at faridUK@aol.com
Noel Rands
Secretary
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Date: TBC
Centre for Advanced Study of the Arab World
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Date: 16th October 2007
Bedouin Jerry Can Band
 
Bedouin Jerry Can Band
Tuesday 16th October 2007
19:30
LSO St Luke's 161 Old Street, London EC1V 9NGThe group are visiting London in October 2007 for a performance as part of the Barbican's Ramadan Nights season and I'd be most grateful if you would consider posting the information on the British Egyptian society website.
The band's debut album, Coffee Time is released in the UK on 8th October, distributed by Proper Music Distribution cat no 50667, and will be available from all good record shops and Internet retailers.
We'd be delighted to offer the Society two complimentray guest tickets for the BJB event and hope you will be able to join us for a night of authentic music and dance from Sinai.
Nomadic coffee grinders and storytellers Bedouins Jerry Can Band (BJB) from the Egyptian Sinai desert perform at LSO St Luke's on Tuesday 16th October
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Fri 5th October 2007
Petrie Museum Ramzy Concert
For More information click here
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13th August 2007
Visit to Alexandria Library
Visit the magnificent Alexandria Library and meet its management team
The UK Friends of the Alexandria Library invite members of the British Egyptian Society to join them for the 10th meeting of the International Friends of the Alexandria Library on the occasion of its 5th Anniversary
Programme Summary: Depart London Heathrow on 21 October, returning Friday 26 October. The meeting of the International Friends will include presentations by the library's department directors, a visit to Villa Antoniadis to include a picnic lunch in its Gardens, a concert by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chamber Orchestra, an optional visit to Islamic and Coptic Cairo organised by the Egyptian Friends, the opportunity for extensive tours of the magnificent building and its collections, dinner at the Greek Club and other leading restaurants. Tour members will become the first international visitors to qualify for Friends membership of the Library. The programme on 24 and25 Oct may change due to 5th anniversary events organised by the Library. There is no obligation to attend working sessions of the International Friends. BES members may select their own travel and accommodation arrangements, joining the International Meeting events as they choose.
For further information, contact David Wardrop, Secretary of the UK Friends. (0207 385 6738 or davidwardrop@bulldoghome.com ).
Note The direct British Mediterranean Airlines service to Alexandria end s on 26 October and will not be continued by its new owner, British Midland International.
Websites:
The Alexandria Library: http://www.biblaex.org
The UK Friends: http://www.go.to/foal
Noel Rands
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27th September 2007
The Egyptian revival from the time of Augustus to the present day.
Illustrated talk by Professor James Stevens Curl, one of the United Kingdom's leading architectural historians, and drinks reception at SOAS on 27th September 2007.
For more information: Click Here
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1 July 2007
Photographic dialogue between Palestinian and
Israeli teenagers
For more information: Click Here |
DECEMBER 3 – 17 2007
Friends of the Petrie Museum
THE FLORA AND FAUNA IN THE ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT
ACCOMPANIED BY EGYPTOLOGIST LUCIA GAHLIN
AND ORNITHOLOGIST JOHN WYATT
ARRANGED BY BALES WORLDWIDE
IN AID OF THE PETRIE MUSEUM CONSERVATION APPEAL
For more information and booking form Click Here |
Future Events for 2007
Click here for Full details
Noel Rands |
9th March 2009
Professor Farghali's Art Exhibition in Zamalek
Professor Farghali was a speaker at our Forum last year. He has produced a series of painting based on his experiences during his London visit and an exhibition of these works , entitled "Farghali's London" opens at the Zamalek Art Gallery, Cairo on 14th March 2007. This is the fist time the British Egyptian Society has inspired paintings!
View Invitation - Click Here
Noel Rands
20th March 2007
Fargali's - London
"One of the first results of our successful forum last autumn "50 Years since Suez - from conflict to collaboration" is an Art Exhibition in Cairo.
One of our speakers at the Forum was Professor Farghali Abdel Hafez, Dean of the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, Cairo. His visit to London and our Forum inspired him to produce a body of work which he titled "Farghali's London". The exbibition opened at the Zamalek Art Gallery, Cairo on 14th March 2007 and guests included H.E. The British Ambassador and Lady Plumbly, Mr. Wagdy Soliman, Member of the Executive Committee of the British Egyptian Society and Mrs. Soliman plus Mr. Noel Rands, Secretary of the BES. The opening was a virtual sellout. Photographs, taken by Mr. Soliman, appear in our "Gallery". Surely Egyptian Art deserves some exposure in London? Any ideas?"
For Photos click here
Noel Rands
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Tuesday 13th March, 2007
"The Renovating of the Railway infrastructure in Egypt"
At: The Nile Hilton; Alf Leila we Leila Ballroom;
Time: 07:30p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
BEBA Registration
BEBA Sponsorship
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Thursday 8th March, 2007
Cairo Stories, by Anne-Marie Drosso
Egypt is the setting or the background for this collection of stories
which span classes and decades, but the stories are universal- whether it's the girl whose mother no longer seems to recognize her, a young man who uses the country's changing political climate to humiliate the family patriarch, or the woman consumed by guilt for abandoning her children.
Cairo Stories was endorsed by Alaa al Aswany and Aamer Hussein. Cairo Stories Invitation
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Feb/March 2007
El Tanbura - Egyptian musicians and dancers
on Tour
Website: Click here
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HMS WHIMBREL (1942-49) Battle of the Atlantic Memorial project
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The Annual General Meeting
This is due to take place at the Egyptian Culture Centre on Wednesday 18th April 2007. We are working on a speaker for after the AGM is over. More about this later. |
The Annual Dinner
We plan to hold the dinner again at the Royal Automobile Club, maybe in June again. However, we are now just in the planning stage so more later. |
Paris Trip
We plan to make the December visit to see exhibitions an Annual Event. We understand that there will be a major Phoenician Exhibition in December and our regular guide, the excellent Ms. Rola Cusson, is working on a walking tour of the Latin Quarter highlighting Islamic influences. We attach a note on last year's visit together with a selection of photographs. Click here
British Egyptian Society visit to Paris, December 2006
19 members and friends booked for the Paris trip. Unfortunately due to illness and family commitments 3 withdrew after making their booking and a further one drooped out due to illness on the morning of departure; a further member had to cut her visit short due to a business commitment. However, we were boosted in Paris by Wagdy Soliman and his wife (who were already in France) joining us; Wagdy arranged also for a coach to meet us at Gare du Nord and it gave the trip a lift when we walked around the road works outside the station and saw “British Egyptian Society” in the window of a smart vehicle.
We had left on Eurostar at 10.40 on Friday 8th December, arriving in Paris at 14.37, half an hour late. The group (including Mr. and Mrs. Soliman) stayed at the Bleu Marine Concorde Hotel in Montparnasse. We had stayed there on the last trip; the hotel is well located and comfortable although late breakfast tends to get extremely busy.
On the first evening 9 of us went for dinner at the famous Paris restaurant, “La Coupole”. In retrospect we should have offered this to the entire group which we hadn’t done on cost grounds; it was a little expensive. However, members always have the opportunity to decline.
On the Saturday the morning was “free”; we had arranged two day tickets on the Metro for everyone which made travel easier. Our guide was the excellent Rola Cusson, who had escorted us on the last trip in 2004; our first visit was to the Musee Jacquemart Andre; this museum was new to us and was quite a find, set in what had been a grand family house. The exhibition featured “Treasures of the Thracians” and was quite magnificent. Some of us, including the writer, had not heard of the Thracians and the description by Rola of their history and seeing some quite magnificent gold items was rewarding.
At 5pm we visited the Institut du Monde Arab to see “Venice and the Near East”. This is an excellent museum and this fascinating exhibition was illuminated with Rola’s detailed talk (via our individual headsets).
In the evening the entire group had dinner at “Le Bistro de Breuteuil”, not far from our hotel. As on the previous evening the bookings had been made by Cathie and Tony Bryan and this proved to be an inspired choice. The meal was very reasonably priced and the restaurant had an excellent Parisian atmosphere.
On Sunday came the highlight of the trip; the visit to the Grand Palais to see “The Underwater Treasures of Egypt”. The visit had been booked by Rola who was devastated to discover that the official English speaking guide she had booked and paid for failed to materialise (Grand Palais will not accept private guides). However, they agreed to provide us with individual headsets giving an audio tour. The exhibition was quite remarkable and had been superbly set out, exhibits ranging from 5 metre high statues to tiny gold artefacts, all recovered from the sea off Alexandria. Watching films of diving archaeologists discovering many of the objects on the seabed and then turning to see these same items around us was visually stunning.
After this the “official” part of the weekend ended with two members returning on the Sunday and others staying until the Monday, with the coach again transporting the party back to Gare du Nord for the 19.19 Eurostar to Waterloo, arriving at 20.54.
There was a general agreement amongst the visitors that we should make this pre-Christmas visit to Paris an annual event. Rola told us that there is a major Phoenician exhibition next December and she is working on a walking tour of the Latin Quarter showing Islamic influences. The redoubtable Cathie Bryan also has a walking tour under her belt that she could offer.
Later in the year I will send out a circular to gauge support; and if we get sufficient interest and could book early enough we could risk a Business Class seat on Eurostar at a discounted rate.Noel Rands
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The website
We hope you like the new website. It is supposed to reflect current news and events and if there is anything you would like us to include that you think is relevant please email to the Secretary at :noelrands@compuserve.com |
31-Oct-06
FiftyYears since Suez – from conflict to collaboration
The School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London |
27-Jun-06
Annual Dinner 2006
The Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London |
27-Apr-06
Annual General Meeting- 2006
The Egyptian Cultural Centre, 4 Chesterton Gardens (off Curzon Street, Mayfair) |
25-Apr-06
The Qur'an: a New Translation; a New Image
Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, Westminster SW1A 0AA , Nearest Tube: Westminster |
17-Mar-06
Society Weekend Visit to Berlin
Depart London Heathrow to Berlin |
16-Nov-05
“Recent advances in surgical technology” by Professor George Hanna
Egyptian Cultural Centre, 4, Chesterfield Gardens. W1Y 8BR |
01-Jun-05
The Annaul Dinner 2005
Radisson Hotel in Portman Square, London W1 |
03-Dec-04
Society Visit to Paris
Paris |
15-Jun-04
Talk at SOAS
SOAS |
11-Jun-04
Visit to the House of Lords
The House of Lords |
25-May-04
Annual Dinner 2004
Radisson Hotel, Portman Square |
10-Mar-04
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Egyptian Cultural Bureau, 4 Chesterfield Gardens, London W1 |
10-Mar-04
Talk by Mr. Gary Goldfinch on Steel in the Sand
Egyptian Cultural Bureau, 4 Chesterfield Gardens, London W1 |
05-Mar-04
Society Tour of Egypt [CANCELLED]
Alexandria-El Alamein-Matrouh-Siwa-Bahariya-Cairo |
27-Feb-04
FILM EXTRAS WANTED FOR NEW BBC DRAMA
THE CASTING COLLECTIVE, OLYMPIC HOUSE, 317-321 LATIMER ROAD, London W10 6RA |
20-Sep-03
Day out to Chichester,including lunch and tea
Goodwood House, outside Chichester |
11-Sep-03
Reception To Meet Sir Derek and Lady Plumly
The Reform Club, 104 Pall Mall, London SW1 |
13-May-03
Annual Dinner Party 2003
Raddisson Hotel,Portman Square,London W1 |
20-Mar-03
Annual Supper
Ali Baba Restaurant |
20-Feb-03
For Those Who Sail to Heaven
The Egyptian Cultural Bureau, 4 Chesterfield Gardens, London W1Y 8BR |
13-Nov-02
Guided Tour of Art from the Islamic World at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum,Kensington,London |
23-Oct-02
Archaeology in a Desert Oasis-A Regional Study of the Interaction of Humans and their Enviroment
The Egyptian Cultural Bureau, 4 Chesterfield Gardens, London W1Y 8BR |
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21-Nov-01
Invitation To The Petrie Museum
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology-UCL |
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