What is Beit El Hekma?
Beit El Hekma or The House of Wisdom was a major intellectual institution during the Islamic Golden Age. It was founded by Caliph Harun al-Rashid as a small library and …
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A Magical Balance on the Rope
With her shiny smile, Masha Dimitri showed up on the stage of Ibrahim Abouleish Theater busy setting up her slack wire. From the very first moment, she could capture the …
Professor Da Veiga explores Sustainable Education with HU Students
How university would look like in the future? How can education be sustainable? What is the role of arts in education? These questions together with many others were deeply discussed …
The Star of Bagdad – Nazik al-Malai’ka
The performance is one of a series that Beit El Hekma is organizing to celebrate the Arabic poetry and its prominent figures like Nazik al-Malai’ka, Gibran Khalil Gibran, Mikha’il Na’ima, and others. This time it tells the story of the brightest stars of the Arabic poetry, the Star of Baghdad Nazik al- Malai’ka (1923-2007).
Words – like Hands of Roses
As words can speak like roses, the guests of the Eurythmy performance were welcomed by Martina Dinkel the Director with a red rose. She then introduced the show to be …
Egyptian Folk Music Rocks!
With touching verses from Salah Jahin’s Ruba’iyat (Quatrains), Do’souqa started their musical performance on the stage of Ibrahim Abouleish Theater. Do’souqa is an Egyptian Indie folk music band. The Indie …
Shakespeare Meets Scheherazade
Almost two years after the theatrical production “Hulm”, a new artistic performance recently was performed in the Space of Culture: “Shakespeare Meets Scheherazade” or “The night I met William …
A Musical Treat by Musicairo
As we always search for multicultural melodies, we hosted this time the Egyptian band Musicairo-Trio for a midday concert. For the concert’s opening, the band of three academic musicians played …
The Art of Reflecting Nature: Exhibition by Gerlinde Wendland
The Space of Culture was shining one more time with colorful paintings by the creative artist and educator Gerlinde Wendland. Under the patronage of SEKEM and Heliopolis University, the …
Brass Music as Light as a Feather
This time, the guests of the Space of Culture awaited the announced performance with great curiosity. Many did not had an idea about what they would expect in a …