A fundraising event at the Cockpit Theatre Produced and presented by St Mary & St Shenouda Church, Coulsdon, Coptic Orthodox Church of London Hosted by The Cockpit. You are invited for the charity fundraising event full of popular Western and Egyptian music. The funds will go to the building of a new community hall at St Mary & St Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church in Coulsdon, Diocese of London. The concert is by the award winning "The Ayoub Sisters"…
Find out more »Girls Love: Film Screening and Panel Discussion In its annular joint film event the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau (ECEB) and the British Egyptian Society (BES) are proud to announce the screening of the modern classic romantic comedy ‘Girls love’ celebrating 15 years since its release. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the film director Khaled El Hagar in conversation with Dr Gamal Hassan (consultant psychiatrist and book author) and Dr Khalid Ali (consultant geriatrician…
Find out more »Private View of “Troy- Myth and Reality” at the British Museum The British Museum, very kindly, has granted us a Private View of this new exhibition. The exhibition, already opened to the general public, has received 5 star reviews. Our Private View is on Wednesday 22nd January 2020. This is how the British Museum describes this unmissable exhibition: -The legend of Troy has endured for more than 3,000 years. The story of a great city, plunged into a 10-year war over…
Find out more »The Egyptian Bureau for Cultural & Education Affairs is pleased to announce and invite you to the upcoming events: “Painting & Difference”, Exhibition by Dr. Dina El-Sioufi. Painting and Difference is a play on Jacques Derrida, L’Ecriture Et La Difference (Writing and Difference), 1967. There, the French philosopher makes clear that every creative act; writing, poetry, painting, etc, is a form of other writing involving difference. Not only through what the author/artist is trying to convey in a work but also…
Find out more »Maat, Morals & Justice in Ancient Egypt by Beth Asbury Morals encourage cooperation between individuals, which is useful for community survival. The ancient Egyptians' answer to this was a belief in Maat, originally an abstract concept that became a deified entity in about 2350 BC. Documentary sources show the range of behaviour that people aspired to in order to live up to Maat but as a pragmatic society, the Egyptians did not always live up to their ideals, and historical texts also shed light on how they dealt with their criminals.…
Find out more »The Egyptian Bureau for Cultural & Educational Affairs cordially invites you to attend The Egyptian Nubian Exhibition on Saturday, the 16th of October 2021 from 3:00 pm till 10:00 pm. Exhibition Information & Programme attached below. Looking forward to welcoming you in the bureau.
Find out more »BES was delighted that our Annual Flagship Event the Sir Michael Weir Lecture returned on 25th November as a ‘live’ event at the Institute of Directors. Our speaker was His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the Arab League Born in Heliopolis, Cairo, HE Aboul Gheit, joined The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, upon graduation in 1965. He took part in the 1978 Camp David Agreement negotiations, which led to the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.…
Find out more »NEW RESOLUTIONS - MAKING IT HAPPEN New Year resolutions are a long standing western AND eastern tradition – they give us a glimmer of hope and excitement. However, as time goes by, we seem either to forget about them or feel down-hearted by the fact that we have failed to stick to them. Year on year, many of us decide not to have any resolutions anymore – but are we missing out, is this the right attitude or do we…
Find out more »The British Egyptian Society is delighted to announce the winner of the Peter Mackenzie Smith Book Prize is The Buried: Life, Death and Revolution in Egypt by Peter Hessler. Published by Profile Books. The Prize of £5000 was given at a reception of 100 people held at the prestigious Army and Navy Club on 28th March 2022 The society was honoured to introduce His Excellency, the Egyptian Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Mr Sherif Kamel and Mrs Heba…
Find out more »The North East Ancient Egypt Society are pleased to announce as part of our new Student Involvement Project (SIP) a mini conference focusing on research from undergraduates and postgraduates from around the world. Cost is FREE This Lecture is LIVE There is NO need to register Saturday 9th April 2022 ~ 1:50 – 5:00pm (UK TIME) Via Zoom We have a great line up of student speakers covering a variety of topics in Egyptology from pottery to funerary practices. The…
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