The first event within a program exchange between Department of Urban Planning Al-Azhar University and Grassroots Urban Initiatives in Cairo facilitated by Built Environment Collective - Megawra. 
The program includes lectures in Megawra al-Khalifa and Al-Azhar University, summer internship and training of Al-Azhar University students, knowledge exchange and academic support from Al-Azhar University.

Within the scientific cooperation framework and knowledge exchange between Urban Planning Department at Al-Azhar University and Megawra | Built Environment Collective, a series of lectures will be held during the month of April in Urban Planning Department at Al-Azhar University.
The fisrt lecture will be on Wednesday the 13th of April at 1:00 pm till 2:00 pm 
By Omar Nagati - Cluster


Titled: Engaging Public Space in a Time of Political and Urban Transformation:
Examples from CLUSTER's Design and Research Projects (2012-2015)


Followed by another lecture at 2:00 pm till 3:00 pm 
By Yahia Shawkat - 10 Tooba 
Yahia Shawkat is the Co-founder & Research Coordinator
10 Tooba | Applied Research on the Built Environment
An interdisciplinary group with expertise in anthropology, participatory planning, and urban policy & legislation, working at the intersection of social justice and the built environment

Titled: The Myths of Strategic Urban Planning; Why Plans to Leave the Valley Have Failed, and Lessons for the Future
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