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Qahwa and Kalam with Tarek Swelim

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Theme:	Academic/Research
Format:	Lecture
Date:	Apr 7, 2016 1:00–2:00pm
Organized by:	School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HUSS) at AUC
Venue:	AUC, New Cairo
Address:	74th, 90th West Street, New Cairo, Cairo Governorate, 11835
Admission:	Public Event
Website:	http://calendar.aucegypt.edu/

Qahwa and Kalam with Tarek Swelim

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room P071, AUC New Cairo

Contact
Marwa Sabry
msabri@aucegypt.edu
1786
Department
Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations

Tarek Swelim will give a talk at Qahwa and Kalam talk he will address the tension and difference between academia and tourism, both fields Swelim has extensive experience in. Swelim is an alumni of the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at AUC and earned his PhD from Harvard University in 1994. His recent book, Ibn Tulun: His Lost City and Great Mosque was recently published by AUC Press.