Russian House Organizes Literary Evening "Dostoevsky's in Egyptian Letters"

The Egyptian Association of Alumni of Russian and Soviet Universities is organizing a celebration entitled Dostoevsky in Egyptian letters" on the occasion of his 200th birth anniversary, at 7 pm on Sunday, December 19, in the seminar hall of the Russian House in Dokki.

The event will present the vision of 3 Egyptian writers about Dostoevsky, who is considered one of the greatest writers in the golden age of Russian literature, including Anwar Ibrahim, head of the foreign cultural relations sector of the Ministry of Culture, and former advisor to the Minister of Culture, and Mohamed Nasr El-Gabali, head of the Russian language department at the Faculty of Al-Alsun and the former cultural advisor to Russia, as well as literary critic Azzouz Ali Ismail.

The seminar will be moderated by Sherif Gad, President of the association and Director of Cultural Activities at the Russian House.

The celebration will include an exhibition of archival photos and the screening of a short narrative film about Dostoevsky life.

It is worth noting that Dostoevsky's work has been translated into Arabic and some of them were produced in movies, the most famous of which is the movie "Brothers Enemy" based on the novel "The Brothers Karamazov".