Businessman and chairperson of Orascom Investment Holding Naguib Sawiris signed an agreement on Monday at AUC’s Tahrir Campus to establish the American University in Cairo’s Tahrir Cultural Centre (TCC). The signing was attended by AUC president Francis Ricciardone and some of the university’s staff. Completely owned and run by the AUC, the cultural centre is aiming to fill the gap between Egypt’s cultural centres, such as the Cairo Opera House and the academic theatres, and to provide an alternative for new and fresh talents to showcase their art. The official opening will be held on 19 February 2019, coinciding with AUC’s 100th anniversary. “The TCC will be a comprehensive art centre combining all sorts of arts, unlike any other cultural centre in the area,” Sawiris told Daily News Egypt (DNE), “what drove me to invest in this centre is the love I have for it. It’s totally connected to my feelings towards this building (AUC’s Tahrir Campus). I have a lot of memories in it; I used to come here when I was young to watch movies and attend Jazz concerts”. He further added that TCC will combine all sorts…
Reviving Egypt’s Lost Art Legacy: Naguib Sawiris Establishes Tahrir Cultural Centre
September 15, 2018
