Legacy of Supremacy between Folklore and Religion, in collaboration with Al Multaqa Literary Salon
Date August, 24 2021
Location Live Zoom Webinar
In collaboration with Al Multaqa Literary Salon, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award hosted 2021 Contribution to the Development of Nations winner Dr. Saeed El Masry as he traced the roots of the supremacy phenomena in religion and folklore in conversation with Founder and Chair of Al Multaqa Literary Salon Asma Seddeq.
The literary discourse shed light on supremacy and cultural discrimination, beginning with the features of superiority within oral folklore and progressing to religious supremacy.
Highlights from the session are available for viewing on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OffWCFZwk-0. The full session is available for viewing via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPhb8e4NB6M/.
Speakers
Asma Siddiq Al Mutawaa
Founder and Chair of Al Multaqa Literary Salon
Dr. Saeed El-Masry
Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University, and an advisor to the Minister of Culture on the development of the cultural system in Egypt. Dr. El-Masry is a cultural anthropologist and holds a PhD in sociology. He won the United Nations Award for Excellence in Human Development in 2013 for the Egypt Human Development Report, which he participated in preparing in 2010. He also won the Arab Grand Prize for Heritage for the book Eaadat Entaj Al Turath Al Shaaby; Kayfa Yatshabath Al Fokaraa Belhayat fee thel Al Nodra (Reproduction of Folklore; How the {oor cling to life in light of Scarcity) in 2014. He has published many scientific books, the most recent of which were Al Tafrah Al Shabaya wa Al Tahwlat Al Dempghrafyah fee Al Alam Al Araby (The Youth Boom and Demographic Transformations in the Arab world), Azmat Al Majal Al Deeny fee Masr (The Crisis of the Religious Sphere in Egypt), Malhamat Al Mwatanah bayn Sokook Al Watanayah was Awlamat Al Hokok Al Insanyah (The Saga of Citizenship between Nationalism and the Globalization of Human Rights), Maazak Al Adalah Al Thagafyah fee Masr (The Dilemma of Cultural Justice in Egypt), and Turath Al Iste’ela’a bayn Al Folklor wa Al Majal Al Deeny (Legacy of Supremacy between Folklore and Religion).