'Sinuhe the Egyptian. A Physical and Emotional Traveller'. Talk by Maite Rada Caballé

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18 October 2026 · 11:00

Museu Egipci de Barcelona, la Dreta de l'Eixample, Eixample

"I am a follower of my lord...": so the protagonist introduces himself in a tale that was central to the ancient Egyptians. This Middle Kingdom work (c. 1900 BC) became required study for scribes and still is for students today. Sinuhe is an official of the harem, a man close to power and politics who, for reasons unknown to us, leaves everything behind. In the blink of an eye his life changes: he loses his home, his country and almost his own identity. So Sinuhe travels, physically and psychologically. He passes through complex realities, sometimes telling us "as in a dream", until an unexpected but very Egyptian twist makes us wonder: what would we choose — family, home or a promise for the afterlife? Which matters more, homeland or life? Sinuhe answers all this "the Egyptian way", in the first person. On another level, the tale of Sinuhe has inspired many, most famously Mika Waltari's novel of the same name, but Naguib Mahfouz and even Ortega y Gasset also devoted works to it. Ortega considered Sinuhe's story the most modern in all Egyptian literature, crediting the hero with "the only thrill of full individuality recorded in three thousand years of history" (Notas sobre el…

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Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 20 October 2026

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