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Sunday 29 January
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Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair, running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Film
CAIRO
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Screening of The Salesman. Check our Art Alert here.
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St., off Talaat Harb St., Downtown Cairo
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Film
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Zawya Short Films Festival
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Cinema Karim, Downtown Cairo
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Children's
Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Cinderella puppet theatre
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, next to Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Chants
7pm
CAIRO
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Munshid (religious chanter) Mohamed Atef performs
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition Opening
7pm
CAIRO
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A Shared Space 4, an exhibition by Lina Osama and Mhanny Yaoud
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Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, 2 Saad Zaghloul St., Beside Saad Shrine, Sayyeda Zeinab, Cairo
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Poetry
7pm
CAIRO
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An evening of poetry by Poet Sayed Hegab
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Osiris, Floor 2, 1 Hassan Mourad St. from Qasr El-Aini St., Garden City, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Um Ghayeb
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Darb 1718
Kasr El Shamaa St., Misr El-Qadima, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Diabolik, fantasy directed by Mario Bava featuring Claudio Gora and Adolfe Celi
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Italian Cultural Institute
3 El-Marsafi St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble, conducted by Salah Ghoubashi, performs Oum Kolthoum songs
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Arab Music Institute
22 Ramsis St., Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Screening & Discussion: Pi (1998)
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo
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Dance/Music
8pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Music
8:30pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai
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Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, El-Muezz St., Old Cairo
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Cairo International Book Fair (Photo: Al Ahram)
Monday 30 January
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Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair, running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Exhibition - Last Days
until 1 Feb
CAIRO
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“The Past is Always an Invented Land” an exhibition of objects from the Amgad Naguib Collection.
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Townhouse, 10 Nabarawy St., off Champollion St., Downtown Factory Space, Cairo
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Exhibition - Last Days
until 2 Feb
CAIRO
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Fayoumi’s Portraits, a solo exhibition by Omar Al-Fayoumi.
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Gallery Misr, 4A Ibn Zinky St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
CAIRO
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Screening of The Salesman. Check our Art Alert here.
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St., off Talaat Harb St., Downtown Cairo
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Children's Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Cinderella puppet theatre
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, next to the Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Dance/Music
7:30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Film
7:30pm
CAIRO
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The Light Between Oceans (2016)
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Balcon Heliopolis
26 Sohag St., Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Zikr and Sufi night
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St., Mounira, Cairo
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Ballet
8pm
CAIRO
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Coppelia Ballet by Cairo Opera Company. Read more here.
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Cairo Opera House's Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Coppélia ballet performed at the Cairo Opera House in October 2015 (Photo: Bassam Al Zoghby)
Tuesday 31 January
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Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair, running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Film
CAIRO
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Screening of The Salesman. Check our Art Alert here.
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St., off Talaat Harb St., Downtown Cairo
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Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Prohelvetia Cairo's Theatre Week The Bus Days and Otherwise. Performance of play Until We Prove Otherwise
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Jesuits Cultural Centre, Cairo, 15 El-Mahrany St., Cairo
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Children's Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Cinderella puppet theatre
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, next to the Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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The Lobster
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ADEF DECA
No. 143, Street No. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Waslet Samaa band
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26 July St., Wisdom Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha present traditional music of the Nile Delta; Nubian Fadeka; traditional Sudanese music and songs; Al-Jaafra music played by musicians from Aswan; Nass Makan (People from Makan) and Sanet perform traditional music from Eritrea.
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St., Mounira, Cairo
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Ballet
8pm
CAIRO
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Coppelia Ballet by Cairo Opera Company. Read more here
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Cairo Opera House's Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Cinedelta documentary film festival (Photo: Part of promotional material for Cinedelta)
Wednesday 1 February
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Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair, running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Prohelvetia Cairo's Theatre Week The Bus Days and Otherwise. Performance of play Yellow Days
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Jesuits Cultural Centre, 15 El-Mahrany St., Cairo
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Children's Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Cinderella puppet theatre
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre,next to the Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Al-Asala band
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26 July St., Wisdom Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Look Who's Back
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Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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Performance of play The Accident
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Kayan, Downtown Cairo, Tel: 01284811768
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Dance/Music
7:30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Emdan Al-Nour (The Pillars of Light) band
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El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Hania Fansa: acoustic night
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Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Ballet
8pm
CAIRO
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Coppelia Ballet by Cairo Opera Company. Read more here
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Cairo Opera House's Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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Fursan Al-Sharq lil Turaath Wa Al-Raqs Al-Hadith (Knights of the Orient for Heritage and Modern Dance) company presents “Alaaeddin”
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdeen Palace, Downtown Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Atlas Ensan band
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Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mazaher ensemble: Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan, Nour El-Sabah (every Wednesday)
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St., Mounira, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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The Fire, a play based on Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts
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Conference Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Film
TANTA
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here.
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Tanta
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Egypt's Cairo Celebration Choir [L] and Jordan's Dozan Wa Awtar [R] (Photo: fragment from the promotional material of the concerts on 3 and 4 February 2017
Thursday 2 February
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Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair, running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Japanese Month: Screening of two Japanese films, with Japanese food (Ramen Maki and Harumaki)
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Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Music and Puppet Show
6pm & 8pm
CAIRO
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Oum Kalthoum Is Back On Stage, El-Sakia Puppet theatre
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26 July St., Wisdom Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Prohelvetia Cairo's Theatre Week The Bus Days and Otherwise. Performance of play Crossroads
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Jesuits Cultural Centre, Cairo, 15 El-Mahrany St., Cairo
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Children's Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Cinderella puppet theatre
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, next to the Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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Performance of play The Accident
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Kayan, Downtown Cairo, Tel: 01284811768
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Chants
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Religious chanter Ali Al-Helbawi
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Lecture
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Lecture by social anthropologist Dina Makram Ebeid titled An Archive of Feelings: Mental Health and the Politics of Emotions in post-2011 Egypt
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Ballet
8pm
CAIRO
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Coppelia Ballet by Cairo Opera Company. Read more here.
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Cairo Opera House's Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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Fursan Al-Sharq lil Turaath Wa Al-Raqs Al-Hadith (Knights of the Orient for Heritage and Modern Dance) company presents “Alaaeddin”
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdeen Palace, Downtown Cairo
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Music
8:30pm
CAIRO
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Oud Concert with Yasmine Baramawy
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Shawareana band
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Arabic music and singing
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Alexandria Opera House, 22 El-Mesallah Sharq St., Qesm El-Attarin, Alexandria
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Film
TANTA
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here.
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Tanta
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Slow War exhibition
Friday 3 February
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Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair, running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Music
2pm
CAIRO
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Egypt’s Cairo Celebration Choir and Jordan's Dozan Wa Awtar
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Cairo Opera House's Main Lobby entrance, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Prohelvetia Cairo's Theatre Week The Bus Days and Otherwise. Performance of play The Last Trip
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Jesuits Cultural Centre, Cairo, 15 El-Mahrany St., Cairo
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Children's Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Cinderella puppet theatre
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Rania Shaalan (Live Acoustic)
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Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Ballet
8pm
CAIRO
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Coppelia Ballet by Cairo Opera Company. Read more here.
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Cairo Opera House's Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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Fursan Al-Sharq lil Turaath Wa Al-Raqs Al-Hadith (Knights of the Orient for Heritage and Modern Dance) company presents “Alaaeddin”
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdeen Palace, Downtown Cairo
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Music
8:30pm
CAIRO
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Acoustic Night with Dalia Farid & kArkAdAn
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo
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Film
TANTA
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here.
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Tanta
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The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi (Photo: Still from The Salesman)
Saturday 4 February
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Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair, running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Children's Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Cinderella puppet theatre
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Music
4pm and 7:30pm
CAIRO
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Glass Onion
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Madaar, No 2. Street No. 11, Maadi, Cairo
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Theatre
5:30pm
CAIRO
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Prohelvetia Cairo's Theatre Week The Bus Days and Otherwise. Performance of play Accident
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Jesuits Cultural Centre, Cairo, 15 El-Mahrany St., Cairo
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Dance/Music
7:30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Film
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here.
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Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Egypt’s Cairo Celebration Choir and Jordan's Dozan Wa Awtar
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Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St., Mahatat El-Raml, Alexandria
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Oud duet concert
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Um Ghayeb documentary (Photo: Still from Um Ghayeb)
Sunday 5 February
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Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair, running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Children's Theatre
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Cinderella puppet theatre
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Music
8:30pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai
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Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, El-Muezz St., Old Cairo
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Film
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here.
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Alexandria
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Ali Al Helbawy concert
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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EXHIBITIONS this week
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Exhibition
Ongoing
CAIRO
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Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre’s products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery.
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Al-Ghouri Caravansary
Imam Mohamed Abdou St., off El-Muezz St. with Al-Azhar, Cairo
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Exhibition
Ongoing
CAIRO
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A permanent exhibition of the centre’s ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products
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Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre
1 El-Imam St., behind Amr bin El-Aas Mosque, Fustat, Old Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan-2 Feb
CAIRO
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Fayoumi’s Portraits, a solo exhibition by Omar Al-Fayoumi
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Gallery Misr, 4a Ibn Zinky St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan - TBA
CAIRO
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The Open Door, by Noha Nagui
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Nile Art Gallery, 14 El-Montazah St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
12 Jan- 6 Feb
CAIRO
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Dawn Portraits, paintings by Huda Lutfi
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Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Apt.2, Garden City, Cairo
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Exhibition
13 Jan - TBA
CAIRO
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Art From The Heart, group exhibition
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Art Cafe, 10b Road 11, Maadi, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- 5 Feb
CAIRO
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Mazaj painting exhibition by Mostafa Rahma
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Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem St., off Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- 16 Feb
CAIRO
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Slow War, by Ali Abdel Mohsen. Check our Art Alert here.
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Mashrabia Gallery, 8 Champolion St., Downtown Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- TBA
CAIRO
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Ishtar Hymns, paintings by Iraqi artist, Taha Abdulaal
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Gallery Grant, 6 El-Gomhouriya St., Abdeen, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- 14 Feb
CAIRO
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Let’s Talk, by Souad Mardam Bey and Rollercoaster by Yasmine El-Hazek
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Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- 2 Feb
CAIRO
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Fayoumi’s Portraits, paintings by Omar El-Fayoumi
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Gallery Misr, 4a Ibn Zinki St,, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
9 Dec - 15 Feb
CAIRO
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The Cairo Art Fair II
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ArtsMart, Kilometre 28 on the Cairo-Alex Desert Road., behind Total Gas Station, Cairo
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Exhibition
17 Jan- 10 Feb
CAIRO
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Raas Baladi Maa Asal Eswed (Belly Dancing With Molasses), paintings by Mohamed Taman
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Art Talks, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
6 Nov- 31 Jan
CAIRO
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From Rags to Riches, an exhibition of 20 public artworks created using recycled materials
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Switzerland Embassy, 24 Gamal El-Din, Abul-Mahasen St., Garden City, Cairo
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Exhibition
Until 19 Jan
CAIRO
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The Secret, abstract art exhibition by Emad Abou Zeid
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Al-Kahila Gallery,15 El Batal Ahmed Abdel Aziz St., Mohandiseen, Cairo
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Exhibition
Until 1 Feb
CAIRO
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The Past is Always an Invented Land, an exhibition of objects from the Amgad Naguib Collection
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Townhouse, 10 Nabarawy St., off Champollion St., Downtown Factory Space, Cairo
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Exhibition
25 Jan- 5 Feb
ALEXANDRIA
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Photography exhibition titled Egypt Again
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya St., Alexandria
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