Sunday 20 August
Film
12pm, 2.30pm, 7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Hedi
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
4.30pm
CAIRO
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Cairokee band
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
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Film
5pm and 10pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Perfect Strangers
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Festival
6pm
CAIRO
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Man Fat Adeemo Tah festival for handicrafts and traditional arts, 7th edition. Morocco is the country guest of honor.
Runs daily till 24 August.
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Bayt El-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Snow White play
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Metropol (The Children’s National) Theatre
6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden, 2014)
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Lost in Translation
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
8pm
Cairo
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Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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Shaman, a play directed by Dalia Hafez and Walid Al-Zorkany
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Al-Ghad (Tomorrow) Theatre
Next to Al-Balloon Theatre, Al-Agouza, Tel 02 3304 3187
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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, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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Wahda Helwa (A Beautiful Lady), a monodrama starring Marwa Eid
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Salah Abdel-Sabour Hall, Taliaa Theatre,
Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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Yaoum An Qatalu Al-Ghenaa (The Day They Killed Singing) starring Yasser Sadeq, Alaa Qouta, Hend Abdel-Halim, directed by Tamer Karam
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Zaki Tolimat Hall, Taliaa Theatre,
Attaba Square, Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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La Mascherata (The Fancy Dress Party), a play based on Alberto Moravia’s novel. Daily except Tuesdays
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Al-Salam Theatre
101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo
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Music
10pm
Cairo
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Concert by Mohamed Mohsen.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by Ganoub El Wadi.
15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August)
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria
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Theatre
10pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company
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Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre
Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960
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Cairokee (Photo: Al Ahram)
Monday 21 August
Film
12pm, 2.30pm, 7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Hedi
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
4.30pm
CAIRO
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Cairokee band
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
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Film
5pm and 10pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Perfect Strangers
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Pantomime
6pm
CAIRO
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El-Sakia Mime Festival
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Wisdom Hall, Zamalek
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Talk
7pm
CAIRO
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The City Always Wins: Reading and Discussion with Omar Robert Hamilton
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
1, Dr. Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Lecture
7.30
CAIRO
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Tales of al-Alandus. Is it a Lost Paradise? Check details at the event’s page
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SaharaSafaris Club Roof
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Music
7.30
CAIRO
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Karaoke Night
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Zikr and Sufi night
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Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Last Family
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Balcon Heliopolis
26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo
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Music
8pm
Cairo
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Concert by Wave Jazz band.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. 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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Al-Ghouri Caravansary
Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
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Music
10pm
Cairo
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Concert by Iman Bahr Darwish.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Film
1pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of a documentary about artist Kurt Schwitters
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, arts and multimedia library, Alexandria
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Theatre
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Performance of the play Eagle Disappearance, directed by Ahmed Asker. Event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August)
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Memories 3: the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra, conducted by Mohamed Sead Basha, with soloists Ahmed Harfoush and Dalia Farid. Event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August)
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria
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Theatre
10pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company
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Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre
Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960
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Still from Inhebbek Hedi (Photo: courtesy of Berlinale 2016)
Tuesday 22 August
Film
12pm, 2.30pm, 7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Hedi
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
5pm and 10pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Perfect Strangers
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Pantomime
6pm
CAIRO
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El-Sakia Mime Festival
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Wisdom Hall, Zamalek
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Music
7.30
CAIRO
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Karaoke Night
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
8pm
Cairo
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Concert by Al Mawlaweya Al Masreya.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha
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Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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A play based on George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm
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Falaki theatre, 24 Falaki St, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
10pm
Cairo
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Concert by Nadia Mostafa.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Film
1pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of a documentary about Mahmoud Said
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, arts and multimedia library, Alexandria
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Theatre
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Performance of the play Eagle Disappearance, directed by Ahmed Asker.
15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August)
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by Mohamed Mohsen.
15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August)
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria
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Theatre
10pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company
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Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre
Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960
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(Photo: still from Perfect Stragers)
Wednesday 23 August
Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mazaher ensemble: Zar music & songs
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Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Nafekha band performs Arab and Western music on wind instruments
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
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Music
8pm
Cairo
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Concert by Sharara sextet.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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A play based on George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm
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Falaki theatre, 24 Falaki St, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
10pm
Cairo
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Concert by Khaled Selim.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by Andromida.
15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August)
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria
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Theatre
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Performance of the play Eagle Disappearance, directed by Ahmed Asker.
15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August)
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria
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Theatre
10pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company
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Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre
Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960
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Painting by the late Egyptian artist Mahmoud Said (Photo: Al Ahram collection)
Thursday 24 August
Theatre
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeed), a children play with décor and puppets designed by Amir Abdel-Massih, music composed by Mohamed Fawzi, poems by Salah Jahin and directed by Salah Al-Sakka
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, 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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Al-Ghouri Caravansary
Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Afronubia band: Nubian and African songs
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Mostafa Amin
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
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Music
8pm
Cairo
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Concert by Boghdady band.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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The Gypsy Jazz Project
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
10pm
Cairo
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Concert by Aly El Haggar.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Film
1pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of film The Blind Side (2009), directed by John Lee Hancock
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, arts and multimedia library, Alexandria
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by Dina El Wedidi.
15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August)
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria
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Theatre
10pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company
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Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre
Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960
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(Photo: still from The Blind Side)
Friday 25 August
Theatre
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeed), a children play with décor and puppets designed by Amir Abdel-Massih, music composed by Mohamed Fawzi, poems by Salah Jahin and directed by Salah Al-Sakka
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Theatre
7.30pm
CAIRO
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An Evening of Playback Theatre by Dawar Playback Theatre Troupe
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Dawar, 16 Adly St, 3rd Floor, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Concert by El Hadra
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Mounib band
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek
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Music
8pm
Cairo
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Concert by Jets band.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Inshad by Al Fagr troupe
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Al Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, next to Al Aqmar mosque, Cairo
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Puppet Theatre
8.30pm
CAIRO
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“Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet)
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Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Do'souka
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
10pm
Cairo
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Concert by Hisham Abbas.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by H.O.H.
15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July to 26 August)
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open air theatre, Alexandria
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Theatre
10pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company
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Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre
Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960
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Dina El Wedidi (Photo: Mostafa Abdel Aty)
Saturday 26 August
Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Cult Animation Double-Feature: screening of Alice (Czechoslovakia, 1988) and Perfect Blue (Japan, 1997)
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
5pm
CAIRO
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Jadal band. Read more here
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The Greek Campus
28 Falaki St., Bab El Louk, 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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Al-Ghouri Caravansary
Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
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Music
8pm
Cairo
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Concert by marimba player Nesma Abdel Aziz.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Karkade band
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El Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar park, Salah Salem Rd. Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Fatma Adel
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
10pm
Cairo
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Concert by Medhat Saleh.
Event is part of the Citadel Festival for Music and Singing organised by the Cairo Opera House
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Salah ElDin citadel. Salah Salem rd. Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert and closing ceremony of the 15th International Summer Festival.
Check the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria
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Theatre
10pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company
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Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre
Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960
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Sunday 27 August
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, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
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Theatre
10pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Al-Haram Dah Betaay (This Pyramid is Mine), a play performed by The Comic Theatre Company
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Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre
Al-Gaish St, Al Azaritah, Qesm Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Tel (03) 5929960
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Nesma Abdel Aziz (Photo: Al Ahram)
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