Ramadan evenings with culture in Cairo, Alexandria: 1-8 June

Ahram Online , Thursday 1 Jun 2017

Ahram Online recommends recommends a number of events taking place during the month of Ramadan

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In this 2016 photo, whirling dervishes perform to mark the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at El-Moez Street in historical Fatimid Cairo, Egypt (Photo: AP)

Thursday 1 June / 6 Ramadan

8.30pm
Tanbura troupe from Port Said
El-Dammah Theatre, 30 A El Belaasa St, Abdeen, Downtown, Cairo

8.30pm
Telepoetic concert
Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo


Friday 2 June / 7 Ramadan

9pm
Playback theatre (based on stories from the audience) by Khoyoot troupe
Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo

9pm
Sheikh Zein Mahmoud concert
Limited seating, for reservations call: 01067363433
Osiris, 1 Hassan Morad St., off Kasr El-Einy St., second floor, Garden City, Cairo

9pm
Abdelbaset Nouh sira-poetry-music concert
Jesuits Cultural Center, 298 Port Said St., Cleopatra, Alexandria


Saturday 3 June / 8 Ramadan

9.30pm
Estabena: The Mediterranean Sea Music Project, featuring 7 musicians from different Mediterranean cultures.
Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo

9.30pm
Dokkan band followed by Nasser El Mezdawi
El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Rd, Cairo

9.30pm
Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hisham Gabr
Programme includes” Nayer Nagui’s Aho Da Elli Sar for Fench Horn and Strings, Saint Saens:’s Concert Piece for Harp and Orchestra op 154 and Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major
Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo


Sunday 4 June / 9 Ramadan

8.30pm
Ostoorat Al-Hayah Wel Mot (The Legend of Life and Death) play, by Kayan troupe
Townhouse Rawabet, 3 Hussein Al memar street, Cairo

9:30pm
Heritage Music Ensemble performance
Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo


Monday 5 June / 10 Ramadan

8:30pm
Sakia monodrama festival, various independent troops
El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo

9pm
Exhibition titled ‘Women in Islamic Art’, by the Egyptian National Committee for the International Council of Museums, held in collaboration with Malaysia’s Islamic Art Museum
Bayt Al-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo


Tuesday 6 June / 11 Ramadan

9.30pm

Looperia followed by Sidi Bemole
El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Rd, Cairo

9pm
Rihana, by Pergola Puppet Theatre
Bayt Al-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo


Wednesday 7 June / 12 Ramadan

9:30pm
El Hadra Sufi Music Ensemble performance
Open air theater, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo

9:30pm
El Hour, all female religious singing ensemble
El Sawy Culturewheel, Zamalek Cairo


Thursday 8 June / 13 Ramadan

8:30pm
Avalanche, urban dance show
El Sawy Culturewheel, Zamalek, Cairo

9:30pm
Shereen Abdo Project performance
ROOM Art Space & Cafe, Garden City, Cairo

9:30pm
Alexandria Opera Ensemble performance
Sayed Darwish Theatre (Alexandria Opera House), 22 El-Horreya Road, Raml Station, Alexandria


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