Egypt's arts and culture events of the week: 24 -31 January
Ahram Online, , Saturday 23 Jan 2016
This week culture events cover many cities: Cairo, Alexandria, Ismailia, Port Said, Dahab. The week's distinctive features are the Cairo Intl Book Fair and abundance of dance performances by Egyptian and international troupes


Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week

Sunday 24 Jan











Exhibition

last days

CAIRO



Formal Spectres (4X6) photography exhibition by Mohamed Ezz. Exhibition runs until 25 January



Artellewa, 19 Mohamed Ali El-Eseary Street, Ard El-Lewa, Cairo





Film
CAIRO



Screening of Youth



Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo





Music
22-25 Jan
DAHAB



Dahab Festival “Safe and Sound” featuring numerous independent bands



Dahab, Red Sea





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Al Awela Balady performs in memory of 25 January



Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Old Cairo





Film

7:30pm

CAIRO



Screening of The Misfortunates (Felix Van Groeningen, 2009). Doors open at 7 pm.



NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

1, Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

7:30pm

CAIRO



Angham Al-Sharq troupe



Wisdom Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
8.30pm
Cairo



The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai



Beit Al-Sehemi, Al-Gamaliya, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Muaaz Street, Old Cairo





Music

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Bands from Alexandria. Read more here



Goethe Institut, 10 El-Batalsa Street, Azarita, Alexandria





Theatre

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Fando and Lis, written by Fernando Arrabal and directed by Mohamed Abdel Kader



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria






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Monday 25 Jan












Exhibition

last days

CAIRO



Al Omneyat Al-Moagala wa Al-Helm Al-Morawegh (Postponed Wishes and The Elusive Dream). Exhibition runs until 28 January



Le Caire Art Contemporarian, 2 El-Malek El-Afdal Street, beside Alfa Supermarket, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

last days

CAIRO



Between Reality and Dream painting exhibit by Bahaa Amer. Exhibition runs until 28 January



Le Caire Art Contemporain, 2 El-Malik Fadel Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition
last days


CAIRO



Egypt is Beautiful, painting exhibit by Effat Hosny. Exhibition runs until 29 January



Picasso Art Gallery, Zamalek





Film
CAIRO



Screening of Youth



Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo





Music
22-25 Jan
DAHAB



Dahab Festival “Safe and Sound” featuring numerous independent bands



Dahab, Red Sea





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes



Al-Ghouri Caravansary,Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Moez Street with Al-Azhar, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Concert by Eftekasat band



Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

3pm

ALEXANDRIA



Cinema Club



Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria






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Tuesday 26 Jan












Film
CAIRO



Screening of Youth



Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Screening of a selection of films



Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

6:30pm

CAIRO



Screening of ‘Me and Earl and The Dying Girl’ (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, 2015)



Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 Street #8, Muqattam City, Cairo





Film

3pm

ALEXANDRIA



Cinema Club



Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria






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Wednesday 27 Jan












Books
CAIRO



Opening of the Cairo International Book Fair



Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo





Culture Salon
7pm
CAIRO



Culture salon with Hassan Kami



Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Short films screening. Read more here.



Darb 1718, Kasr EL Shamaa Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes



Al-Ghouri Caravansary,Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Moez Street with Al-Azhar, Cairo





Poetry

7pm

CAIRO



The Wednesday salon with poet Mohamed Ahmed Bahgat



Artistic Creativity Centre, Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Performance titled A Sculptor’s Dream, by theEgyptian Modern Dance Theater Company.



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Concert by El Dor El Awal group



French Institut in Alexandria, 30 Nabi Daniel Street, Alexandria





Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA



Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan



Sayed Darwish Theatre, Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Alexandria






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Thursday 28 Jan












Books
CAIRO



Cairo International Book Fair



Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo





Festival

11am

CAIRO



Puppet Festival which runs between 28-31 January.



Souq El-Fustat, Old Cairo





Music

6pm

CAIRO



Musician Mahmoud Moawad and his troupe celebrate the 25th of January Revolution anniversary.



Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El Sayeda Nafisa Street, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647





Lecture

6pm

CAIRO



Visual Translations of Nationalist Discourse: Shady Abdel Salam’s El-Momiya Revisited. A lecture by Sandrine Gamblin, assistant professor of Political Science, and director of the Middle East Studies Center, at AUC.



NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

1, Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Open-mic performance

6:30pm

CAIRO



An open-mic performance by Mashrou’ El-Mareekh El Soghanan



Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 Street #8, Muqattam City, Cairo





Theatre

7pm

CAIRO



Sekket Safar play, written and directed by Waleed Talaat



Masr El-Gedida Library, 42 Al-Arouba Street, Cairo





Music

7:30pm

CAIRO



Performance by Hania Fansa, featuring Khaled El Agaty



Sufi Bookstore, 12 Sayed El Bakry Street, Zamalek





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Performance titled A Sculptor’s Dream, by the Egyptian Modern Dance Theater Company



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Marimba player Nesma Abdel Aziz and her band



Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Noubanour, Nubian music troupe



El-Dammah theatre, 30 A El Belaasa Street, Abdeen, Downtown, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan



Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo





Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA



Hamlet dance performance. Directed and choreographed by Monadel Antar



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria





Music

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Piano recital by Tarek Refaat



Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria






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Friday 29 Jan












Books
CAIRO



Cairo International Book Fair



Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo





Music

10 am- 6pm

CAIRO



Play it - Music Camp. Three days of condensed musical courses in piano, guitar & violin



Magnolia. Leaves of Art

12 Mohamed Anis Street, off Mohamed Mazhar Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Festival

11am

CAIRO



Day 2 of the Puppets Festival which began on 28 January and runs until 31 January



Souq El-Fustat, Old Cairo





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Guitar and Saxophone night by Mina Nashat and Hisham Mohy



Art Lounge Cairo

37 B Ahmed Heshmat street,1st floor, ap.2, Zamalek, Cairo





Inshad

7pm

CAIRO



Al-Hadra troupe



Al-Rab3 Cultural Centre, Al-Moez Street, Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo





Theatre

7pm

CAIRO



Puppet and shadow theatre performance



Artistic Creativity Centre, Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Egyptian songs by Belal El-Sheikh



Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdeen Palace, Downtown Cairo





Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA



Hamlet dance performance. Directed and choreographed by Monadel Antar



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria





Music
8pm
ISMAILIA



Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan



Ismailia Cultural Palace, Ismailia






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Saturday 30 Jan












Books
CAIRO



Cairo International Book Fair



Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo





Music

10 am- 6pm

CAIRO



Play it - Music Camp. Three days of condensed musical courses in piano, guitar & violin



Magnolia. Leaves of Art

12 Mohamed Anis Street, off Mohamed Mazhar Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Festival

11am

CAIRO



Day 3 of the Puppets Festival which began on 28 January and runs until 31 January



Souq El-Fustat, Old Cairo





Music
12 noon
CAIRO



Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan



Book Fair grounds. Nasr City, Cairo





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Screening of Capitaine Conan by director Bertrand Tavernier



French Institute, Heliopolis, Cairo





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes



Al-Ghouri Caravansary,Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Moez Street with Al-Azhar, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mina Zikri will perform: Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 61, Ramz Sami’s Dancing on Ember and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor op. 36. Soloist: Hassan Sharara, violin



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Metropolitan Opera HD live screening of Puccini’s Turandot



Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Performance by music composer Shady Moenes



Wisdom Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July Street, Zamalek





Music

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Concert by Hisham El-Gakh



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria





Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA



Metropolitan Opera HD live screening of Puccini’s Turandot



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria






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Sunday 31 Jan












Books
CAIRO



Cairo International Book Fair



Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo





Music

10 am- 6pm

CAIRO



Play it - Music Camp. Three days of condensed musical courses in piano, guitar & violin.



Magnolia. Leaves of Art

12 Mohamed Anis Street, off Mohamed Mazhar Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Festival

11am

CAIRO



Last day of the Puppets Festival which began on 28 January.



Souq El-Fustat, Old Cairo





Exhibition Opening

7pm

CAIRO



The Magic Thread, painting exhibition by Soad Mardam Bey



Zamalek Art Gallery (Venue I), 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition Opening

7pm

CAIRO



An introduction to voidness, sculpture exhibition by Nathan Doss



Zamalek Art Gallery (Venue II), 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
7pm
Cairo



The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments



Beit Al-Sehemi, Al-Gamaliya, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Muaaz Street, Old Cairo





Film

7:30pm

CAIRO



Screening of Knocking On Doors



Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo





Film

7:30pm

CAIRO



Screening of six shorts which were awarded at the last Shnit Short Film Festival. Doors open at 7 pm.



NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

1, Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Hands On Synesthesia: A multi sensory performance of music, videos and odours by Italian electronic musician and artist, Claudio Curciotti



Darb 1718, Kasr EL Shamaa Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo





Film

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Screening of Disney’s Fantasia (1940), followed by a talk with maestro Hisham Gabr



Bibliotheca Alexandrina Auditorium Hall, Alexandria





Music

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



The Anfoushi Folklore Troupe



Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria





Music
8pm
PORT SAID



Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan



Port Said Cultural Palace, Port Said






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EXHIBITIONS this week












Exhibition
31 Jan- 29 Feb

CAIRO



The Magic Thread, painting exhibition by Soad Mardam Bey



Zamalek Art Gallery (Venue I), 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

31 Jan- 29 Feb

CAIRO



An introduction to voidness, sculpture exhibition by Nathan Doss



Zamalek Art Gallery (Venue II), 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

13 - 24 Jan

CAIRO



Years of Love exhibit for artist Farahat Zaki



Salah Taher Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

20 Jan- 11 Feb

CAIRO



Americo Lozano and Evaristo Baschenis.

Open from 10am to 4pm from Sunday through Thursday.



Italian Culture Institute in Cairo, 3 Sheikh Marsafy Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

10 - 28 Jan

CAIRO



Al Omneyat Al-Moagala wa Al-Helm Al-Morawegh (Postponed Wishes and The Elusive Dream)



Le Caire Art Contemporarian, 2 El-Malek El-Afdal Street, beside Alfa Supermarket, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

12-25 Jan

CAIRO



Formal Spectres (4X6) photography exhibition by Mohamed Ezz



Artellewa, 19 Mohamed Ali El-Eseary Street, Ard El-Lewa, Cairo





Exhibition

10-28 Jan

CAIRO



Between Reality and Dream painting exhibit by Bahaa Amer



Le Caire Art Contemporain, 2 El-Malik Fadel Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

7-29 Jan

CAIRO



Egypt is Beautiful, painting exhibit by Effat Hosny



Picasso Art Gallery, Zamalek





Exhibition

10-30 Jan

CAIRO



Scattering and Gathering painting exhibit by Sahar Alamir



Ubuntu Art Gallery, 20 Hassan Sabry Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

9 Dec- 20 Jan

CAIRO



A Season in Hell, group exhibition



Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib Street, Apt.2, Garden City, Cairo






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