Egypt's arts and culture events of the week: 5-12 February
Ahram Online, , Monday 6 Feb 2017
8th Cairo Video Festival, arts management seminars, Moroccan films and the ongoing Cairo Intl. Book Fair are among this week's highlights. Check all cultural events taking place in Cairo, Alexandria and Rosetta below


Sunday 5 February












Book Fair

CAIRO



The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Film

CAIRO



Screening of I, Daniel Blake



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





Film

4pm

CAIRO



Screening of Japanese film Battle Royale (2000) by Kinji Fukasu



Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.



Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO



Cinderella puppet theatre



The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo





Film
7pm

CAIRO



Screening of American film Two-Lane Breakup (1971) by Monte Hellman



Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo





Video Festival

opening

7pm

CAIRO



Start of 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film.

Live video performance by Japanese artist Masayki Kawai.



Rawabet theatre, 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Factory Space, Cairo





Music

7.30pm

CAIRO



Century of Musion band



El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo





Film
7.30pm
CAIRO



Screening of Nostalgia for the Light



Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Fairouz Karawya



El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo





Dance/Music

8pm

CAIRO



El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music



Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo





Music

8.30pm

CAIRO



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



Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo





Music

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Ali Al Helbawy concert



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria





Film
ALEXANDRIA



Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here



Alexandria






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


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Monday 6 February












Book Fair

CAIRO



The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Video festival

CAIRO



8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.



Various venues.





Art management seminars
CAIRO



Arts management seminars by Cairo’s AFCA. Check the programme here



Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

CAIRO



Screening of I, Daniel Blake



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





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.



Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Artist talk

6pm

CAIRO



Talk with Soad Mardam Bey and Yasmine El-Hazek, parallel to their exhibitions at the gallery



Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition opening

7pm

CAIRO



Objects in the Mirror are Closer Than They Appear, by Aya Tarek



Soma Art, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek

Cairo, Egypt





Dance/Music

7.30pm

CAIRO



El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music



Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo





Film

7.30pm

CAIRO



Screening of Ingrid Bergman in her Own Words (2015)



Balcon Heliopolis, 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo





Theatre

7pm

CAIRO



Falsafet El-Hemir (Donkey Philosophy) play



El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

1pm

ALEXANDRIA



Screening of Underground/On the Surface, followed by a talk with director Salma El-Tarzi. Part of Cinedelta Documentary Film Festival. Read more here



French Institute in Alexandria, Al-Nabi Daniel St., Raml Station, Alexandria






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


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Tuesday 7 February












Book Fair

CAIRO



The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Video festival

CAIRO



8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.



Various venues.





Art management seminars
CAIRO



Arts management seminars by Cairo’s AFCA. Check the programme here



Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

CAIRO



Screening of I, Daniel Blake



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





Film

4pm

CAIRO



Screening of American film Two-Lane Breakup (1971) by Monte Hellman



Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.



Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Seminar

6pm

CAIRO



Creativity in the Constitution, a talk by Emad Aboghazi and Mahmoud Othman and Hala Lotfy. Organised by the Law and Society Research Unit at the American Univeristy in Cairo



Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Campus, Tahrir Square, Downtown, Cairoc





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Screening of Oscar nominated Iraninan film The Salesman, by Asghar Farhadi



Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret El Dor Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Film
7pm

CAIRO



Screening of Chiliean film Tony Manero (2008) by Pablo Larrain



Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo





Exhibition opening

7pm

CAIRO



Fares El-Sharq (Knight of the East) by Kuwaiti artist Mona El-Dewisan



Nile Gallery, 14 Montaza St., Zamalek, Cairo





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Screening of Japanese film Rashomon (1950)



ADEF DECA
143, St no. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Singer Ahmed Mostafa



El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Performance from the Talent Development Center



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

4pm
Rosetta



Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here



Rosetta International Hotel, Rosetta






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


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Wednesday 8 February












Book Fair

CAIRO



The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Video festival

CAIRO



8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.



Various venues.





Art management seminars
CAIRO



Arts management seminars by Cairo’s AFCA. Check the programme here



Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.



Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Inshad music by Mahmoud Helal



El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Screening of The Red Turtle animation film



Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre
7pm
CAIRO



American Buffalo play. Read more here.

Daily till 18 February, except for 11 February.



Gerhart Theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo





Dance/Music

7.30pm

CAIRO



El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music



Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



One Man Show marionette performance by Ahmed Naeem



Osiris,1 Hassan Mourad st. from Qasr El Aini, 2nd floor, Garden City, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Omar Khairat



Cairo Opera House,main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Mazaher ensemble: Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan, Nour el Sabah. (every Wednesday)



Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo





Theatre

5pm

ALEXANDRIA



Double bill of Hepta and Fi Qalby Othna Ebreya



Abdelmoneim Gaber theatre. Tel: 0100 0369362 / 0120 6335818





Film

4pm
Rosetta



Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here



Rosetta International Hotel, Rosetta






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

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Thursday 9 February












Book Fair

CAIRO



The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Video festival

CAIRO



8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.



Various venues.





Art management seminars
CAIRO



Arts management seminars by Cairo’s AFCA. Check the programme here



Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

4pm

CAIRO



Screening of Chiliean film Tony Manero (2008) by Pablo Larrain



Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.



Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Film
7pm

CAIRO



Screening of French film The Devil, Probably (1977) by Robert Bresson



Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo





Theatre
7pm
CAIRO



American Buffalo play. Read more here.

Daily till 18 February, except for 11 February.



Gerhart Theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Abdelhalim puppet theatre concert



El Sawy Culturewheel, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Theatre performance of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Read more here.



Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Violin and Piano recital by Yasmine Samy



Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Omar Khairat



Cairo Opera House,main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

5pm

ALEXANDRIA



Double bill of Hepta and Fi Qalby Othna Ebreya



Abdelmoneim Gaber theatre. Tel: 0100 0369362 / 0120 6335818





Music

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Aqsa Alwasat band



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria





Music

8pm

ALEXANDRIA



Coppelia Ballet. Read more here.



Alexandria Opera House, 22 Al Mesallah Sharq st, Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria





Theatre

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



The Women, a play in cooperation with the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, directed by Sherif Hamdy



Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya Street, Alexandria





Film

4pm
Rosetta



Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here



Rosetta International Hotel, Rosetta






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

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Friday 10 February












Book Fair

CAIRO



The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Video festival

CAIRO



8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.



Various venues.





Theatre

3.30pm, 5pm

ALEXANDRIA



Fi Qalby Othna Ebreya at 3.30pm, and Hepta at 5pm



Abdelmoneim Gaber theatre. Tel: 0100 0369362 / 0120 6335818





Festival

4pm

CAIRO



I Ka Doly Volume 5, nubian festival



El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.



Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre
7pm
CAIRO



American Buffalo play. Read more here.

Daily till 18 February, except for 11 February.



Gerhart Theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Theatre performance of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Read more here.



Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Eman Shaker and Friends



Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Alexandria Opera for Arabic Music and Song



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Andromida rock band



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





Music

8pm

ALEXANDRIA



Coppelia Ballet. Read more here.



Alexandria Opera House, 22 Al Mesallah Sharq st, Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria






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

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Saturday 11 February












Video festival

CAIRO



8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.



Various venues.





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.



Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Cinemania concert



The Marquee, Cairo Festival City, Cairo





Exhibition opening

7pm

CAIRO



Friendly Beings painting exhibition by Emad Abo Grain



Asfour El-Nil, 23A Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo





Dance/Music

7.30pm

CAIRO



El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music



Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Theatre performance of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Read more here.



Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Cairo Symphony Orchestra



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Fouad and Mounib band



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





Film
ALEXANDRIA



Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here



Alexandria





Music

8pm

ALEXANDRIA



Chamber Orchestra with Sweet Sound band



Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria





Music

7pm

ALEXANDRIA



BA Orchestra Symphonic Concert, conducted by Hisham Gabr



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria






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


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Sunday 12 February












Video festival

CAIRO



8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.



Various venues.





Film

4pm

CAIRO



Screening of French film The Devil, Probably (1977) by Robert Bresson



Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo





Film

6pm

CAIRO



Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.



Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition opening

7pm

CAIRO



Once, painting exhibition by Mohamed Abla, opening the new gallery Arcade



Arcade, 25 Orabi St., Maadi, Cairo





Theatre
7pm
CAIRO



American Buffalo play. Read more here.

Daily till 18 February, except for 11 February.



Gerhart Theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo





Film
7pm

CAIRO



Screening of German film Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder



Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo





Film

7.30pm

CAIRO



NVICinema Shorts: The Best of Shnit. Screening five international shorts, with a Q&A session with Wael Omar



Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Emad Hamdy guitar recital



Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Yakaranda, German band



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Youth Egyptian Music Society, chamber music performance



Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Nogoom El-Tarab band with Mostafa Ahmed



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





Music

8.30pm

CAIRO



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



Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo





Music

8pm

ALEXANDRIA



Cairo Symphony Orchestra Valentine’s day concert



Sayed Darwish (Alexandria Opera House), Alexandria






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EXHIBITIONS this week











Exhibition
ongoing
CAIRO



Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre’s products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery.



Al-Ghouri Caravansary
Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Cairo





Exhibition
ongoing
CAIRO



A permanent exhibition of the centre’s ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products.



Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre
1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo





Video festival

5 - 28 Feb

CAIRO


8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.

-Medrar for Contemporary Art, 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St., 1st Floor, Apartment 4, Garden City, Cairo

- 29 Hoda Shaarawy St., 3rd Floor, Downtown, Cairo





Exhibition

6 - 17 Feb

CAIRO



Objects in the Mirror are Closer Than They Appear, by Aya Tarek



Soma Art, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek

Cairo, Egypt





Exhibition

11 - 25 Feb

CAIRO



Friendly Beings painting exhibition by Emad Abo Grain



Asfour El-Nil, 23A Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

12 - 28 Feb

CAIRO



Once, painting exhibition by Mohamed Abla, opening the new gallery Arcade



Arcade, 25 Orabi St., Maadi, Cairo





Exhibition

7 - 23 Feb

CAIRO



Fares El-Sharq (Knight of the East) by Kuwaiti artist Mona El-Dewisan



Nile Art Gallery, 14 Montaza St., Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

28 Jan- 17 Feb

CAIRO



Nostalgia, paintings by Reda Abdelrahman, and Onshoda Al-Baqaa, sculpture by El-Sayed Abdo



Dai Gallery, 14 Al-Ahrar St., from Batal Ahmed St., Mohandesin, Cairo





Exhibition
12 Jan- 6 Feb

CAIRO



Dawn Portraits, paintings by Huda Lutfi



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





Exhibition
13 Jan - tba

CAIRO



Art From The Heart, group exhibition



Art Cafe, 10b Road 11, Maadi, Cairo





Exhibition
15 Jan- 5 Feb

CAIRO



Mazaj painting exhibition by Mostafa Rahma



Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem St., off Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition
15 Jan- 16 Feb

CAIRO



Slow War, by Ali Abdel Mohsen. Check our Art Alert here.



Mashrabia Gallery, 8 Champolion St., Downtown, Cairo





Exhibition
15 Jan- tba

CAIRO



Ishtar Hymns, paintings by Iraqi artist, Taha Abdulaal



Gallery Grant, 6 El-Gomhouriya St., Abdeen, Cairo





Exhibition
15 Jan- 14 Feb

CAIRO



Let’s Talk, by Souad Mardam Bey and Rollercoaster by Yasmine El-Hazek



Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

9 Dec - 15 Feb

CAIRO



The Cairo Art Fair II



ArtsMart, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Rd., behind Total gas station, Cairo





Exhibition

17 Jan- 10 Feb

CAIRO



Ra’as Baladi M’aa Asal Eswed (Belly Dancing With Molasses), paintings by Mohamed Taman



Art Talks, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

25 Jan- 5 Feb

ALEXANDRIA



Photography exhibition titled ‘Egypt Again’. Running till 5 February.



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






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