Egypt's arts and culture events of the week: 28 January - 4 February
Ahram Online, , Friday 26 Jan 2018
The Cairo International Book Fair is the highlight of the week. Check also our selection of film screenings, theatre plays, exhibitions and concerts.


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

Sunday 28 January











Books

11am



49th Cairo International Book Fair. Running till 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Exhibition

Opening

7pm

CAIRO



Paintings by Samir Fouad



Horizon One Hall, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, intersection of Giza St. and Kafur St., Cairo





Music/Film

7pm

CAIRO



Concert by Egyptian Project followed by screening of Loving Vincent



Elbet Alwan, Villa 7 on El-Morshedy Street, from Laselki Street (behind CarGas Station), Maadi, Cairo





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Screening of A Footnote in Ballet History



Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa St., EL-Fakhareen, Old Cairo





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Screening of The Post, a political thriller directed and produced by Steven Spielberg



Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret El-Dor St., Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

Opening

7pm

CAIRO



Differences, paintings by Mahmoud Khatab, Hala Al-Sharount and Adham Badawy



Al-Kahila Gallery, 15 Al-Batal Ahmed Abdelaziz St.,Mohandessin, Cairo





Music

7.30pm

CAIRO



El-Nile Folk troupe, directed by Abdelrahman El-Shafei



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





Film

8pm

CAIRO



Screening of film ‘Her’



Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Wahabiat



Arab Music Institute, 22, Ramsis St., Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Georges Kazazian



Cairo Opera House, Small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Sallem Nafsak (Surrender) play. Read our review here.



Cairo Creativity Center, Cairo Opera grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

8.30pm

CAIRO



Al-Seera Al-Holameya, a play based on Hamlet, written by Al-Hassan Mohamed and directed by Mohamed Al-Saghir



Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Ayoub wa Na’sa (Ayoub and Na’sa), a musical comedy of the Egyptian folklore ballad, written by Ayman Al-Nimr, music by Ahmed Al-Haggar, directed by Ashraf Azaab



Al Balloon Theatre

Agouza, across the street from the Nile, by the 26 July Bridge, Cairo





Theatre

9pm

CAIRO



Sebony Aghany (Let Me Sing), starring Samir Ghanem, Talaat Zakaria, Tarek Al-Ebiary, Shabaan Abdel-Reheem written by Ahmed Al-Abiary and directed by Abdel-Ghany Zaki



Al-Rehany Theatre

Emad Al-Din St., Downtown, Cairo






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Monday 29 January












Books

11am



49th Cairo International Book Fair. Running till 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Screening of The Killing of a Sacred Deer



Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis street, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Screening of The Darkest Hour



Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret El-Dor St., Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Chamber music concert: Khaled El Showeikh



Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Sallem Nafsak (Surrender) play. Read our review here.



Cairo Creativity Center, Cairo Opera grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Ayoub wa Na’sa (Ayoub and Na’sa), a musical comedy of the Egyptian folklore ballad, written by Ayman Al-Nimr, music by Ahmed Al-Haggar, directed by Ashraf Azaab



Al Balloon Theatre

Agouza, across the street from the Nile, by the 26 July Bridge, Cairo






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Tuesday 30 January












Books

11am



49th Cairo International Book Fair. Running till 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Screening of Loving Vincent



Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret El-Dor St., Zamalek, Cairo





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Classical Arab music and songs by Al-Fan Al-Sadik troupe.



El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., river hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition opening

6pm

CAIRO



Hope is a Traveller, paintings by Hady Boraey



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





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Omar Khairat and the Cairo Opera Orchestra



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



“Airy music on the piano”: concert with Alaa Yassin



Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Dance

8pm

CAIRO



El Helaly: performance by the Forsan El Sharq Heritage Company



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





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Sallem Nafsak (Surrender) play. Read our review here.



Cairo Creativity Center, Cairo Opera grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Taksir Sharqi



Makan‬, Egyptian Center For Culture & Arts, ‪Saad Zaghloul St, Mounira, Cairo






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Wednesday 31 January












Books

11am



49th Cairo International Book Fair. Running till 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Film

7pm

CAIRO



Screening of Dalida



Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis street, Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

7pm

CAIRO



The Truth About Fiction, a group exhibition with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Bryony Dunne, Mahmoud Khaled, Basim Magdy, Mona Marzouk, Galila Nawar and Setareh Shahbazi



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





Film, Magic & Music evening

7pm-12am

CAIRO



7pm: screening of West Beirut
8.30pm: Ma'moun The Magician

9pm: conert by Amro and The Big Bang Boogie

11pm: screening of West Beirut



Elbet Alwan, Villa 7 on El-Morshedy Street, from Laselki Street (behind CarGas Station), Maadi, Cairo





Music
7pm
CAIRO



Nagham Al-Canal music concert conducted by Hossam Hafez.



El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July Stl, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Mazaher Ensemble



Makan‬, Egyptian Center For Culture & Arts, ‪Saad Zaghloul St, Mounira, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Mazeek project performing African fusion music and singing



El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July Stl, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Omar Khairat and the Cairo Opera Orchestra



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Dance

8pm

CAIRO



El Helaly: performance by the Forsan El Sharq Heritage Company



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





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Ayoub wa Na’sa (Ayoub and Na’sa), a musical comedy of the Egyptian folklore ballad, written by Ayman Al-Nimr, music by Ahmed Al-Haggar, directed by Ashraf Azaab



Al Balloon Theatre

Agouza, across the street from the Nile, by the 26 July Bridge, Cairo






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Thursday 1 February












Books

11am



49th Cairo International Book Fair. Running till 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Music and poetry
6pm

CAIRO



An evening with Mahmoud Alaa



Da House, 7 Mosadaq St, Dokki, Giza





Music

7pm

CAIRO



Journey to the Past: old songs with Salma Mahgoub



Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis street, Zamalek, Cairo





Film

7.30-11.30pm

CAIRO



Zawya Short Film Festival III (1-3 February)



Zawya, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St. Off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Violin and piano recital with Yasmine Sami



Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



National Arab Music Ensemble



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Magic

8pm

CAIRO



Mind Reading Show, with illusionist Amr Khaled



Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa St., El-Fakhareen, Old Cairo





Music

9pm

CAIRO



Rolled Up Sleeves band



Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo





Music

8pm

ALEXANDRIA



Alexandria Opera Ensemble for Music and Arab Singing commemorates Umm Kalthoum



Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Ayoub wa Na’sa (Ayoub and Na’sa), a musical comedy of the Egyptian folklore ballad, written by Ayman Al-Nimr, music by Ahmed Al-Haggar, directed by Ashraf Azaab



Al Balloon Theatre

Agouza, across the street from the Nile, by the 26 July Bridge, Cairo





Theatre

9pm

CAIRO



Sebony Aghany (Let Me Sing), starring Samir Ghanem, Talaat Zakaria, Tarek Al-Ebiary, Shabaan Abdel-Reheem written by Ahmed Al-Abiary and directed by Abdel-Ghany Zaki



Al-Rehany Theatre

Emad Al-Din St.,, Downtown, Cairo





Music
7pm

ALEXANDRIA



High Dam Band: African Magic



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria






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Friday 2 February












Books

11am



49th Cairo International Book Fair. Running till 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Drumming
6pm and 7pm
CAIRO



A drumming circle with Mostafa Bakkar



Gusour Cultural Centre, 5 Michel Lotf Allah Street, behind Mariott hotel (inside All Saints’ Cathedral) Zamalek, Cairo





Film

7.30-11.30pm

CAIRO



Zawya Short Film Festival III (1-3 February)



Zawya, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St. Off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Chamber music concert with Mohamed Hamdy



Cairo Opera House, Small hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Heritage Arab Music Ensemble



Arab Music Institute, 22, Ramsis St., Cairo





Music

8pm

CAIRO



Manal Mohie Eldin on harp



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





Theatre

9pm

CAIRO



Sebony Aghany (Let Me Sing), starring Samir Ghanem, Talaat Zakaria, Tarek Al-Ebiary, Shabaan Abdel-Reheem written by Ahmed Al-Abiary and directed by Abdel-Ghany Zaki



Al-Rehany Theatre

Emad Al-Din St.,, Downtown, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Ayoub wa Na’sa (Ayoub and Na’sa), a musical comedy of the Egyptian folklore ballad, written by Ayman Al-Nimr, music by Ahmed Al-Haggar, directed by Ashraf Azaab



Al Balloon Theatre

Agouza, across the street from the Nile, by the 26 July Bridge, Cairo





Storytelling for children
6pm
ALEXANDRIA



Story telling in English



Dyarna, Kinderland Nurseryy, Fakhr El-Deen, Smouha, Alexandria





Music
7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Malaaz band



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria





Music

8pm

ALEXANDRIA



El Hadra Ensemble for Sufi singing



Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria





Music

8pm

DAMANHOUR



Alexandria Opera Ensemble for Music and Arab Singing commemorates Umm Kalthoum



Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour






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Saturday 3 February












Books

11am



49th Cairo International Book Fair. Running till 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Film

7.30-11.30pm

CAIRO



Zawya Short Film Festival III (1-3 February)



Zawya, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St. Off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo





Music
8pm

CAIRO



Fabrica performs gold classics



El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
8pm
CAIRO



Cairo Symphony Orchestra



Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Sallem Nafsak (Surrender) play. Read our review here.



Cairo Creativity Center, Cairo Opera grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Ayoub wa Na’sa (Ayoub and Na’sa), a musical comedy of the Egyptian folklore ballad, written by Ayman Al-Nimr, music by Ahmed Al-Haggar, directed by Ashraf Azaab



Al Balloon Theatre

Agouza, across the street from the Nile, by the 26 July Bridge, Cairo





Music
7pm

ALEXANDRIA



Flute and Piano recital with Kholoud Sharara and David Edgar



Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria






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Sunday 4 February












Books

11am



49th Cairo International Book Fair. Running till 10 February



Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo





Film

7.30pm

CAIRO



Screening of film Stitching Palestine. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director Carol Mansour, and the researcher and producer Muna Khalidi



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





Music
7.30pm

CAIRO



Omnia Hassan concert



El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., river hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Music
7.30pm

CAIRO



Yasser Anwar concert



El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Sallem Nafsak (Surrender) play. Read our review here.



Cairo Creativity Center, Cairo Opera grounds, Zamalek, Cairo





Theatre

8pm

CAIRO



Ayoub wa Na’sa (Ayoub and Na’sa), a musical comedy of the Egyptian folklore ballad, written by Ayman Al-Nimr, music by Ahmed Al-Haggar, directed by Ashraf Azaab



Al Balloon Theatre

Agouza, across the street from the Nile, by the 26 July Bridge, Cairo






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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





Exhibition

8 Dec - 15 Feb

CAIRO



Cairo Art Fair III



ArtsMart, km28 Cairo-Alex Desert Road, behind Total gas station, before Dandy mall, Cairo





Exhibition

8 - 24 Jan

CAIRO



Adam, paintings by Souad Mardam Bey



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





Exhibition

10 Jan- 10 Feb

CAIRO



Revival, an exhibition for late artists Nour Al-Youssef. Read our Art Alert here.



Arcade Gallery, 25 Orabi St., Maadi, Cairo





Exhibition

14 Jan - 1 Feb

CAIRO



Hybrid Spaces, multimedia exhibition by Ahmed El-Shaer. Read our Art Alert here.



Medrar, 7 Gamal El-Din Abou El-Mahasen St., Garden City, Cairo





Exhibition

31 Jan- 28 Feb

CAIRO



The Truth About Fiction, a group exhibition with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Bryony Dunne, Mahmoud Khaled, Basim Magdy, Mona Marzouk, Galila Nawar and Setareh Shahbazi



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





Exhibition

30 Jan- 25 Feb

CAIRO



Hope is a Traveller, paintings by Hady Boraey



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





Exhibition

3- 28 Feb

CAIRO



Artworks by Farouk Hosny



Picasso East Art Gallery, Villa(39) El -Narges(3) 5th Settlement 90st. in front of Lake View, New Cairo





Exhibition

14 Jan - 1 Feb

CAIRO



Visions of South, a solo exhibition by Mervat Shazly Helaly. Read more here



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





Exhibition

21 Jan- 28 Feb

CAIRO



Simple Things, a solo exhibition by Ibrahim El Haddad. The exhibition continues until 28 February



Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champolion street, Downtown, Cairo





Exhibition

14 Jan - 8 Feb

CAIRO



Paintings by Zeinab Amer



Ebdaa Gallery, Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo





ExhibItion

15 Jan- 28 Feb

CAIRO



Warm Hearts, drawings and oil paintings by ophthalmologist Farid Fadel exploring the cultures of Nubia and Malawi



Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation, Shagaret El-Dur St., Zamalek, Cairo





ExhibItion

14 Jan - 3 Feb

CAIRO



Memories, paintings by Fatema Lotfy and Mohamed Dessouky



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





ExhibItion

17 Jan- 31 Jan

CAIRO



Living Units II: Recessive Genes. An international group exhibition. Read our Art Alert here.



El-Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Al-Marsafi St., Zamalek, Cairo





ExhibItion

28 Jan- 8 Feb

CAIRO



Differences, paintings by Mahmoud Khatab, Hala Al-Sharount and Adham Badawy



Al-Kahila Gallery, 15 Al-Batal Ahmed Abdelaziz St.,Mohandessin, Cairo





Exhibition

10 Jan- 15 Feb

CAIRO



Echoes of Past Visions, drawings by late artist Alexander Saroukhan



Al-Masar Gallery, Behler’s Mansion, 157b on 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

21 Jan- 11 Feb

CAIRO



Paintings by Samir Fouad



Horizon One Hall, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, intersection of Giza St. and Kafur St., Cairo





Exhibition

3 Jan- 2 Feb

CAIRO



A Date with the Pioneers, duo painting exhibition by late artists Salah Abdelkerim and Kamal Khalifa



Safarkhan Gallery, 6 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo





Exhibition

4 Feb - tba

CAIRO



Le Caire 1801, by Hosam Dirar



Soma Art Gallery, 14 Maraashli St., Zamalek, 2nd floor, Apt 4, Cairo





Exhibition

11 - 30 Jan

CAIRO



Diary of the Ivory Tower, artworks by Nazir Tanbouli and Aliaa El-Gready



Greek Campus Gallery, 28 Falaki St., Downtown, Cairo






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