Sunday 14 June
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Film
(last days)
1,3,5,10pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Theeb (2014) by Naji Abu Nowar (Film will be screened until Tuesday 16 June).
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Zawya, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo.
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Short film Sleepless Eyes, by Ahmed Kamel Awad (1972) and My Wife and the Dog, by Said Marzouk (1971)
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre
19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Saken (2014) by Sandra Madi.
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Zawya, 35 Champollion Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music/Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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Performance of Osiris, "El Leila El Kebira and Oriental Steps by the Cairo Opera Ballet Company. Cairo Opera Orchestra will be conducted by Sherif Mohie Eldin. The performance is staged on 11, 12, 14 and 15 June.
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Cairo Opera House main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Neapolitan songs and songs from the musicals. Cairo Opera Company. Piano: Maya Gvineria. Director: Hazem Tayel. The same event will be repeated on 15 June.
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Cairo Opera House small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Standup Comedy
8.30pm
CAIRO
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An evening with Mohamed Salem, one of the pioneers of Standup Comedy in Egypt and winner of Best Comedian in the Middle East Award at the Amman Comedian Festival in 2009.
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El Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo (Word hall)
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Street Art
MANSOURA
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‘Art of transit’, an initiative by Mahatat for Contemporary Art brings art to the streets of governorates: The tour is taking place from the 12th until the 16th of June touring Port Said, Damietta, Mansoura and Cairo.
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Mansoura
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Exhibition
(last days)
7pm
CAIRO
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'Hello, I’m An Artist,' paintings by Sara Nabil
The exhibition will run until 16 June.
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Medrar, 7 Gamal Al-Din Abou Al-Mahasen Street, Garden City, Cairo
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Monday 15 June
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Neapolitan songs and songs from the musicals. Cairo Opera Company. Piano: Maya Gvineria. Director: Hazem Tayel. The same event takes also place on 14 June.
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Cairo Opera House small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music/Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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Last performance of Osiris, "El Leila El Kebira and Oriental Steps by the Cairo Opera Ballet Company. Cairo Opera Orchestra will be conducted by Sherif Mohie Eldin. The performance is staged on 11, 12, 14 and 15 June.
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Cairo Opera House main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
(last days)
1,3,5,7:30,10pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Theeb (2014) by Naji Abu Nowar. Theeb will be screened until 16 June.
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Zawya, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo.
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Exhibition
(last days)
CAIRO
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'Hello, I’m An Artist,' paintings by Sara Nabil
The exhibition will run until 16 June.
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Medrar, 7 Gamal Al-Din Abou Al-Mahasen Street, Garden City, Cairo
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El Leila El Kebira (Photo: Bassam Al Zoghby)
Tuesday 16 June
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Oud performance by Diab Abou Ziad
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Antique Khana, 8 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
6pm
CAIRO
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The 'Cairo Cats' exhibition includes artwork and crafts inspired by Cairo’s cats, and will fundraise for the Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals. Exhibition runs until 12 July.
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K Project Space, 28 Sheriff Street, Cairo
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Film
(last day)
1,3,5,7:30,10pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Theeb (2014) by Naji Abu Nowar
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Zawya, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo.
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Exhibition
(last day)
7pm
CAIRO
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'Hello, I’m An Artist,' paintings by Sara Nabil
The exhibition will run until 16 June.
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Medrar, 7 Gamal Al-Din Abou Al-Mahasen Street, Garden City, Cairo
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Street Art
CAIRO
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‘Art of transit’, an initiative by Mahatat for Contemporary Art brings art to the streets of governorates: The tour is taking place from the 12th until the 16th of June touring Port Said, Damietta, Mansoura and Cairo.
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Manial, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Ahmed Ali El Haggar
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El Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Arab tribes from Aswan perform traditional Jaafra music and popular poetry.
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Makan - Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts, 1 Saad Zaghloul St. El Dawaween, Downtown, Cairo
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Wednesday 17 June
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Sunstroke, by Mohamed Khan (1980)
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Cimateque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo, Egypt
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Launch of Abdullah Miniawy’s new project “Five Electronic Plays”. The performance includes five theatrical texts, improvised, recited or sung.
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Medrar for Contemporary Art, 7 Gamal El Din Abu El Mahasen St., 1st floor, apt. 4, Garden City
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mozart's Grand Mass in C Minor K427 to be performed by the Cairo Celebration Choir for Soloists, Double Choir and Orchestra.
Soloists: sopranos Dima Bawab and Dina Iskander, tenor Hisham Elguindy, bass baritone Reda Elwakil. Conductor: Nayer Nagui.
The concert will be repeated on 18 June at the Basilique Cathedrale, Heliopolis. Check 18 June listing.
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All Saints Cathedral, Zamalek -- behind Marriott hotel
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Omar Khairat concert
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
CAIRO
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'What are You Doing, Object?' group exhibit by Gypsum Gallery and Nile Sunset Annex, presenting works by 13 artists: Doa Aly, Ahmed Badry, Mounir Canaan, Dina Danish, Malak Helmy, Iman Issa, Mahmoud Khaled, Hassan Khan, Kareem Lotfy, Mona Marzouk and Sarah Samy. The exhibition runs until 7 July.
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Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib Street, ground floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo.
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Photo: Still from film Theeb
Thursday 18 June
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Exhibition
7pm
CAIRO
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23 artists, group exhibition, runs until 15 September
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Art Lounge Cairo, 37b Ahmed Heshmat Street, first floor, Apt 2, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Mozart's Grand Mass in C Minor K427 to be performed by the Cairo Celebration Choir for Soloists, Double Choir and Orchestra.
Soloists: sopranos Dima Bawab and Dina Iskander, tenor Hisham Elguindy, bass baritone Reda Elwakil. Conductor: Nayer Nagui.
The concert also takes place on 17 June at the All Saints Cathedral, Zamalek. Check 17 June listing.
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Basilique Cathedrale, Heliopolis
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Friday 19 June
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Exhibition
7pm
CAIRO
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‘Tales for Reem’, paintings by Mohamed Abla. The exhibition runs until 2 July.
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Mashrabia Gallery, 8 Champollion Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition
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The 36th General Exhibition: Group exhibit of fine artists organised by the Visual Arts Sector.
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Palace of Arts, Opera Grounds
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Traditional Jaafra musicians (Photo: Makan facebook)
Saturday 20 June
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Music
9:30pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nayer Nagui will perform Borodin’s Overture and Polvtsian Dances from Opera Prince Igor, Mozart’s Concerto No. 3 for Horn and Orchestra in E-flat Major K. 447, R. Strauss’ Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in D Major and Corigliano's “The Red Violin” Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra
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Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
12am-8pm
except Sundays
CAIRO
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Cairo Art Fair brings 700 works by 80 Egyptian artists
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Arts Mart, behind Total gas station, Cairo-Alex desert road, 6th of Otober (Cairo)
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Sunday 21 June
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Performance and talk
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Violinist and photographer Christian Stejskal will combine storytelling, photography and playing the violin to talk about his 7000km journey on foot from his birth land in Vienna to Cairo's Al Zabaleen neighborhood.
The performance will be followed by a talk in which Stejskal will discuss his photography approach. (Registration required).
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Maseera studio, 63 El Horreya Street, Heliopolis, Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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The Egyptian quartet Awtar Quartet will perform the Western and Arabic classical music
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El Rab3, 1 Rahba El Aid Street, Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo
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Cairo Celebration Choir rehearses for the Mozart's Great Mass in C minor performance (Photo: Miriam Benyamein)
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