Thursday 22 September
Last Night in Madrid, a play from Moldova as part of Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre. 10pm
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El-Ghad Theatre, El-Agouza, Cairo
Screening of ‘Heya Fawda’ (Youssef Chahine/Khaled Youssef, 2007) followed by a lecture about late Egyptian actor Khaled Saleh, 7pm
Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647
Gaka, Sami Baha, Lafawndah, Dawsha, part of Masafat festival, 8.30pm
Sherazade club, 3 Alfy St, Downtown, Cairo
The Last Supper, a play directed by Ahmed El Attar. 8pm
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Falaki Theatre, Falaki Street, American University Campus, Downtown, Cairo
Jazz and rock Kiki band from Japan, 8pm
Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo

Performance at Samaa festival (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
Friday 23 September
Venom Hamlet, a play from Mexico as part of Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre. 10pm
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Miami Theatre, 38 Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo
Screening of Black Code (2015) and Four Lions (2010) , part of Masafat festival, 7pm
Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo
Music night featuring singer Noha Fekry, pianist and composer Amro Salah and guitarist Ihab Badr, 7pm
ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo
The Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting.
The festival continues till 25 September across Cairo, Qanater and Banha cultural palaces
Cairo, Qanater, Banha
Eswed (Black), a play directed by Tarek Nader. 6pm
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Teatro Eskenderia, 25 Fouad street, Raml Station, Alexandria

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh and Random House
Saturday 24 September
Bas Ana Bahebak (But I Love You), a play from Lebanon as part of Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre. 10pm
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El-Ghad Theatre, El-Agouza, Cairo
Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September, 10am-11pm
El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907)
Jordanian band Random House and Palestinian musician Tamer Abu Ghazaleh. 8pm
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El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem road, Cairo
Inaugural concert of the 2016/2017 season: the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra conducted by Hisham Gabr, featuring Polish soprano Jadwiga Kirschanek. 8pm
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria

Last Night in Madrid, a play from Moldova (Photo: courtesy of the troupe)
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