Sunday 19 March
Contemporary art festival
CAIRO
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D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here.
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Various venues.
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Filth and The Fury
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
5pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Pescador (Ecuador), part of Ibero-American Film Week
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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The Last Farewell, by Hany Rashed. Check our Art Alert here.
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Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champollion street, Downtown, Cairo
Soma, 14 Mohamed El-Maraashli St., Zamalek,Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Carga Sellada (Bolivia) , part of Ibero-American Film Week
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Decline of Western Civilization II
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Waslet Samaa band
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Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
Opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Egypt Resumes Giving, paintings by Farghali Abdel-Hafiz, and Sculpture by Abdel-Aziz Saab
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Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Tanta Agua (Uruguay), part of Ibero-American Film Week, which runs till 21 March.
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai
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Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
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Film
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Coffee and film night: screening Play It Again, Sam
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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Nights with Warsha: Doom’s Day, musical theatre. Part of D-CAF festival
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AUC Falaki Theatre, 113 Kasr El-Aini Street (on AUC campus), Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai
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Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
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Lecture
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinema Lesson 7: “The Alexandrian Character in Egyptian Cinema” by researcher Samy Helmy
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Auditorium, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Jazz Tales Festival, Rag Trads performing at Ewart Hall
Monday 20 March
Contemporary art festival
CAIRO
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D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here.
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Various venues.
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Gloria (Chile), part of Ibero-American Film Week
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of 45 Years
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Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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Al-Maqam play
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Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
Opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Kawareb Waraqia (Paper Boats), paintings by Nabil Ali
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Al-Kahila Gallery, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandessin, Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Karaoke Monday
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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Dance/Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Frantz
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Balcon Heliopolis, 26 Sohag S., Heliopolis, Cairo
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Film
9.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Asu Mare (Peru), part of Ibero-American Film Week
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Frantz (Photo: Still from the film)
Tuesday 21 March
Contemporary art festival
CAIRO
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D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here.
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Various venues.
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Music
11am-6pm
CAIRO
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Jazz Tales Festival: Jazz Workshop. Check the details here
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The American University in Cairo (AUC), New Cairo Campus, Gerhart Theater
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Decline of Western Civilization II
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Amores Perros (Mexico), part of Ibero-American Film Week
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Death Metal in Angola
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of West Beirut (1998)
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ADEF DECA
143, St no. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Pianist Omar Khayrat and his orchestra.
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Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Gala concert by the Cairo Opera Company.
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Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Carmen Soliman concert
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6th of October City, Giza, Misr University for Science and Technology, Tel 01094444273
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Film
9.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of El Manazno Azul (Venezuela), part of Ibero-American Film Week
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Safha Raqam 13 (Page Number 13) play
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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D-CAF (Photo: part of promotional material for D-CAF)
Wednesday 22 March
Contemporary art festival
CAIRO
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D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here.
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Various venues.
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Music
11am-6pm
CAIRO
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Jazz Tales Festival: Jazz Workshop. Check the details here
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The American University in Cairo (AUC), New Cairo Campus, Gerhart Theater
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Twelve Monkeys. Check our Art Alert here.
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Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Iman Shaker and Friends concert
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Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Pianist Omar Khayrat and his orchestra.
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Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
11am, 7pm
CAIRO
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Le Petit Prince dance performance, based on the novel of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Choreography and staging: Georgia Moffa and Rebecca Dodge (UK)
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Hageen band (Photo: Hageen Facebook)
Thursday 23 March
Contemporary art festival
CAIRO
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D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here.
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Various venues.
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Death Metal in Angola
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of 24 Hour Party People
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Sheikh Mahmoud El-Tohamy inshad concert
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Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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The Arab Music Heritage Ensemble performs classical Arab music.
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Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble.
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Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 El-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Cat Stevens Tribute Night with Stand Alone kArkAdAn band
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Hageen, reggae band
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The Garage, Jesuit Cultural Center, 298 Port Said St., Cleopatra, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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The Alexandria Opera Company for Arab Music and Singing.
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Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre) Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria
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Temporal Semiotics, exhibition by Malak Yacout (Photo: Townhouse Gallery Facebook page)
Friday 24 March
Contemporary art festival
CAIRO
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D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here.
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Various venues.
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Exhibition opening
12pm
CAIRO
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Forty Years in Egypt, retrospective painting exhibition for artist Britt Boutros Ghali
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ArtsMart, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Rd., behind Total gas station, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Cinema Memory: Tribute to Mohamed Bakr
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Jazz Tales Festival: Jazz concert. Check the details here
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Ewart Hall, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir, Square, Downtown Cairo
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Theatre
8.30pm
CAIRO
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“Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet), a free public performance by clowns in Al-Muizz Street, presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat
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Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Jazz Tales Festival. Jazz concert. Check the details here
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Great Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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The Last Farewell, exhibition by Hany Rashed (Photo: part of promotional material for the exhibition)
Saturday 25 March
Contemporary art festival
CAIRO
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D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here.
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Various venues.
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Theatre
5pm
CAIRO
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Habibtak Ya Masr, Ala Fein (Your Love, Egypt, Where to?) play
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Hosapeer Theatre, off Galaa St., Downtown Cairo
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Exhibition opening
6pm
CAIRO
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Le Harem, painting exhibition by Hossam Dirar
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Art Talks gallery, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Paintings by Nazli Madkour
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Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem st., off Brazil St., Zamalek., Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Jazz Tales Festival: Jazz concert. Check the details here
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Ewart Hall, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir, Square, Downtown Cairo
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Metropolitan Opera (Live in HD): Idomeneo (W.A. Mozart
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Jazz Tales Festival. Jazz concert. Check the details here
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Great Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Tanta Agua, part of Ibero-American film festival (Photo: Still from the film)
Sunday 26 March
Contemporary art festival
CAIRO
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D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here.
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Various venues.
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of 24 Hour Party People
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of I’m Not There
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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El-Fan El-Sadeq with Mounir Sadek, performing songs by Mounir Mourad
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Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of A Footnote in Ballet History. Read more about the film here.
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7.30
CAIRO
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NVICinema: Syria, Zaatari Djinn, followed by Q&A with Ruth Vandewalle
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai
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Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
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Film
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Coffee and film night: screening of From Dusk till Dawn
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo
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The Little Prince (Photo: Illustration for the book by Antoine De Saint Exupery)
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