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Sunday 25 Oct
Music and puppet theatre
10.30am & 12pm
CAIRO
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Spanish puppet theatre to perform with Cairo Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Read more here. This is a school event. For more info and tickets please contact the Cairo Opera House at 27370598.
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Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film and discussion
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of the Tunisian film Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994). The screening is part of the Fall 2015 Anthropology Film Series.
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Conference and Visitor Centre, Room P007, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
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Theatre
6pm
CAIRO
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Opening concert for the 20th Kemet Short Plays Festival, followed by short plays.
The festival runs till 31 October.
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Opera Malak, 9 Khalil Khour Street, parallel to Emad El-Din Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Nile Specialised Channels’ films.
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Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Late Wedad Metri’s documents in an exhibition organised by the Women and Memory Forum. The exhibition runs until 29 October.
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Great Cairo Library, 15 Mohamed Mazhar Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Paintings by Walid Ebeid. A solo exhibition titled One Man One Painting. The exhibition runs until 5 November.
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Art Lounge Cairo, 37b Ahmed Heshmat Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of El-Gusto (Algeria, 2012).
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Townhouse West,
Beverly Hills, Westown Hub, El Sheikh Zayed, Cairo
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Film
7:30pm
CAIRO
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A selection of shorts discussing the topic of education.
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Cinephilia Filmmakers to Watch (FTW), an annual screening programme, brings a series of five award-winning short films from Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey and Afghanistan. The screening is curated by New York-based film production house, Cinephilia Productions.
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Room Art Space, 10 Etehaad Al-Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo
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Inshad
8pm
CAIRO
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Inshad with orchestra conducted by Omar Farahat. Celebrations of new Hijri Year.
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El-Gomhoreya Theatre, 12 El-Gomhoreya, Abdeen, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Harpist Manal Mohie Eldin and her ensemble.
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Small Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Per Poc Puppet Theatre (Photo: courtesy of Per Poc)
Monday 26 Oct
Music
6pm
CAIRO
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Egyptian Project band.
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French Institute. El-Huquq El-Ferenseya Street, Mounira, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Nile Specialised Channels’ films.
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Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
6:30
CAIRO
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Performance of Leilet El-Hawadeet by Falsafa troupe.
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
6pm
CAIRO
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Selection of short plays, part of the 20th Kemet Short Plays Festival.
The festival runs till 31 October.
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Opera Malak, 9 Khalil Khour Street, parallel to Emad El-Din Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Amir play, directed by Mohamed Morsy.
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Al-Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Old Cairo
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Inshad
9pm
CAIRO
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Zikr and inshad by Sheikh Mohamed El-Kasas.
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Makan - Egyptian Centre for Culture and Arts, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, El-Dawaween, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) and Copenhagen (2014)
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Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Performance by Al-Sameteen band.
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Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Egyptian Project perform at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2014 (Photo: Corinne Grassi)
Tuesday 27 Oct
Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Nile Specialised Channels’ films
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Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
6pm
CAIRO
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Selection of short plays, part of the 20th Kemet Short Plays Festival.
The festival runs till 31 October.
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Opera Malak, 9 Khalil Khour Street, parallel to Emad El-Din Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Trois Couleurs: Rouge (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994) at ADEF DECA.
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Arab Digital Expression Foundation, 143 Street #8, Muqattam City, Cairo
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Theatre
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Amir play, directed by Mohamed Morsy.
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Al-Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Old Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Nass Makan brings an array of Egyptian musicians of Egypt together to perform music from the Delta, Zar songs and African music.
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Makan - Egyptian Centre for Culture and Arts, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, El-Dawaween, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of Black Mass (2015) and Cassanova (2005).
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Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Theatre
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Thirst for Love, a theatre play by Lighting Group. Play is based on Yukio Mishima novel, adapted and directed by Sherif Hamdy.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Theatre, Alexandria
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(Photo: poster of the film trilogy Three Colors: Blues, White, Red)
Wednesday 28 Oct
Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Nile Specialised Channels’ films.
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Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
6pm
CAIRO
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Selection of short plays, part of the 20th Kemet Short Plays Festival.
The festival runs till 31 October.
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Opera Malak, 9 Khalil Khour Street, parallel to Emad El-Din Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre
6pm
CAIRO
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1980 and Above. Read more about the play here.
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Bassily Hall, The American University in Cairo, Road 90, New Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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Les Miserables musical, directed by Ebrahim El-Fiwy with music arrangement by Wagdy El-Fiwy.
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Amir play, directed by Mohamed Morsy.
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Al-Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Old Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Mazaher ensemble.
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Makan - Egyptian Centre for Culture and Arts, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, El-Dawaween, Downtown, Cairo
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1980 and Above theatre play (Photo: Dalia Basiouny)
Thursday 29 Oct
Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Nile Specialised Channels’ films.
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Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance and music
6pm
CAIRO
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Sharing the Rhythm – An Evening of Indian classical Kathak Dance and Fusion Music. Email registration required.
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Embassy of India, 5 Aziz Abaza Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
6pm
CAIRO
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Selection of short plays, part of the 20th Kemet Short Plays Festival.
The festival runs till 31 October.
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Opera Malak, 9 Khalil Khour Street, parallel to Emad El-Din Street, Downtown Cairo
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Theatre
6pm
CAIRO
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1980 and Above. Read more about the play here.
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Bassily Hall, The American University in Cairo, Road 90, New Cairo
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Dance
7pm and 9pm
CAIRO
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Ancient Modernity - A contemporary Dance Experience.
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Townhouse Rawabet, 3 Hussein El-Meamar Street, off Mahmoud Bassiouny Street, Talaat Harb Square
Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Amir play, directed by Mohamed Morsy.
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Al-Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Old Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concerts by El-Dor El-Awal and Sudanese singer Asia Madani.
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El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo
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Exhibition
Opening
12pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Fourth Caricature Forum exhibition.
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Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Music
5.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Celebrating Cairokee band’s 12th anniversary.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Theatre
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Mostafa Mahmoud Stories, a theatre performance directed by Ahmed Askar.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Theatre, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
DAMANHOUR
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Alexandria Opera House Orchestra conducted by Abdel Hamid Abdel Ghafar will perform Arabic music, commemorating Egyptian musician Mohamed Fawzi.
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Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour
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Contemporary Dance with Laurence Yadi and Nicolas Cantillon (Photo: fragment from the event's promotional material)
Friday 30 Oct
Theatre
6pm
CAIRO
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Selection of short plays, part of the 20th Kemet Short Plays Festival.
The festival runs till 31 October.
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Opera Malak, 9 Khalil Khour Street, parallel to Emad El-Din Street, Downtown Cairo
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Dance
7pm and 9pm
CAIRO
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Ancient Modernity - A contemporary Dance Experience.
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Townhouse Rawabet, 3 Hussein El-Meamar Street, off Mahmoud Bassiouny Street, Talaat Harb Square
Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Amir play, directed by Mohamed Morsy.
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Al-Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Old Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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Contemporary Dance with Laurence Yadi and Nicolas Cantillon from Swiss Compagnie 7273
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Falaki Theatre, The American University in Cairo, Downtown, Cairo
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Performance
8pm
CAIRO
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Balalika, by Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School.
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El-Geneina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo
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Music
10pm
CAIRO
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Yanni, The Dream Concert.
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Sound and Light Theatre, Giza Pyramids
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Alexandria Opera House Orchestra conducted by Abdel Hamid Abdel Ghafar will perform Arabic music, commemorating Egyptian musician Mohamed Fawzi.
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Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Alexandria
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Metropolitan Opera House in New York Live HD Transmission of Opera Tannhauser by Wagner (Photo: event's promotional material)
Saturday 31 Oct
Theatre
6pm
CAIRO
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Selection of short plays, part of the 20th Kemet Short Plays Festival.
The festival runs till 31 October.
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Opera Malak, 9 Khalil Khour Street, parallel to Emad El-Din Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Acoustic performance by Amir Eid of Cairokee band.
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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Contemporary Dance with Laurence Yadi and Nicolas Cantillon from Swiss Compagnie 7273.
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Falaki Theatre, The American University in Cairo, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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A concert by Egyptian Project featuring students from Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School.
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El-Geneina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo
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Music
6pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Metropolitan Opera House in New York Live HD Transmission of Opera Tannhauser by Wagner.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Theatre, Alexandria
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Sunday 1 Nov
Music
CAIRO
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Opening of the 24th Arab Music Festival. The festival continues until 11 November. Follow Ahram Online for more details.
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Several stages operating under the Cairo Opera House
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Youth Orchestra conducted by Shadi Abdelsalam.
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Russian Cultural Centre, 5 El-Batalsa Street, Azarita, Alexandria
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Many Rivers to Cross exhibition (Photo: fragment of artwork used in the exhibition's promotional material)
EXHIBITIONS this week
Exhibition
25 Oct-5 Nov
CAIRO
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Paintings by Walid Ebeid, A solo exhibition titled One Man One Painting.
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Art Lounge Cairo, 37b Ahmed Heshmat Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
24 Oct-14 Nov
CAIRO
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Wise Monkeys, a multimedia group exhibition featuring works by Asmaa Abd El-Wahab, Aya Mamdouh, Huda Zikry, Mariam Ahmed Khalil, Mariam El-Kasabany, Nada Ghazaly, Roshan El-Qurashi, Shaimaa Radi, Sherouk Helal.
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Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al-Fakhareen, Cairo, Egypt
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Exhibition
21-31 Oct
CAIRO
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Three painting exhibits: Hamdy Abdallah retrospective, featuring 250 paintings by the artist in Ahmed Sabry and Ragheb Ayad Halls.
Works of Tamer El-Sayed’s in Al-Hussein Fawzy Hall. Works of Zohair Mostafa El-Nahas in Kamal Khalifa Hall.
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Gezira Art Centre, 1 Shekikh Marsafy Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
20-31 Oct
CAIRO
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Huna Al-Qahera 2, featuring 40 paintings by artist Adel Thabet.
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Al-Bab Selim, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
18 Oct-10 Nov
CAIRO
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Surplus! Housing from the Periphery, featuring photography of Anthony Hamboussi.
Parallel to exhibit are two discussions, one on 21 October at 7pm and the other on 4 November at 7pm.
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10 Nabrawy Street, off Champollion street, Downtown Cairo
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Exhibition
18 Oct-4 Nov
CAIRO
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Eve, a painting exhibit by Amina Salem.
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Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem street, off Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
12 Oct-15 Nov
CAIRO
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Many Rivers to Cross, featuring work of Maged Mekhail.
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Art Talks Gallery, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
11 Oct-11 Nov
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Salon Al-Shabab (Youth Salon), the anual exhibit, this year featuring over 166 artworks from 149 young artists.
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Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
11 Oct-28 Nov
CAIRO
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Vision, a multimedia exhibit with watercolour paintings and bronze wire works, displaying artwork of Nouran Gamal.
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Kafein, 28 Sharif Street, Abdeen, Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition
11-19/31 Oct
CAIRO
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The Last of Domestic Rituals, featuring works by Salah El-Mur. The exhibit is held at Gallery Misr from 11-31 October and at Mashrabia Gallery 11-19 October.
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Gallery Misr,
4a Ibn Zinky Street, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
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Exhibition
5 Oct-25 Nov
CAIRO
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Colony, a solo exhibition by Shady El-Noshokaty.
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Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib Street, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo
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