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Sunday 24 Jan
Exhibition
last days
CAIRO
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Formal Spectres (4X6) photography exhibition by Mohamed Ezz. Exhibition runs until 25 January
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Artellewa, 19 Mohamed Ali El-Eseary Street, Ard El-Lewa, Cairo
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Film
CAIRO
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Screening of Youth
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
22-25 Jan
DAHAB
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Dahab Festival “Safe and Sound” featuring numerous independent bands
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Dahab, Red Sea
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Al Awela Balady performs in memory of 25 January
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Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Old Cairo
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Film
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Misfortunates (Felix Van Groeningen, 2009). Doors open at 7 pm.
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1, Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Angham Al-Sharq troupe
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Wisdom Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July 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 Al-Sehemi, Al-Gamaliya, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Muaaz Street, Old Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Goethe Institut, 10 El-Batalsa Street, Azarita, Alexandria
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Fando and Lis, written by Fernando Arrabal and directed by Mohamed Abdel Kader
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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(Photo: still from film Youth)
Monday 25 Jan
Exhibition
last days
CAIRO
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Al Omneyat Al-Moagala wa Al-Helm Al-Morawegh (Postponed Wishes and The Elusive Dream). Exhibition runs until 28 January
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Le Caire Art Contemporarian, 2 El-Malek El-Afdal Street, beside Alfa Supermarket, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
last days
CAIRO
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Between Reality and Dream painting exhibit by Bahaa Amer. Exhibition runs until 28 January
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Le Caire Art Contemporain, 2 El-Malik Fadel Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
last days
CAIRO
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Egypt is Beautiful, painting exhibit by Effat Hosny. Exhibition runs until 29 January
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Picasso Art Gallery, Zamalek
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Film
CAIRO
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Screening of Youth
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
22-25 Jan
DAHAB
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Dahab Festival “Safe and Sound” featuring numerous independent bands
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Dahab, Red Sea
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes
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Al-Ghouri Caravansary,Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Moez Street with Al-Azhar, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Eftekasat band
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Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
3pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinema Club
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Eftekasat band (Photo: Eftekasat facebook page)
Tuesday 26 Jan
Film
CAIRO
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Screening of Youth
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of a selection of films
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Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
6:30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of ‘Me and Earl and The Dying Girl’ (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, 2015)
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Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 Street #8, Muqattam City, Cairo
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Film
3pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinema Club
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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(Photo: still from 'Me and Earl and The Dying Girl’)
Wednesday 27 Jan
Books
CAIRO
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Opening of the Cairo International Book Fair
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Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo
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Culture Salon
7pm
CAIRO
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Culture salon with Hassan Kami
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Short films screening. Read more here.
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Darb 1718, Kasr EL Shamaa Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes
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Al-Ghouri Caravansary,Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Moez Street with Al-Azhar, Cairo
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Poetry
7pm
CAIRO
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The Wednesday salon with poet Mohamed Ahmed Bahgat
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Artistic Creativity Centre, Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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Performance titled A Sculptor’s Dream, by the Egyptian Modern Dance Theater Company.
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by El Dor El Awal group
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French Institut in Alexandria, 30 Nabi Daniel Street, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan
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Sayed Darwish Theatre, Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Alexandria
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Indian troupe from Rajasthan (Photo: courtesy of MACIC)
Thursday 28 Jan
Books
CAIRO
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Cairo International Book Fair
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Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo
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Festival
11am
CAIRO
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Puppet Festival which runs between 28-31 January.
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Souq El-Fustat, Old Cairo
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Music
6pm
CAIRO
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Musician Mahmoud Moawad and his troupe celebrate the 25th of January Revolution anniversary.
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Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El Sayeda Nafisa Street, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647
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Lecture
6pm
CAIRO
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Visual Translations of Nationalist Discourse: Shady Abdel Salam’s El-Momiya Revisited. A lecture by Sandrine Gamblin, assistant professor of Political Science, and director of the Middle East Studies Center, at AUC.
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1, Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Open-mic performance
6:30pm
CAIRO
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An open-mic performance by Mashrou’ El-Mareekh El Soghanan
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Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 Street #8, Muqattam City, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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Sekket Safar play, written and directed by Waleed Talaat
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Masr El-Gedida Library, 42 Al-Arouba Street, Cairo
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Music
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Performance by Hania Fansa, featuring Khaled El Agaty
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Sufi Bookstore, 12 Sayed El Bakry Street, Zamalek
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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Performance titled A Sculptor’s Dream, by the Egyptian Modern Dance Theater Company
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Marimba player Nesma Abdel Aziz and her band
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Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Noubanour, Nubian music troupe
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El-Dammah theatre, 30 A El Belaasa Street, Abdeen, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan
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Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Hamlet dance performance. Directed and choreographed by Monadel Antar
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Piano recital by Tarek Refaat
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Nesma Abdel-Aziz (Photo: Al Ahram)
Friday 29 Jan
Books
CAIRO
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Cairo International Book Fair
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Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo
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Music
10 am- 6pm
CAIRO
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Play it - Music Camp. Three days of condensed musical courses in piano, guitar & violin
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12 Mohamed Anis Street, off Mohamed Mazhar Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Festival
11am
CAIRO
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Day 2 of the Puppets Festival which began on 28 January and runs until 31 January
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Souq El-Fustat, Old Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Guitar and Saxophone night by Mina Nashat and Hisham Mohy
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37 B Ahmed Heshmat street,1st floor, ap.2, Zamalek, Cairo
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Inshad
7pm
CAIRO
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Al-Hadra troupe
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Al-Rab3 Cultural Centre, Al-Moez Street, Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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Puppet and shadow theatre performance
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Artistic Creativity Centre, Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Egyptian songs by Belal El-Sheikh
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdeen Palace, Downtown Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Hamlet dance performance. Directed and choreographed by Monadel Antar
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ISMAILIA
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Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan
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Ismailia Cultural Palace, Ismailia
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(Photo: fragment from Souad Mardam Bey's new exhibition promotional material)
Saturday 30 Jan
Books
CAIRO
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Cairo International Book Fair
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Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo
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Music
10 am- 6pm
CAIRO
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Play it - Music Camp. Three days of condensed musical courses in piano, guitar & violin
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12 Mohamed Anis Street, off Mohamed Mazhar Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Festival
11am
CAIRO
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Day 3 of the Puppets Festival which began on 28 January and runs until 31 January
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Souq El-Fustat, Old Cairo
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Music
12 noon
CAIRO
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Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan
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Book Fair grounds. Nasr City, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Capitaine Conan by director Bertrand Tavernier
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French Institute, Heliopolis, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes
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Al-Ghouri Caravansary,Mohamed Abdou Street, off Al-Moez Street with Al-Azhar, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mina Zikri will perform: Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 61, Ramz Sami’s Dancing on Ember and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor op. 36. Soloist: Hassan Sharara, violin
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Metropolitan Opera HD live screening of Puccini’s Turandot
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Performance by music composer Shady Moenes
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Wisdom Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July Street, Zamalek
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by Hisham El-Gakh
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Metropolitan Opera HD live screening of Puccini’s Turandot
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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A Sculptor’s Dream (Photo: fragment for the performance's promotional material)
Sunday 31 Jan
Books
CAIRO
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Cairo International Book Fair
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Fair grounds, Madinet Nasr, Cairo
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Music
10 am- 6pm
CAIRO
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Play it - Music Camp. Three days of condensed musical courses in piano, guitar & violin.
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12 Mohamed Anis Street, off Mohamed Mazhar Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Festival
11am
CAIRO
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Last day of the Puppets Festival which began on 28 January.
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Souq El-Fustat, Old Cairo
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Exhibition Opening
7pm
CAIRO
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The Magic Thread, painting exhibition by Soad Mardam Bey
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Zamalek Art Gallery (Venue I), 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition Opening
7pm
CAIRO
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An introduction to voidness, sculpture exhibition by Nathan Doss
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Zamalek Art Gallery (Venue II), 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7pm
Cairo
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments
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Beit Al-Sehemi, Al-Gamaliya, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Muaaz Street, Old Cairo
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Film
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Knocking On Doors
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7:30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of six shorts which were awarded at the last Shnit Short Film Festival. Doors open at 7 pm.
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1, Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Hands On Synesthesia: A multi sensory performance of music, videos and odours by Italian electronic musician and artist, Claudio Curciotti
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Darb 1718, Kasr EL Shamaa Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo
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Film
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of Disney’s Fantasia (1940), followed by a talk with maestro Hisham Gabr
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina Auditorium Hall, Alexandria
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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The Anfoushi Folklore Troupe
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
PORT SAID
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Indian troupe ‘Kalbeliya’ from Rajasthan will perform Folk Dance, led by Eshak Khan
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Port Said Cultural Palace, Port Said
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EXHIBITIONS this week
Exhibition
31 Jan- 29 Feb
CAIRO
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The Magic Thread, painting exhibition by Soad Mardam Bey
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Zamalek Art Gallery (Venue I), 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
31 Jan- 29 Feb
CAIRO
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An introduction to voidness, sculpture exhibition by Nathan Doss
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Zamalek Art Gallery (Venue II), 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
13 - 24 Jan
CAIRO
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Years of Love exhibit for artist Farahat Zaki
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Salah Taher Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
20 Jan- 11 Feb
CAIRO
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Americo Lozano and Evaristo Baschenis.
Open from 10am to 4pm from Sunday through Thursday.
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Italian Culture Institute in Cairo, 3 Sheikh Marsafy Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
10 - 28 Jan
CAIRO
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Al Omneyat Al-Moagala wa Al-Helm Al-Morawegh (Postponed Wishes and The Elusive Dream)
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Le Caire Art Contemporarian, 2 El-Malek El-Afdal Street, beside Alfa Supermarket, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
12-25 Jan
CAIRO
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Formal Spectres (4X6) photography exhibition by Mohamed Ezz
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Artellewa, 19 Mohamed Ali El-Eseary Street, Ard El-Lewa, Cairo
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Exhibition
10-28 Jan
CAIRO
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Between Reality and Dream painting exhibit by Bahaa Amer
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Le Caire Art Contemporain, 2 El-Malik Fadel Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
7-29 Jan
CAIRO
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Egypt is Beautiful, painting exhibit by Effat Hosny
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Picasso Art Gallery, Zamalek
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Exhibition
10-30 Jan
CAIRO
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Scattering and Gathering painting exhibit by Sahar Alamir
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Ubuntu Art Gallery, 20 Hassan Sabry Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
9 Dec- 20 Jan
CAIRO
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A Season in Hell, group exhibition
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Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib Street, Apt.2, Garden City, Cairo
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