Sunday 3 Apr
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Artist talk
4pm
CAIRO
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Meet the Artist: Abdo Ramzy. An award winning sculptor who works with metal scraps.
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Maison du Caire, 17 Road 9, Maadi, Cairo
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Workshop
6pm
CAIRO
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Theatre workshop “Doing Things with People”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Studio Emad El-Din Foundation, 18 Emad El-Din Street, Downtown Cairo
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Music
6pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Choir.
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Greek Campus, Mohamed Mahmoud Street, Downtown Cairo
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Lecture
6pm
CAIRO
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Literary evening with writer Gilbert Sinoe.
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French Institute, 1 Madraset Al Hoqouq Street, Mounira, Cairo
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Film
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Film ‘Party Girl’. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Zawya,Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo
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Lecture
7pm
CAIRO
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Lecture: “Conceptions of Space: Curating Art, Architecture and the City”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Balassi Institut,13 Gawad Hosni Street, 2nd floor, Abdeen, Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Meet the Patels (2015).
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Zawya, Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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German film night, screening of Age of Cannibals (2014).
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Cinema El-Fourn, Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa Street, El-Fakhareen, Old Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Desert Haze (2014).
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NVIC, 1 Dr Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Halal (The Virtuous), a play directed by Mohamed Ibrahim.
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Taliaa Theatre, Zaki Tolaimat Hall, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Downtown Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Heritage Music Ensemble.
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El Gomhouria Theatre
12 El-Gomhoreya Street, Abdeen, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Abdel Halim Nowera Ensemble for Arabic Music.
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Cairo Opera House, Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Screening of 'Annie Hall,' by director Woody Allen.
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo
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Film
9.30pm
CAIRO
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Film ‘Fatima’. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Zawya, Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
(Photo: still from Party Girl film)
Monday 4 Apr
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Performance
6pm & 9pm
CAIRO
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Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website
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Workshop
6pm
CAIRO
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Theatre workshop “Doing Things with People”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Studio Emad El-Din Foundation, 18 Emad El-Din Street, Downtown Cairo
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Film
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of 'Woman in Gold,' a 2015 British drama directed by Simon Curtis. (Note: the film will be screened in German with German subtitles)
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Austrian Culture Forum, 1103, Corniche El Nil (beside Shepheard Hotel), 1st floor, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Opera House Quartet, accompanied by David Hales on piano will perform works by Brahms, Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Haydn and Mozart.
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Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
3pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinema Club, screening two films (every Monday and Tuesday).
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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A theatre performance in collaboration with Al-Anfoushi Cultural Palace and directed by Riham Abd El-Razek.
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Ghalia Benali performing in Al Geneina theatre (photo: Bassam Zoghby)
Tuesday 5 Apr
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Sound Performance
2.30pm, 4pm, 5.30pm
CAIRO
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"In the Shadow of Waves." The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Rooftop in Abdel Khalek Tharwat Street, Downtown Cairo
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Performance
6pm & 9pm
CAIRO
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Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website
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Film
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Film ‘Fatima’. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Zawya,Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo
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Film
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of the Iranian film 'Close Up' (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990).
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Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 Street, #8, Muqattam, 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
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Makan: 1 (not 1a) Saad Zaghloul Street, 11461, El Dawaween, Cairo.
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Performance
8pm
CAIRO
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Storytelling with musician Islam Fouda.
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo
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Film
9.30pm
CAIRO
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Film ‘Party Girl’. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Zawya,Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo
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Film
3pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinema Club, screening two films (every Monday and Tuesday).
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Cairo Bats (Photo: promotional material from Facebook event)
Wednesday 6 Apr
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Sound Performance
2.30pm, 4pm, 5.30pm
CAIRO
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"In the Shadow of Waves. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Cinema Radio’s Courtyard , 24 Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo
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Performance
6pm & 9pm
CAIRO
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Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website
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Dance
7pm
CAIRO
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Dance performance: "Delle Ultime Visioni Cutanee." The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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The Old French Consulate, 5 El-Fadl Street, Behind El-Abd, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo
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Lecture
6.30
ALEXANDRIA
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Discussion of a play titled Al-Badw, moderated by Abou Al-Hassan Salam.
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Theatre
5.30pm, 6.30pm & 8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Eftekasat band (Photo: Eftekasat facebook page)
Thursday 7 Apr
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Sound Performance
2.30pm, 4pm, 5.30pm
CAIRO
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"In the Shadow of Waves." The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Old French Consulate's rooftop, 5 El-Fadl Street, Behind El-Abd, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo
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Performance
6pm & 9pm
CAIRO
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Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website
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Lecture
6pm
CAIRO
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Lecture titled "A History of the Representation of Muslims on Dutch Television" by Andrea Meuzelaar.
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NVIC, 1 Dr Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek
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Music
7pm & 9 pm
CAIRO
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Ghalia Benali concert.
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Al-Rab3, El-Moez Street, next to Al-Aqmar Mosque, El-Gammaliya, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Lebanese singer and composer Abeer Nehme. Check the details here.
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El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, El-Darassa, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Ensemble will give "Electroacoustic Workshop."
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Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
6.30 & 8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
and Jesuit Cultural Centre, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Awtar Quartet (Photo: courtesy of Awtar Quartet)
Friday 8 Apr
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Sound Performance
2.30pm, 4pm, 5.30pm
CAIRO
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"In the Shadow of Waves." The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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GrEEK Campus rooftop, 28 Falaki Street, Bab El-Louk, Downtown Cairo
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Theatre
5pm
CAIRO
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Double bill of Hepta and Sekket Safar.
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Hosapeer Theatre, off Galaa Street, Downtown Cairo
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Performance
6pm & 9pm
CAIRO
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Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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El-Hadra.
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Osiris, 1 Hassan Mourad Street. from Qasr El-Aini Street, Garden City, 2nd floor, Cairo
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Theatre
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Puppet and shadow theatre performance.
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Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Aziz Sahmaoui and The University of Gnawa. Check the details here.
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El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, El-Darassa, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Eftekasat band.
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Cairo Opera House, Open Air Theatre, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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The Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble will be joined by soloist Alaa Saber on oud.
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Manasterly Palace, Rhoda Island, Manial, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Jazz performance by Noha Fekry and Rami Attallah.
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Photopia: 15 El-Somal Street, Heliopolis, Cairo
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Theatre
5pm, 6.30pm & 8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
and Jesuit Cultural Centre, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Manal Mohei Eldin (photo: Ahmed El-Koussi)
Saturday 9 Apr
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Music
4pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Cairokee.
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Performance
6pm & 9pm
CAIRO
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Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website
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Theatre
5pm
CAIRO
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Double bill of Hepta and Sekket Safar.
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Hosapeer Theatre, off Galaa Street, Downtown Cairo
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Literature
6pm
CAIRO
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Public readings: Literature @ Downtown. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Apartment on 13, Gawad Hosny Street, Downtown Cairo
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Open-mic
7pm
CAIRO
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Super Heroes of Mashrou El-Mareekh, open mic.
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Darb 1718, Kasr EL-Shamaa Street, El-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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Lecture
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Lecture titled "Earaf Wa Esmae" by musician Hany Shenouda.
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Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi will perform works by Beethoven.
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Cairo Opera House, Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Harpist Manal Mohie Eldin will hold a concert dubbed "Oriental Strokes."
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Cairo Opera House, Open Air Theatre, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Awtar Quartet will be joined by flutist Howaida Harak in the programme that includes works by Mozart, Boccherini, Gluck, Piazzolla, Michael McLean, and Mahmoud Elsherif. Read more here.
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All Saints' Cathedral, 5 Meshel Lotf Allah Street, behind Marriott Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
6.30pm & 8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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A theatre performance done in collaboration with Al-Anfoushi Cultural Palace and directed by Riham Abd El-Razek.
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
In The Shadow of the Waves (Photo: part of Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival's promotional material)
Sunday 10 Apr
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Conference
12pm
CAIRO
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Sixth International Art Education Conference: Art Education and the Requirements of Change.
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Faculty of Art Education, 12 Ismail Mohamed Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Performance
6pm & 9pm
CAIRO
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Interactive performance: “Home Visit Cairo”. The event is part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival. Read more about the festival here.
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Various apartments in Downtown Cairo. Exact locations to be advised. Please refer to D-CAF website
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Short film forum screens 'Night of Love' (2015) by Helmy Nouh.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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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
7.30pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai.
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Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Screening of 'Offret’ (The Sacrifice). Director: Andrei Tarkovsky.
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad Al-Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theatre. Check the programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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The Bald Soprano (Photo: from the promotional material of the Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theater)
EXHIBITIONS this week
Exhibition
23 Mar-7 Apr
CAIRO
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Four exhibitions: paintings by Marek Batroski, sculpture by Mohamed Isaac, paintings by Walid Nayef, and multimedia exhibit by Heba Hany.
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Gezira Art Centre, 1 Sheikh Marsafy Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
28 Mar-14 Apr
CAIRO
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"Illusion," painting exhibition by Hanafy Mahmoud.
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Gallery Misr, 4a Ibn Zinky Street, Zamalek,
Cairo
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Exhibition
13 Mar-3 Apr
CAIRO
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Exhibition by Farouk Hosny.
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Gallery Grant, 6 El-Gomhoria Street, Abdeen, Cairo, Egypt
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Exhibition
6 Mar-3 Apr
CAIRO
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"Zakerat Fanan" (An Artist’s Memory) painting exhibit by Hussein Youssef Amin.
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El-Masar Gallery, 157b, 26th of July Street, ground floor, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
13 Mar-14 Apr
CAIRO
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"Hippopotamus Amphibious," sculpture exhibition by Ahmed Askalany.
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Mashrabia Gallery, 8 Champolion Street, Downtown Cairo
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Exhibition
14 Mar-TBA
CAIRO
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Works by Mounir Canaan.
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Ofok Gallery, 1 Kafour Street, Giza
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Exhibition
15 Mar-TBA
CAIRO
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Works by Sabah Naim.
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Safar Khan Gallery, Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Mar-10 Apr
CAIRO
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"Circles in the Sand," a painting exhibition by Sayed Saad El-Din. Read more here.
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Art Talks, 8 El Kamel Mohamed Street. Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Mar-TBA
CAIRO
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"Caravan 2016: The Key," a travelling visual arts exhibition. Read more about Caravan here.
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Nile Art Gallery, 4 El Montazah Street, Zamalek., Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Mar-9 Apr
CAIRO
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"Act 1: the Roof," photography exhibition by Cairo Bats collective. Read more here.
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CIC, 22 Abd El-Khalek Tharwat Street, Downtown Cairo
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Exhibition
13 Mar-2 Apr
CAIRO
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"Ramifications," an exhibition by artist Samir Fouad. Check our art alert here.
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Picasso Art Gallery, 30 Hassen Assem St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
25 Feb-5 Apr
CAIRO
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"Indelible," photography exhibit by Randa Shaath. Read more here.
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Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, ground floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo
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Exhibition
18 Feb-TBA
CAIRO
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"Spirit Inspiration," Sculpture exhibition by Houreya El-Sayed
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Hungarian Cultural Counsellor, Balass Institute, 13 Gawad Hosni Street, 2nd floor, Downtown Cairo
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Exhibition
2 Mar-TBA
CAIRO
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"Accepting the Other," by Safeya Qabbani
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Nile Art Gallery, 14 El-Montazah Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
21 Feb-5 April
CAIRO
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"Indelible," a photography exhibition by renowned photographer and photojournalist Randa Shaath.
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Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib Street, Apt 2, ground floor, Garden City, Cairo
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Exhibition
10 Mar-TBA
CAIRO
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"Sweepings II," drawing exhibition by Hassan Fedawy
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Wekalet Behna, 1 Keneesa Maroniya Street, Mansheya, Alexandria
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