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Sunday 25 Sep
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Theatre
CAIRO
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23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Check the programme here
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Cairo
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Music
CAIRO
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Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting, 20-28 September. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings.
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Several venues
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Exhibition
CAIRO
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Roznama exhibition continues till 5 October. Read our review here.
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-Medrar, 7 Gamal E- Din Abou El Mahasen St, Garden City.
-Mashrabiya, 8 Champollion St, Downtown.
-Soma Art, 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek
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Books
10am-11pm
CAIRO
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Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September
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El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907)
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Book
CAIRO
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“The CSA Book Fair,” a book fair organised by Diwan Bookstores, The American University in Cairo (AUC) Book Stores, and Adam Bookshop. The fair runs between 25 and 27 September
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Diwan Bookstore
159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Lecture
7pm
CAIRO
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A lecture about late iconic Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz.
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El-Amir Taz Palace, 27 El-Soufeieh St, Manial, Old Cairo
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Poetry/Music
7pm
CAIRO
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A celebration of poet Mohamed Soliman’s 70th birthday, presented by poet AlSamah Abdallah. The night will also feature a musical performance.
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Beit El-Shaer (Poetry House), Beit Al-Set Wasila, Mohamed Abdo St, Old Cairo
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Books
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Book-signing event of “El-Bent El-Okhra” and “Lam Akhrog Min Layla” translated from French by Nora Amin.
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Al-Kotob Khan, 13 road 254, Degla, Maadi, 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, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments.
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Beit El-Sehemi, El-Gamaliya, El-Darb El-Asfar Alley, El-Muaaz St, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Oshaq El-Nagham troupe conducted by Mohamed Abd El-Sattar in celebration of the memory of late music composer Riad El-Sonbati.
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Manasterly Palace, Rhoda Island, next to the Nilometre, Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier, 2000)
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo
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Pillars of Blood by Iraqi Bodies, on of the plays participating in the 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre (Photo: from Iraqi Bodies website presenting the play Pillars of Blood - iraqibodies.com/)
Monday 26 Sep
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Theatre
CAIRO
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23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Check the programme here
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Cairo
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Music
CAIRO
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Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting, 20-28 September. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings.
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Several venues
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Books
10am-11pm
CAIRO
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Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September
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El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907)
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Book
CAIRO
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“The CSA Book Fair,” a book fair organised by Diwan Bookstores, The American University in Cairo (AUC) Book Stores, and Adam Bookshop. The fair runs between 25 and 27 September
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Diwan Bookstore
159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Poetry
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Book-signing event for poet Mohamed Ibrahim’s new release.
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El Sawy Culturewheel - River hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Karaoke night.
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Paper Doll, exhibition by artist Nagat Farouk. The exhibition runs until 6 October.
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Al-Kahila art gallery, 15a El-Batal Ahmed Abdel Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Bad Education (Pedro Almodóvar, 2004)
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Magnolia. Leaves of Art
12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance/Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage.
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Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The High Sun (2015)
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Balcon Heliopolis
26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Eclectic Inside: Piano Recital by Vincenzo Cipriani (Italy)
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria
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(Photo: still from Bad Education -Pedro Almodóvar, 2004)
Tuesday 27 Sep
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Theatre
CAIRO
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23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Check the programme here
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Cairo
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Books
10am-11pm
CAIRO
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Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September
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El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907)
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Music
CAIRO
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Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting, 20-28 September. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings.
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Several venues
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Book
CAIRO
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“The CSA Book Fair,” a book fair organised by Diwan Bookstores, The American University in Cairo (AUC) Book Stores, and Adam Bookshop. The fair runs between 25 and 27 September
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Diwan Bookstore
159, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Jordanian band Al Bait Al 3ashwae (Random House). Read our interview with the band here
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert featuring Mostafa Rizk and Yehia Nadim.
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El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
3pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Film screenings every Monday and Tuesday.
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Transistor Band
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French Institute, Alexandria
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A puppet representing Louis XIV of France in 'Moliere', a play from Poland staged in Alexandria in April 2016. The play will participate in the 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre this week. (Photo: Bassam Al Zoghby)
Wednesday 28 Sep
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Theatre
CAIRO
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23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Check the programme here
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Cairo
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Books
10am-11pm
CAIRO
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Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September
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El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907)
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Music
5pm
CAIRO
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The Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting. Moez street carnival with participation of all the troupes. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings.
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Moez St, Fatimid Cairo, Cairo
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Lecture
7pm
CAIRO
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The 17th Nawal Al-Saadawi Cultural Forum organized by “Nawal Al-Saadawi Institute for Thought and Creativity,” features researcher Ghadeer Ahmed.
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Heliopolis Library, Beirut Street, Heliopolis, Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, directed by Philip Kaufman
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Magnolia. Leaves of Art
12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance/Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage.
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Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Osama Hesham in concert.
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Bait El-Oud (Oud House), El Harawy house, 164 Al-Qalaa St, Al-Qalaa, Cairo. Tel 02 23901016
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Spartacus ballet to the music of Aram Khachaturian, performed by the Cairo Opera Ballet Company. Read more here
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Lebanese band Adonis in concert. Read more here.
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El-Genaina theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, El-Darassa, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Mazaj band as part of Mazzika X El Sat7 musical nights.
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Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Asia Madani from Sudan
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Zigzag, 6 Kasr El Nil Street, Downtown ( x Arabesque), Cairo
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Film
8pm
Port Said
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Screening of Le petit Nicolas. In French with Arabic subtitles
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Alliance française de Port-Saïd, 72 Gomhoria st, Port Said
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Random House band (Photo: Courtesy of Random House)
Thursday 29 September
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Theatre
CAIRO
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23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Check the programme here
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Cairo
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Books
10am-11pm
CAIRO
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Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September
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El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907)
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Arabic music concert featuring Mostafa Ahmed and his troupe.
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The Beshtak Palace (Qasr Bashtak), Bayn El-Qasrayn, Moez St, Islamic Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Two shows by Egyptian poet Hisham El-Gakh.
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El Sawy Culturewheel - River hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Rock concert by Hossam Karlos and his band.
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ADEF DECA, 143, street 8, Moqattam, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Concert featuring Egyptian singer and songwriter Nathalie Saba.
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Hisham Kharma in concert.
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El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Recital by Ahmed Shamma
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Spartacus ballet to the music of Aram Khachaturian, performed by the Cairo Opera Ballet Company. Read more here
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music ensemble, conducted by Salah Ghoubashi in a repertoire of Umm Kulthoum songs.
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Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria
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Spartacus ballet by the Cairo Opera Ballet Company (Photo: Sherif Sonbol)
Friday 30 September
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Comix
11am-10pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Comix Festival runs between 30 September and 2 October
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The American University in Cairo, Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre / circus
8pm
CAIRO
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Zambalek by Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School. Read more here
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El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem road, Cairo
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Theatre
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Puppet and shadow theatre performance, scripted and directed by Nabil Bahgat.
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Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Yehya Khalil
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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The Arab Music Heritage Ensemble in a repertoire of classical Arab songs.
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Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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Closing ceremony of the 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre and the closing play Ya Sem (Egypt)
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Code Masr, an Egyptian oriental rock band
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3elbat Alwan15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Adonis band (Photo: Fragment from Adonis promotional material)
Saturday 1 October
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Comix
11am-10pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Comix Festival runs between 30 September and 2 October
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The American University in Cairo, Downtown, Cairo
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Poetry
6pm, 9pm
CAIRO
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Two shows by Egyptian poet Hisham El-Gakh.
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El Sawy Culturewheel - River hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance/Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage.
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Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra weekly concert: Tchaikovsky's Great Symphonies. Cairo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro Philippo Arlia
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Sharkiat Fathy Salama
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Cairo Comix Festival (fragment form the Cairo Comix promotional material on the Facebook)
Sunday 2 October
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Comix
11am-10pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Comix Festival runs between 30 September and 2 October
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The American University in Cairo, Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Windows, exhibition by artist Dina El-Gharib. The exhibition will run until 20 October.
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Gallery Misr, 4A Ibn Zinky St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Tchaikovsky's Great Symphonies. Cairo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro Philippo Arlia
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Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria
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The Contents of the Grocery Bag exhibition (Photo: Part of The Contents of the Grocery Bag exhibition's promotional material on Facebook)
EXHIBITIONS this week
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Exhibition
ongoing
CAIRO
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Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre’s products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery.
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Al-Ghouri Caravansary
Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Cairo
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Exhibition
ongoing
CAIRO
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A permanent exhibition of the centre’s ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products.
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Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre
1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo
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Exhibition
2-20 Oct
CAIRO
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Windows, exhibition by artist Dina El-Gharib.
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Gallery Misr, 4A Ibn Zinky St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
26 Sep-6 Oct
CAIRO
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Paper Doll, exhibition by artist Nagat Farouk.
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Al-Kahila art gallery, 15a El-Batal Ahmed Abdel Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Cairo
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Exhibition
22 Sep- 22 Oct
CAIRO
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The Contents of the Grocery Bag. The multimedia exhibition runs until 22 October. Read more here
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Contemporary Image Collective, 22 Abdelkhalek Tharwat St, Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition
25 Sep - 9 Nov
CAIRO
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They Usually Lie Around a Grotto, by Bryone Dunne
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Townhouse Factory, 10 Nabarawy street, off Champolion street, Downtown, Cairo.
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Exhibition
4 Sep - 4 Oct
CAIRO
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Roznama 5, youth group exhibition and competition for creative contemporary art works.
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-Medrar, 7 Gamal E- Din Abou El Mahasen St, Garden City.
-Mashrabiya, 8 Champollion St, Downtown.
-Soma Art, 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek.
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Exhibition
10 Aug- 30 Sep
CAIRO
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Summer collective exhibition: Masterpieces XV.
More than 70 exclusive paintings and sculptures by established artists as well as younger talents
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Zamalek Art Gallery, 11, Brazil Street, Zamalek,
Cairo
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Exhibition
12 Aug- 30 Sep
CAIRO
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“Art for All,” a group exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Abdel-Nasr Sheha, Omar Al-Nagdi, Mustafa Rahma, Fathi Afifi, Esmat Dawastashy, Mervat Refaat and Neven Al-Sisi.
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Salama gallery, 36 Ahmed Oraby St, Mohandeseen, Cairo
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Complete programme of the Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting (Photo: from the website of the Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting)
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