Sunday 16 October
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Exhibition
Last days
CAIRO
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Return to The Factory, and exhibition by Fathi Afifi. Exhibition runs until 18 October.
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Ofok Gallery, Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St, Giza
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Time of my Life (2012).
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Screenings of the films participating in the 20th National Film Festival. The festival runs between 12 and 20 October.
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Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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The Perfect; dance performance by Forsan El Sharq for Heritage Dance Company. The performance runs between 13 and 16 October.
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, 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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Books
11am-11pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Book fair, 12-21 October.
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Bayt El Kotob, Zahran Roshdi St, Alexandria (tel 01067274880, 03-5822660)
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Film
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Fiction Film Forum: Kurdish-Asian Cinema
Screening of film The Road, directed by Serif Gӧren and Yilmaz Güney (Turkey, 1982) 114 min
Turkish and Kurdish with Arabic subtitles.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium hall, Alexandria
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Mohamed Khan Tribute: Screening of Hind and Kamilia's Dreams (1989) with French Subtitles.
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Chaplin (1992).
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Wust El Balad band.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria
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Late Egyptian director Mohamed Khan. (Photo: Courtesy of Cairo International Film Festival)
Monday 17 October
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Film
11am
CAIRO
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Screening of a documentary film series titled ‘Rigal Min Zahab: Abtal October’ (Men of Gold: October War’s heroes).
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Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647.
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Lecture
12pm
CAIRO
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A lecture titled ‘October War Victories’ for school children. Delivering the lecture will be writer Mohamed El-Shafei.
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Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647.
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Mohamed Khan Tribute: Screening of Supermarket (1990) with French Subtitles.
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
3pm
CAIRO
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Screenings of the films participating in the 20th National Film Festival. The festival runs between 12 and 20 October.
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Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Crafts
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Opening of the 9th Annual Festival for Traditional Crafts.
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Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid 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
3pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinema Club, screening two films (every Monday and Tuesday).
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Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Still from Love Aborted. (Photo: Courtesy of Cimatheque's Facebook page)
Tuesday 18 October
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Film
3pm
CAIRO
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Screenings of the films participating in the 20th National Film Festival. The festival runs between 12 and 20 October.
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Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Love Aborted (Syria/France, 1985).
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo
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Music/Drawing
7pm
CAIRO
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Sketch & JAM / Music Sketching Workshop.
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ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening a Compilation of Archival Pieces #3: Musicals, Commercials, and Propaganda.
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo
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Crafts
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Day 2 of the 9th Annual Festival for Traditional Crafts.
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Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Mohamed Khan Tribute: Screening of Knight of the City (1992) with French Subtitles.
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, 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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Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Sketch & JAM / Music Sketching Workshop's poster. (Photo: Fragment from promotional material)
Wednesday 19 October
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Film
3pm
CAIRO
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Screenings of the films participating in the 20th National Film Festival. The festival runs between 12 and 20 October.
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Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Crafts
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Day 3 of the 9th Annual Festival for Traditional Crafts.
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Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid 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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Mazzika x El-Sat7: Crimson Pathway - RockBute.
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Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 St, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo
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Books
6.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Discussion of a short story collection titled ‘Taakol Al-Tayr Min Ra’so’ .
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Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria
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Crimson Pathway band. (Photo: Fragment from promotional material)
Thursday 20 October
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Rescreening of Compilation of Archival Pieces #3: Musicals, Commercials, and Propaganda.
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo
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Poetry/Music
7pm
CAIRO
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A poetry and music evening titled ‘Awraq October’ by poet Fouad Haggag.
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Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647.
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Found Footage from the late 1960s and the early 1970s.
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo
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Crafts
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Last day of the 9th Annual Festival for Traditional Crafts.
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Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 St, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Nile project. (Photo: Fragment from promotional material)
Friday 21 October
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Rescreening of Found Footage from the late 1960s and the early 1970s.
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Sound of Egypt Orchestra: Hollywood in Cairo. Read more about the orchestra here.
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
6pm
CAIRO
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Vibe V.1, featuring bands Autostrad, Masar Egbari, Sharmoofers.
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El-Hurreya park, Zamalek, Cairo.
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Tribute to Mohamed Khan: A Dinner Date (1981).
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screenings of 48 hours film festival.
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Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, 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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Music by Do’souka.
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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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Michael Bolton live concert.
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RMC theatre, Cairo Fair ground, Nasr City, Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Panorama launch party x Habibi Funk from Germany.
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Zigzag, 6 Kasr El-Nil St, Downtown, Cairo, Egypt
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Ahmed Atef conducts the Sound of Egypt Orchestra in a 2015 concert at the Cairo Opera House (Photo: Zafar Azimov, courtesy of Ahmed Atef)
Saturday 22 October
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening a Compilation of Archival Pieces #4: Foreign Documentaries, Egyptian Newsreels from 1960s - 1890s.
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
6pm
CAIRO
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Concert by Al-Samateen troupe.
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Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647.
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Ali Badrakhan’s The Hunger (1986)
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, 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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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Do’souka (Photo: Fragment from promotional material)
Sunday 23 October
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening a Compilation of Archival Pieces #4: Foreign Documentaries, Egyptian Newsreels from 1960s - 1890s.
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Ali Badrakhan’s The Hunger (1986).
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Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Decor, followed by Q&A with director Ahmed Abdalla.
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Poetry/Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Poetry night celebrating colloquial poetry.
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Beit El-Shaer (Poetry House), Beit Al-Set Wasila, Mohamed Abdo St, Old 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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Concert featuring Nubian troupe for drums and folk instruments and Hassaballah troupe.
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Qubbat Al-Ghouri (Al-Ghouri Dome), Al-Azhar, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Best Songs of Andrea Bocelli & Frank Sinatra
Cairo Opera Company
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Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad St), Alexandria
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Still from Decor.
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
3 Oct - 18 Oct
CAIRO
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Return to The Factory, and exhibition by Fathi Afifi.
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Ofok Gallery, Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St, Giza
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Exhibition
12 Oct -25 Oct
CAIRO
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Life in Motion by Nevine Farghaly.
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Ubuntu Gallery, 20 Hassan Sabry St, from Ibn Zinky St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
28 Sep - 28 Oct
CAIRO
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When Art Becomes Liberty: The Egyptian Surrealists (1938 - 1965).
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Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
1 Oct - 30 Nov
CAIRO
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Sculpture Now, a collective sculpture exhibition featuring over 45 artists.
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Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo
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Exhibition
3 Oct - 17 Oct
CAIRO
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Hall of Art, an exclusive exhibition with works by over 15 renowned artists, including Omar El-Nagdy, George Bahgoury and Omar Abdel Zaher among others.
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ABn’G World, 2 Taha Hussain St, Ismail Mohamed Building, Zamalek, 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
9 - 25 Oct
CAIRO
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‘A Dream’, an exhibition by artist Wagih Yassa.
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Picasso Art Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem St, Zamalek, 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 Bryony Dunne. Read more here.
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Townhouse Factory, 10 Nabarawy street, off Champolion St, Downtown, Cairo.
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Exhibition
11 Oct - 7 Nov
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Gazbia Sirry: Art is my life. A retrospective. Read more here.
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Zamalek Art Gallery, 11, Brazil St, Zamalek,
Cairo
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