Thursday 15 December

Films screening at Zawya
Where to Invade Next at 12pm, 2.30pm and 7.30pm - A Present From the Past at 5pm and 10pm
Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo 

Screening of Roshmia (Palestine, 2015), 4pm
Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown Cairo

Five days of Celebrating Naguib Mahfouz, 7pm
El-Hanager Centre, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo

Layla min Alf Layla, starring Yehia El-Fakharany. Read more about the play here. 8pm
Bayram El-Tunsi Theatre, Alexandria

Moulid and Christmas concert by Cairo Steps (Egypt/Germany), 8pm
Alexandria Opera House, Alexandria

(Photo: Still from A Present From The Past)

Friday 16 December

Special screening of Donor, part of Global Migration Film Festival, 5pm
Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo 

Tom & Jerry, live on stage. Tickets can be booked online here. 10am
Porto Cairo Mall, Ring Road, First Settlement, New Cairo

Awtar Quartet concert on occasion of the Mouled, 7pm
Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo

Chopin and Mozart on the Nile, 8pm
Cairo Opera House, Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St., Downtown, Cairo

Sphinx Orchestra, conducted by Hani Hassan Christmas concert, 8pm
Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek, Cairo

Bas Enta Mesh Shamem play, directed by Abir Lotfy, 8.30pm
Miami Theatre, 38 Talaat Harb St., Downtown Cairo

Layla Min Alf Layla (Photo: Artistic Theatre House)

Saturday 17 December

Special screening of Kakuma, part of Global Migration Film Festival, 5pm
Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo 

Screening films from Alternative Egyptian Cinema (1960-1980), 4pm
Cimatheque, 19a Adly St., Downtown Cairo

Exhibitions opening: Knights of Dai, by Ahmed Saber, Kareem helmy, Moawiya Hilal and Nagub Moein, and Out of Focus by artist Atef Ahmed, 6pm
Dai Gallery, 14 El-Ahrar Street, from Batal Ahmed St., Mohandessin, Cairo

Documentary Cinema Salon, with director Ahmed Fouad Darwish, 6pm
Creativity Centre, Beyt El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo

Metropolitan Opera House in New York Live HD Transmission of L’Amour de Loin by Kaija Saariaho, 8pm
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Theatre, Alexandria

Chopin and Mozart on the Nile, 7pm
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

Awtar Quartet (Photo: courtesy of Awtar Quartet)