Sunday 5 February
Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Film
CAIRO
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Screening of I, Daniel Blake
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Japanese film Battle Royale (2000) by Kinji Fukasu
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.
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Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Cinderella puppet theatre
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of American film Two-Lane Breakup (1971) by Monte Hellman
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Video Festival
opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Start of 8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film.
Live video performance by Japanese artist Masayki Kawai.
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Rawabet theatre, 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown. Factory Space, Cairo
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Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Century of Musion band
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El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Nostalgia for the Light
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Fairouz Karawya
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El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance/Music
8pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid 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 El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Ali Al Helbawy concert
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Film
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here
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Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Tony Manero screening at Cimatheque (Photo: still from Tony Manero)
Monday 6 February
Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Video festival
CAIRO
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8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.
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Various venues.
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Art management seminars
CAIRO
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Arts management seminars by Cairo’s AFCA. Check the programme here
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Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
CAIRO
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Screening of I, Daniel Blake
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.
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Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Artist talk
6pm
CAIRO
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Talk with Soad Mardam Bey and Yasmine El-Hazek, parallel to their exhibitions at the gallery
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Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Objects in the Mirror are Closer Than They Appear, by Aya Tarek
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Soma Art, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek
Cairo, Egypt
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Dance/Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Ingrid Bergman in her Own Words (2015)
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Balcon Heliopolis, 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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Falsafet El-Hemir (Donkey Philosophy) play
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El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
1pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of Underground/On the Surface, followed by a talk with director Salma El-Tarzi. Part of Cinedelta Documentary Film Festival. Read more here
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French Institute in Alexandria, Al-Nabi Daniel St., Raml Station, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Coppélia ballet performed at the Cairo Opera House in October 2015 (Photo: Bassam Al Zoghby)
Tuesday 7 February
Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Video festival
CAIRO
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8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.
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Various venues.
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Art management seminars
CAIRO
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Arts management seminars by Cairo’s AFCA. Check the programme here
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Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
CAIRO
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Screening of I, Daniel Blake
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Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of American film Two-Lane Breakup (1971) by Monte Hellman
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.
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Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Seminar
6pm
CAIRO
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Creativity in the Constitution, a talk by Emad Aboghazi and Mahmoud Othman and Hala Lotfy. Organised by the Law and Society Research Unit at the American Univeristy in Cairo
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Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Campus, Tahrir Square, Downtown, Cairoc
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Oscar nominated Iraninan film The Salesman, by Asghar Farhadi
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Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret El Dor Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Chiliean film Tony Manero (2008) by Pablo Larrain
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Fares El-Sharq (Knight of the East) by Kuwaiti artist Mona El-Dewisan
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Nile Gallery, 14 Montaza St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Japanese film Rashomon (1950)
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ADEF DECA
143, St no. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Singer Ahmed Mostafa
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Performance from the Talent Development Center
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
4pm
Rosetta
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here
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Rosetta International Hotel, Rosetta
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Still from one of the films screening at NVIC, Best of Shnit (Photo: Part of promotional material by NVIC)
Wednesday 8 February
Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Video festival
CAIRO
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8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.
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Various venues.
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Art management seminars
CAIRO
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Arts management seminars by Cairo’s AFCA. Check the programme here
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Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.
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Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Inshad music by Mahmoud Helal
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El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, wisdom hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Red Turtle animation film
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Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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American Buffalo play. Read more here.
Daily till 18 February, except for 11 February.
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Gerhart Theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo
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Dance/Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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One Man Show marionette performance by Ahmed Naeem
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Osiris,1 Hassan Mourad st. from Qasr El Aini, 2nd floor, Garden City, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Omar Khairat
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Cairo Opera House,main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mazaher ensemble: Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan, Nour el Sabah. (every Wednesday)
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Theatre
5pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Double bill of Hepta and Fi Qalby Othna Ebreya
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Abdelmoneim Gaber theatre. Tel: 0100 0369362 / 0120 6335818
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Film
4pm
Rosetta
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here
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Rosetta International Hotel, Rosetta
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
I, Daniel Blake (Photo: Still from I, Daniel Blake)
Thursday 9 February
Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Video festival
CAIRO
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8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.
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Various venues.
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Art management seminars
CAIRO
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Arts management seminars by Cairo’s AFCA. Check the programme here
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Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Chiliean film Tony Manero (2008) by Pablo Larrain
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.
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Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of French film The Devil, Probably (1977) by Robert Bresson
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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American Buffalo play. Read more here.
Daily till 18 February, except for 11 February.
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Gerhart Theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Abdelhalim puppet theatre concert
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El Sawy Culturewheel, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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Theatre performance of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Read more here.
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Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Violin and Piano recital by Yasmine Samy
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Omar Khairat
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Cairo Opera House,main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
5pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Double bill of Hepta and Fi Qalby Othna Ebreya
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Abdelmoneim Gaber theatre. Tel: 0100 0369362 / 0120 6335818
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Aqsa Alwasat band
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Coppelia Ballet. Read more here.
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Alexandria Opera House, 22 Al Mesallah Sharq st, Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria
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Theatre
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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The Women, a play in cooperation with the Swedish Institute in Alexandria, directed by Sherif Hamdy
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Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya Street, Alexandria
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Film
4pm
Rosetta
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here
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Rosetta International Hotel, Rosetta
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
The 8th Cairo Video Festival is organised by Medrar with support from the American Embassy, DEDI (Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute), Japan Foundation, Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center and Pro Helvetia (Photo: Fragment from promotional material)
Friday 10 February
Book Fair
CAIRO
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The Cairo International Book Fair. Running until 10 February
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Exhibition Grounds, Nasr City, Cairo
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Video festival
CAIRO
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8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.
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Various venues.
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Theatre
3.30pm, 5pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Fi Qalby Othna Ebreya at 3.30pm, and Hepta at 5pm
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Abdelmoneim Gaber theatre. Tel: 0100 0369362 / 0120 6335818
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Festival
4pm
CAIRO
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I Ka Doly Volume 5, nubian festival
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El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, End of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.
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Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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American Buffalo play. Read more here.
Daily till 18 February, except for 11 February.
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Gerhart Theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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Theatre performance of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Read more here.
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Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Eman Shaker and Friends
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Alexandria Opera for Arabic Music and Song
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Andromida rock band
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Coppelia Ballet. Read more here.
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Alexandria Opera House, 22 Al Mesallah Sharq st, Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Painting by Aya Tarek, part of her exhibition at Soma gallery (Photo: part of promotional material by Soma)
Saturday 11 February
Video festival
CAIRO
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8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.
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Various venues.
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.
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Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Cinemania concert
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The Marquee, Cairo Festival City, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Friendly Beings painting exhibition by Emad Abo Grain
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Asfour El-Nil, 23A Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance/Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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Theatre
8pm
CAIRO
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Theatre performance of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Read more here.
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Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Fouad and Mounib band
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
ALEXANDRIA
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Cinedelta documentary film festival. Read more here
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Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Chamber Orchestra with Sweet Sound band
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Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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BA Orchestra Symphonic Concert, conducted by Hisham Gabr
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Moroccan film Zineb, A Rose of Aghmat (Photo: still from Zineb, A Rose of Aghmat)
Sunday 12 February
Video festival
CAIRO
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8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here.
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Various venues.
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of French film The Devil, Probably (1977) by Robert Bresson
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Moroccan Film Week. Read more here.
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Creativity Center, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition opening
7pm
CAIRO
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Once, painting exhibition by Mohamed Abla, opening the new gallery Arcade
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Arcade, 25 Orabi St., Maadi, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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American Buffalo play. Read more here.
Daily till 18 February, except for 11 February.
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Gerhart Theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of German film Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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NVICinema Shorts: The Best of Shnit. Screening five international shorts, with a Q&A session with Wael Omar
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Emad Hamdy guitar recital
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Yakaranda, German band
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Youth Egyptian Music Society, chamber music performance
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Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Nogoom El-Tarab band with Mostafa Ahmed
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, 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
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Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra Valentine’s day concert
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Sayed Darwish (Alexandria Opera House), Alexandria
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Cinedelta documentary film festival (Photo: Part of promotional material for Cinedelta)
EXHIBITIONS this week
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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Video festival
5 - 28 Feb
CAIRO
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8th Cairo Video Festival, for video art and experimental film. Check the programme here. |
-Medrar for Contemporary Art, 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St., 1st Floor, Apartment 4, Garden City, Cairo
- 29 Hoda Shaarawy St., 3rd Floor, Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition
6 - 17 Feb
CAIRO
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Objects in the Mirror are Closer Than They Appear, by Aya Tarek
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Soma Art, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek
Cairo, Egypt
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Exhibition
11 - 25 Feb
CAIRO
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Friendly Beings painting exhibition by Emad Abo Grain
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Asfour El-Nil, 23A Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
12 - 28 Feb
CAIRO
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Once, painting exhibition by Mohamed Abla, opening the new gallery Arcade
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Arcade, 25 Orabi St., Maadi, Cairo
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Exhibition
7 - 23 Feb
CAIRO
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Fares El-Sharq (Knight of the East) by Kuwaiti artist Mona El-Dewisan
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Nile Art Gallery, 14 Montaza St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
28 Jan- 17 Feb
CAIRO
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Nostalgia, paintings by Reda Abdelrahman, and Onshoda Al-Baqaa, sculpture by El-Sayed Abdo
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Dai Gallery, 14 Al-Ahrar St., from Batal Ahmed St., Mohandesin, Cairo
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Exhibition
12 Jan- 6 Feb
CAIRO
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Dawn Portraits, paintings by Huda Lutfi
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Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Apt.2, Garden City, Cairo
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Exhibition
13 Jan - tba
CAIRO
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Art From The Heart, group exhibition
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Art Cafe, 10b Road 11, Maadi, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- 5 Feb
CAIRO
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Mazaj painting exhibition by Mostafa Rahma
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Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem St., off Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- 16 Feb
CAIRO
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Slow War, by Ali Abdel Mohsen. Check our Art Alert here.
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Mashrabia Gallery, 8 Champolion St., Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- tba
CAIRO
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Ishtar Hymns, paintings by Iraqi artist, Taha Abdulaal
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Gallery Grant, 6 El-Gomhouriya St., Abdeen, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- 14 Feb
CAIRO
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Let’s Talk, by Souad Mardam Bey and Rollercoaster by Yasmine El-Hazek
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Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
9 Dec - 15 Feb
CAIRO
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The Cairo Art Fair II
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ArtsMart, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Rd., behind Total gas station, Cairo
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Exhibition
17 Jan- 10 Feb
CAIRO
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Ra’as Baladi M’aa Asal Eswed (Belly Dancing With Molasses), paintings by Mohamed Taman
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Art Talks, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
25 Jan- 5 Feb
ALEXANDRIA
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Photography exhibition titled ‘Egypt Again’. Running till 5 February.
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Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya St, Alexandria
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