Sunday 9 July
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq
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Metropol (The Children’s National) Theatre
6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July Street, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of El Motwahesha (The Wild One), (1971). This is the last film screened as part of the series of films with Soad Hosni.
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Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Um Ghayeb (Mother of the Unborn ) (2014)
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Egyptian Film Critics Association , 36 Sherif Street, 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, El-Muezz St., Old Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim
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El-Salam Theatre
101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo
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The Forty Rules of Love at El-Salam Theatre (Photo: Artistic Theatre House)
Monday 10 July
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq
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Metropol (The Children’s National) Theatre
6 Halim St, the beginning of 26 July Street, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of There Will Be Blood
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Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Screening of I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
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Balcon Heliopolis,
26 Sohag Street, Heliopolis, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Zikr and Sufi Night
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St., Mounira, 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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El-Ghouri Caravansary
Mohamed Abdou St, off El-Muezz St. and Al-Azhar St., Cairo
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Film
8pm
CAIRO
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Meeting with British filmmaker Laila Khan and screening of her two films: The Stolen Water and 6 Cup Chai. Check out our Art Alert for more details.
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim
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El-Salam Theatre
101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo
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Festival opening
Exhibition/film/ dance/music
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Opening of the 15 Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August)
12pm: Opening Cceremony
Followed by opening of the exhibition
6pm: Screening of Chinese film Genuine Love, directed by Silzati Jakov and Xin Zhang
Small Theater
8pm: Dancing in the Air: Xinjiang Folk Singing and Dancing Performance
Great Hall
Check out the festival’s programme here
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Audience at the Bibliotheca's plaza --14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina Intl Summer Festival, 2016 (Photo: Butheina Shalan)
Tuesday 11 July
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Omar Sharif films. Read more here.
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Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq
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Metropol (The Children’s National) Theatre
6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo
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Theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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Hawwari, a play performed by Counta Company, based on Molière’s The Miser, directed by Ahmed Maher
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Khalkhala, a film programme on experimentation in moments of change
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Contemporary Image Collective (CIC)
22 Abdel-Khalek Tharwat St., Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha & Reda Shiha present traditional music of the Nile Delta; Nubian Fadeka; traditional Sudanese music and songs; Al-Jaafra music and traditional music from Eritrea.
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Mounira, Cairo
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Film
6pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of film Where the Dream Begins. The
event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August)
Check out the festival’s programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Theatre, Alexandria
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Dance
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Xinjiang Folk Singing and Dancing Performance. The
event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August)
Check out the festival’s programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
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Al Sameteen during the general rehearsal in Alexandria (Photo: Mona Abouissa)
Wednesday 12 July
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Omar Sharif films. Read more here.
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Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq
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Metropol (The Children’s National) Theatre
6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mazaher ensemble: Zar music & songs
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St., Mounira, Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim
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El-Salam Theatre
101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo
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Film
6pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of film This Is What Money Is. The
event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August)
Check out the festival’s programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Theatre, Alexandria
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Dance
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Xinjiang Folk Singing and Dancing Performance. The
event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August)
Check out the festival’s programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
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(Photo: from CIC - Contemporary Image Collective's promotional material for the Khalkhala film programme)
Thursday 13 July
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Omar Sharif films. Read more here.
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Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre festival
CAIRO
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Opening of the National Theatre Festival (13-27 July)
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Cairo Opera House, Cairo
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Puppet theatre
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeeds), with puppets designed by Amir Abdel-Massih, poems by Salah Jahin and directed by Salah El-Sakka.
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, next to Attaba metro station, Cairo
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq
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Metropol (The Children’s National) Theatre
6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo
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Puppet theatre
7pm
CAIRO
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Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel (The Shadow Puppet)
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Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St., 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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El-Ghouri Caravansary
Mohamed Abdou St., off El-Muezz St. and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim
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El-Salam Theatre
101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Mohamed Sami live
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo
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Music
6.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Asrar Band
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Teatro Eskendria,
25 Fouad Street, Raml Station, Alexandria
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by Tarek El Naser, Jordan. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August).
Check out the festival’s programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
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Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia
Friday 14 July
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Film
6pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Omar Sharif films. Read more here.
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Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre festival
CAIRO
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National Theatre Festival with performances taking place across several stages, between 13 and 27 July
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Puppet theatre
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeeds), with puppets designed by Amir Abdel-Massih, poems by Salah Jahin and directed by Salah El-Sakka
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The Cairo Puppet Theatre, next to Attaba metro station, Cairo
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq
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Metropol (The Children’s National) Theatre
6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Singer May Abdel Aziz
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Tuqa Taher Live
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Bab 18 Art Space,
2 Khartoum Street, Heliopolis, Cairo
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Puppet theatre
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel (The Shadow Puppet)
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Beit El-Sehemi
El-Gamaliya, El-Muezz St., Old Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim
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El-Salam Theatre
101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Pink Floyd tribute night with Paranoid Eyes
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ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Chikatura, electronic and rock music solo project
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Teatro Eskendria
25 Fouad Street, Raml Station, Alexandria
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert by Hanan Magdy. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August).
Check out the festival’s programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
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(Photo: still from film Havarie)
Saturday 15 July
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Theatre festival
CAIRO
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National Theatre Festival with performances taking place across several stages, between 13 and 27 July
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq
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Metropol (The Children’s National) Theatre
6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Havarie
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Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
7pm
CAIRO
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Waslet Sama3 band
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 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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El-Ghouri Caravansary
Mohamed Abdou St., off El-Muezz St. and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
CAIRO
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Double bill concert with Egyptian bands: Bahiyya and Sefsafa
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El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Rd., Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim
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El-Salam Theatre
101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Gala Concert: Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra, conducted by Nayer Nagui, with soloists Mona Wasef (harp) and Israa Abdel Aziz (piano).
The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August)
Check out the festival’s programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
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Bahiyya Band (Photo: from Bahiyya band's promotional material)
Sunday 16 July
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Theatre festival
CAIRO
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National Theatre Festival with performances taking place across several stages, between 13 and 27 July
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq
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Metropol (The Children’s National) Theatre
6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, 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, El-Muezz St., Old Cairo
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Theatre
9pm
CAIRO
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Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim
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El-Salam Theatre
101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo
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Music
8.30pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Hawas Band. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August).
Check out the festival’s programme here.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theatre - Plaza, Alexandria
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Asrar band (Photo: from the Asrar band's promotional material)
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