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Sunday 11 February
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Connection
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Cimatheque, Alternative Film Centre
19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Araya
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Cimatheque, Alternative Film Centre
19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Withered Green
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Egyptian Film Critics Association, 36 Sherif Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Post
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Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret El-Dor St., Zamalek, 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
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Beit Al-Seheimi, Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Japanese drums company Kodo (Japan)
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Guitar recital with Emad Hamdy
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Abdel Halim Nowera Ensemble for Arab Music commemorates Morsy Gameel Aziz
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Talents Development Centre concert
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Arab Music Institute, 22, Ramsis St., Cairo
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Film
10pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Commuter
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Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret El-Dor St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of Cairo Station (Bab el Hadid, 1958) by Youssef Chahine
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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2B Continued Festival, 7th edition
Monday 12 February
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Other Side of Hope
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Magnolia. Leaves of Art
12 Mohamed Anis street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Al-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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ZJCM Company for Jazz Music (China)
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Arab Music Institute, 22, Ramsis St., Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Chamber Music concert with Rania Omar
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Zikr and Sufi night
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Film
10pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Post
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Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret El-Dor St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Fusion of rap and Oriental singing
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Performance
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Sichuan acrobats’ company from China
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Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria
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Japanese Drums (Photo: fragment from the promotional material)
Tuesday 13 February
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Araya
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Cimatheque, Alternative Film Centre
19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Lecture / architecture
6pm
CAIRO
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Lecture about “Architecture and socio-political developments: Downtown Cairo”, held by Mougib El-Rahman M. Abo Amer
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CEDEJ, 23, Gamel el Din Abou el Mahasen str, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of We Want Roses Too
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Cimatheque, Alternative Film Centre
19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Insult
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Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret El-Dor St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
CAIRO
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Screening of The Edge Of Seventeen
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ADEF Deca, 143, Street no. 8, Mokattam, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha: traditional music
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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2B Continued Festival and Lab: performances include The Absentee by Ali Khamees, The Honeymoon by Samar and I by Moustafa Khalil. Entry with invitations only
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AUC Falaki Theatre 24 Falaki Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Valentine’s Day Feast with Abdel Halim Nowera Ensemble for Arab Music, featuring Medhat Saleh
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Talents Development Centre concert
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Film
7pm
PORT SAID
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Screening of Darkest Hour
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Zawya Port Said
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Massar Egbari release debut album (Photo: Massar Egbari Facebook Page)
Wednesday 14 February
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Lecture
6pm
CAIRO
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"The Greek Exodus From Egypt," a lectures by Angelos Dalachanis, a fellow of the French School at Athens.
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French Institute of Oriental Archaeology
37 El-Sheikh Aly Youssef st, Cairo
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Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Al-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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2B Continued Festival and Lab: performances include The Absentee by Ali Khamees, The Honeymoon by Samar and I by Moustafa Khalil
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AUC Falaki Theatre 24 Falaki Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Zar music and songs by Mazaher, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab.
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Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Folkloric troupe from India’s Rajasthan
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Valentine’s day concert with Hani Shaker
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Discussion/ music
8pm
CAIRO
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Public Panel
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mohamed Mohsen
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., river hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Valentine's Concert
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Teatro Eskendria, 25 Fouad Street. Raml Station, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Alexandria Opera House String Orchestra and Sweet Sound Band. Conductor: Mounir Nasr Eldin
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Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria
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Lecture on music
8pm
DAMANHOUR
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Opera Arts Club: music. Speaker: Hisham Gabr
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Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour
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Adam and Eve, a painting by Souad Mardam Bey, part of her solo exhibition "Adam" at Zamalek Art Gallery (Photo: courtesy of the Zamalek Art Gallery)
Thursday 15 February
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Lecture / archaeology
6pm
CAIRO
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Lecture about "From Storytelling to Educational Curricula: Towards More Creative Narratives for Archaeological Heritage"
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Puppet theatre play titled Journey Through the Beautiful Times
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Cairo Puppet Theatre, Ataba metro station, Azbakeya, Ataba, Cairo
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Music and film
7pm
CAIRO
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Trio Jazz: Noha Fikry - Rami Attallah - Ehab Badr followed by a Cinema Night and screening of Call Me By Your Name
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Elbet Alwan, Villa 7 at El Morshedy st, from Laselki st, (Behind CarGas Station), Maadi, Cairo
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Lecture
7pm
CAIRO
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Lecture about Tahtib, Egyptian folk dance with a wooden stick
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French Institute, 1 Madrasset El Huquq El Frenseya str, off of Kasr El Eini Street, Mounira, Cairo
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Theatre
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Macarona Playback Theatre
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Dawar, 16 Adly St, 3rd Floor, Wust El Balad, Cairo
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Stand up comedy
7.30pm
CAIRO
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“Skip Ad” stand-up comedy featuring: Islam Amin, Tawfik El Menshawy, Hossam Khaled, Ahmed Essam, Mohamed Kamatcho, Waleed El Tourkey and Muaz Abd El Salam
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Da House, 7 Mosadaq St, Dokki, Giza
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Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Malaaz band
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St, river hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Dance
8pm
CAIRO
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2B Continued Festival and Lab: performances include The Absentee by Ali Khamees, The Honeymoon by Samar and I by Moustafa Khalil
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AUC Falaki Theatre 24 Falaki Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Yehia Khalil concert
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Valentine’s day feat with the National Arab Music Ensemble, featuring Ali El Haggar
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Dalia Younis performs singles’ on Valentine’s day
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Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Concert featuring Ali Mohamed Ali on keyboard and Amira Shaaban on cello
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Teatro Eskendria, 25 Fouad Street. Raml Station, Alexandria
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Nubiat
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Alexandria Opera Ensemble for Music and Arab Singing: commemoration of Leila Mourad and Gamil Aziz
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Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria
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Mohamed Mohsen (Photo: Al-Ahram Arabic)
Friday 16 February
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Music
4pm & 7.30pm
CAIRO
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Masar Egbari
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El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St, river hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Theatre for children
6.30pm
CAIRO
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Puppet theatre play titled Journey Through the Beautiful Times
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Cairo Puppet Theatre, Ataba metro station, Azbakeya, Ataba, Cairo
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Theatre
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel (The Shadow Puppet), a free public performance by clowns in Al-Muaaz Street, presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat.
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Beit Al-Seheimi, Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Nogoum El Tarab Ensemble for Music and Arab Singing featuring Moustafa Ahmed
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Violin recital with Sami Ibrahim
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Emad El Sharouni concert
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Al Mawlaweya Al Masreya
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
DAMANHOUR
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Alexandria Opera Ensemble for Music and Arab Singing: commemoration of Leila Mourad and Gamil Aziz
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Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour
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Yehia Khalil (Photo: Al-Ahram Weekly)
Saturday 17 February
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Film
4pm
CAIRO
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Screening of We Want Roses Too
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Cimatheque, Alternative Film Centre
19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Literature
7pm
CAIRO
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Townhouse Salons series: an evening with writer Amr Ezzat. The talk will be moderated by writer and journalist Nael El Toukhy
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Townhouse Rawabet, 6 El Nabrawy Street, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
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Al-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nayer Nagui presents Jazz Inspiratons in classical music. Programme: Shostakovitch Jazz suite no. 2, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Bernstein's Symhponic Dances from West Side Story. Piano soloist: Ratko Delorko
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Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Heritage Arab Music Ensemble
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Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo
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Music
9pm
CAIRO
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Flamenca: music evening
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Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo
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Film
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Screening of Salata Baladi, a film by Nadia Kamel
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Jesuit Cultural Center, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria
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Music
7pm
ALEXANDRIA
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BA Orchestra conducted by Mohamed Saad Basha performs programme titles Memories. Featuring Ahmed Harfoush and Dalia Farid
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
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Music
8pm
DAMANHOUR
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Wave Jazz band
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Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour
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Hope is a Traveler exhibition by Hady Boraey (Photo: Soha Elsirgany)
Sunday 18 February
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Film
7.30pm
CAIRO
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Screening of Napolislam (Language: Italian with English subtitles)
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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, 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
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Beit Al-Seheimi, Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Mona Burkhartd presents Spanish folklore
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Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo
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Music
8pm
CAIRO
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Kolthomiat
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Arab Music Institute, 22, Ramsis St., Cairo
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Music
8pm
ALEXANDRIA
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Wave Jazz band
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Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 El-Horreya Road, Alexandria
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(Photo: Fragment from the poster of film Napolislam)
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
3-28 Feb CAIRO
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Solo exhibition by Farouk Hosni, artist and former minister of culture
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Picasso East Art Gallery, Villa(39) El -Narges(3) 5th Settlement 90st., Cairo
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Exhibition
8-15 Feb CAIRO
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Film Implosion!, an exhibition dedicated to Swiss experimental cinema.
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Medrar, 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St. Garden City, 1st Floor, Apt.4, Cairo
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Exhibition
8 Dec - 15 Feb
CAIRO
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Cairo Art Fair III
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ArtsMart, km28 Cairo-Alex Desert Road, behind Total gas station, before Dandy mall, Cairo
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Exhibition
8 - 24 Jan
CAIRO
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Adam, paintings by Souad Mardam Bey
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Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition 4-22 Feb
CAIRO
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Hossam Dirar’s hand-painted vintage photographs of Cairo. Read more here
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Soma Art School & Gallery, 3 Al-Adel Abou Bakr Square, 3rd floor, Apt. 9, Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
31 Jan- 28 Feb
CAIRO
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The Truth About Fiction, a group exhibition with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Bryony Dunne, Mahmoud Khaled, Basim Magdy, Mona Marzouk, Galila Nawar and Setareh Shahbazi
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Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Apt.2, Garden City, Cairo
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Exhibition
30 Jan- 25 Feb
CAIRO
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Hope is a Traveller, paintings by Hady Boraey. Read our review of the exhibition here
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Art Talks, 8 El Kamel Mohamed St. Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
3- 28 Feb
CAIRO
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Artworks by Farouk Hosny
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Picasso East Art Gallery, Villa(39) El -Narges(3) 5th Settlement 90st. in front of Lake View, New Cairo
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Exhibition
21 Jan- 28 Feb
CAIRO
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Simple Things, a solo exhibition by Ibrahim El Haddad. The exhibition continues until 28 February
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Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champolion street, Downtown, Cairo
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Exhibition
15 Jan- 28 Feb
CAIRO
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Warm Hearts, drawings and oil paintings by ophthalmologist Farid Fadel exploring the cultures of Nubia and Malawi
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Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation, Shagaret El-Dur St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
10 Jan- 15 Feb
CAIRO
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Echoes of Past Visions, drawings by late artist Alexander Saroukhan
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Al-Masar Gallery, Behler’s Mansion, 157b on 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo
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Exhibition
4 Feb - tba
CAIRO
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Le Caire 1801, by Hosam Dirar
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Soma Art Gallery, 14 Maraashli St., Zamalek, 2nd floor, Apt 4, Cairo
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Former culture minister and artist Farouk Hosny at the exhibition opening (Photo: Ayman Barayez)
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