Sunday 8 Nov
Music | 24th Arab Music Festival. The festival continues until 13 November. Check the programme for more details. | Several stages operating under the Cairo Opera House |
Crafts 10am-8pm CAIRO | Handmade crafts from Akhmim and Hegaza areas in Upper Egypt. The fair runs between 5 and 14 November, daily except Sunday. | Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development, 65 El-Qabisy Street, El-Daher, Cairo |
Theatre CAIRO | The Smurfs Live. | MUST Opera House, 6th of October |
Music 10:30am CAIRO | Peter and the Wolf and Carnival des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) return to the Cairo Opera House in two matinee concerts. For more info, click here. | Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Lecture 12pm CAIRO | A lecture on Excavating in Archives, by Marcel Maessen. | The Egyptian Museum, Tahrir Square, Downtown, Cairo |
Poetry and music 7pm CAIRO | Concert by Diwan band. | River Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO | Women of My World, an exhibit by Britt Boutros Ghali. | Picasso Art Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO | Elysee Stairs, painting exhibition by artist Ibrahim Khattab.The exhibit runs from 8-25 November. | Art Lounge Cairo, 37b Ahmed Heshmat Street, 1st Floor, Apt 2, Zamalek, Cairo |
Theatre 7pm CAIRO | Afareet Nos Sewa (Half Cooked Demons) by Falsafa troupe. | Hosapir Theatre, Galaa Street, Downtown, Cairo |
Film 7pm CAIRO | Screening of The Mulberry House, aspart of The French Institute’s Month of Documentary Films programme. Check our Art Alert here. | French Institute, 1 Madraset El-Hoqouq El-Ferenseya Street, Mounira, Cairo |
Film 7:30pm CAIRO | Screening of the documentary Al-Sira, Songs from the Crescent Moon (Sandra Gysi and Ahmed Abdel Mohsen, 2011). | Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Concert by Lebanese musicians Zaki Sharif and Roula El-Qadery. | Wisdom Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Film CAIRO | Screening of Um Ghayeb.Hours: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 10pm | Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo |
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(Photo: from the concert's promotional material, by the Cairo Opera House)
Monday 9 Nov
Music | 24th Arab Music Festival. The festival continues until 13 November. Check the programme for more details. | Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Crafts 10am-8pm CAIRO | Handmade crafts from Akhmim and Hegaza areas in Upper Egypt. The fair runs between 5 and 14 November, daily except Sunday. | Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development, 65 El-Qabisy Street, El-Daher, Cairo |
Lecture 1pm CAIRO | ‘Visual Translations of Nationalist Discourse: Shadi Abdel Salam’s The Mummy Revisited,’ by Sandrine Gamblin, director of AUC’s Middle East Studies Centre. | Prince Alwaleed Bin Talat Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room 2175, AUC New Cairo Campus |
Artist Talk 6:30pm CAIRO | Artist Talk: The Republic of Greenatistan, by filmmakers Sonja Rendtorff and Masar Sohail. | Townhouse Gallery,10 Nabrawy Street, off Champollion Street, Downtown, Cairo |
Film 7pm CAIRO | Screening of The Chebabs of Yarmouk as part of The French Institute’s Month of Documentary Films programme. Check our Art Alert here. | French Institute, 1 Madraset El-Hoqouq El-Ferenseya Street, Mounira, Cairo |
Inshad 7:30pm CAIRO | Zikr and Inshad by Sheikh Abdel Moaty Shehab. | |
Lecture and Film 8pm CAIRO | Lecture titled 'Architecture, Society and Cinema through Political Shifts,' led by Mogib El-Rahman.Read more in our Art Alert here. | Megawra Al-Khalifa, Opposite of Al-Saiyyda Ruqayya mausoleum, beside Sajaret Al-Durr dome, Al-Ashraf Street, Al-Khalifa, Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Concert by Angham at the closing of the 24th Arab Music Festival. | Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Film CAIRO | Screening of Um Ghayeb.Hours: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 10pm | Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo |
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(Photo: Stil from The Shebab of Yarmouk trailer)
Tuesday 10 Nov
Music | 24th Arab Music Festival. The festival continues until 13 November. Check the programme for more details. | Several stages operating under the Cairo Opera House |
Crafts 10am-8pm CAIRO | Handmade crafts from Akhmim and Hegaza areas in Upper Egypt. The fair runs between 5 and 14 November, daily except Sunday. | Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development, 65 El-Qabisy Street, El-Daher, Cairo |
Film 6:30pm CAIRO | Screening of Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966). | Arab Digital Expression Foundation, 143 Street #8, Muqattam City, Cairo |
Discussion 7pm CAIRO | Finnish researcher and anthropologist Samuli Schielke talks about migration and dreams. Part of the monthly Townhouse Salon programme. | Townhouse Library, 10 Nabrawy Street, off Champollion Street, Downtown, Cairo |
Film 6pm, 8pm CAIRO | Screening of Libya: An Impossible Nation-State, and short films produced by the Ateliers Varan Workshop at 8pm, as part of The French Institute’s Month of Documentary Films programme. Check our Art Alert here. | French Institute, 1 Madraset El-Hoqouq El-Ferenseya Street, Mounira, Cairo |
Music 7:30pm CAIRO | Concert by Hawas band. | Makan - Egyptian Centre for Culture and Arts, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, El-Dawaween, Downtown, Cairo |
Film CAIRO | Screening of Um Ghayeb.Hours: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 10pm | Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo |
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(Photo: Still from Persona film)
Wednesday 11 Nov
Film CAIRO | Opening of 37th Cairo International Film Festival. The festival runs till 20 November. Read more here. | Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music | 24th Arab Music Festival. The festival continues until 13 November. Check the programme for more details. | Several stages operating under the Cairo Opera House |
Crafts 10am-8pm CAIRO | Handmade crafts from Akhmim and Hegaza areas in Upper Egypt. The fair runs between 5 and 14 November, daily except Sunday. | Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development, 65 El-Qabisy Street, El-Daher, Cairo |
Lecture 7pm CAIRO | Lecture titled 'Heliopolis: Where is it going?' by Ahmed Mansour. | Megawra Al-Khalifa, Opposite of Al-Saiyyda Ruqayya mausoleum, beside Sajaret al-Durr dome, Al-Ashraf Street, Al-Khalifa, Cairo |
Music 7:30pm CAIRO | Performance by Mazaher ensemble. | Makan - Egyptian Centre for Culture and Arts, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, El-Dawaween, Downtown, Cairo |
Film CAIRO | Screening of The Gate of Departure.Hours: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 10pm | Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo |
Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA | Celebrating 70 years of Greek animation movies, screening a selection from the 1940s till 2014. | El-Dokan, 2 Adib Street, Manshiya, Alexandria |
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The 37th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) opens on 11 November (Photo: poster of the festival)
Thursday 12 Nov
Film CAIRO | 37th Cairo International Film Festival. The festival runs till 20 November. Read more here. | Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music | 24th Arab Music Festival. The festival continues until 13 November. Check the programme for more details. | Several stages operating under the Cairo Opera House |
Crafts 10am-8pm CAIRO | Handmade crafts from Akhmim and Hegaza areas in Upper Egypt. The fair runs between 5 and 14 November, daily except Sunday. | Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development, 65 El-Qabisy Street, El-Daher, Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Concert by Hawidro band. | El-Geneina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo |
Film CAIRO | Screening of The Gate of Departure.Hours: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 10pm | Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo |
Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA | Screening of animated documentary film The Wanted 18. | Wekalet Behna, 1 El-Kenisa Al-Maroniya Street, Manshiya, Alexandria |
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(Photo: Still from The Gate of Departure)
Friday 13 Nov
Film CAIRO | 37th Cairo International Film Festival. The festival runs till 20 November. Read more here. | Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music | 24th Arab Music Festival. The festival continues until 13 November. Check the programme for more details. | Several stages operating under the Cairo Opera House |
Crafts 10am-8pm CAIRO | Handmade crafts from Akhmim and Hegaza areas in Upper Egypt. The fair runs between 5 and 14 November, daily except Sunday. | Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development, 65 El-Qabisy Street, El-Daher, Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Performances by Doktoor Shalabi, The Dwarfs of East Agouza, and The Invisible Hands. The performance offers experimentation in folk, rock, noise, psychedelia, and improvisation. | ROOM Art Space, 10 Etihad Al-Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo |
Film CAIRO | Screening of The Gate of Departure.Hours: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 10pm | Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo |
| Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA | Symphonic Concert: BA Orchestra conducted by Hisham Gabr will perform works by Brahms, Rossini, Sarasate, Williams and Vivaldi. Soloists of the evening are violinists Anna Kondratenko and Oleg Kondratenko. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria |
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BA Chamber Orchestra (Photo: Ati Metwaly)
Saturday 14 Nov
Film CAIRO | 37th Cairo International Film Festival. The festival runs till 20 November. Read more here. | Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Crafts 10am-8pm CAIRO | Handmade crafts from Akhmim and Hegaza areas in Upper Egypt. The fair runs between 5 and 14 November, daily except Sunday. | Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development, 65 El-Qabisy Street, El-Daher, Cairo |
Music | Osama El-Hady band. | River Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Stand-up Comedy 8pm CAIRO | El-Hezb El-Comedy, a line up of stand-up comedy performers. | El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Walking tour 10am - 1pm CAIRO | A walking tour of Heliopolis organised by Heliopolis Heritage Initiative. | The tour starts in front of Basilique Church on Ahram Street, Heliopolis, Cairo |
Film CAIRO | Screening of The Gate of Departure.Hours: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 10pm | Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo |
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El-Hezb El-Comedy (Photo: part of the event's promotional material)
Sunday 15 Nov
Film CAIRO | 37th Cairo International Film Festival. The festival runs till 20 November. Read more here. | Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Walt Disney Night, by Cairo Opera Company performing a selection of soundtracks from Disney movies. | Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Film CAIRO | Screening of The Gate of Departure.Hours: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 10pm | Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo |
EXHIBITIONS this week
Exhibition 8 Nov CAIRO | Women of My World, an exhibit by Britt Boutros Ghali | Picasso Art Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 8-25 NovCAIRO | Elysee Stairs, painting exhibition by artist Ibrahim Khattab. | Art Lounge Cairo, 37b Ahmed Heshmat Street, 1st Floor, Apt 2, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 4-10 Nov CAIRO | Sidewalk Stories, by visual artist Sarah Soliman. | Sharjah Gallery, AUC New Cairo Campus, Cairo |
Exhibition 1-16 Nov | Tawaseen, painting exhibition by artist Mohamed Oraby. | Ubuntu Gallery, 20 Hassan Sabry Street, from Ibn Zinky Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 24 Oct-14 Nov CAIRO | Wise Monkeys, a multimedia group exhibition featuring works by Asmaa Abd El-Wahab, Aya Mamdouh, Huda Zikry, Mariam Ahmed Khalil, Mariam El-Kasabany, Nada Ghazaly, Roshan El-Qurashi, Shaimaa Radi, Sherouk Helal. | Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al-Fakhareen, Cairo, Egypt |
Exhibition 18 Oct-10 Nov CAIRO | Surplus! Housing from the Periphery, featuring photography of Anthony Hamboussi.Parallel to exhibit are two discussions, one on October 21 at 7pm and the other on November 4 at 7pm | 10 Nabrawy Street, off Champollion Street, Downtown, Cairo |
Exhibition 12 Oct-15 Nov CAIRO | Many Rivers to Cross, featuring work of Maged Mekhail. | Art Talks Gallery, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 11 Oct-11 Nov | Salon Al-Shabab (Youth Salon), the annual exhibit, this year featuring over 166 artworks from 149 young artists. | Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 11 Oct-28 Nov CAIRO | Vision, a multimedia exhibit with watercolor paintings and bronze wire works, displaying artwork of Nouran Gamal. | Kafein, 28 Sharif Street, Abdeen, Downtown, Cairo |
Exhibition 5 Oct-25 Nov CAIRO | Colony, a solo exhibition by Shady El-Noshokaty. | Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib Street, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo |
