Sunday 6 Dec
Book Fair 9am-9pm CAIRO | A selection of LE1-20 books. The book fair runs until 1 January 2016. | Al-Rab3 Cultural Centre, Al-Moez Street, Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo |
Music 7pm CAIRO | Dance performance and music by the Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments. | Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo |
Poetry | Poetry reading evening. | Beit El-Shaer (Poetry House), Beit Al-Set Wasila, Mohamed Abdo Street, Old Cairo |
Film 7:30pm CAIRO | Screening of The Dream of Shahrazad. | Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music | Medhat Saleh and Emad Al-Sharqawi concert. | Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Tarabband live performance. | Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Concert by Islam El-Shaery. | Wisdom Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Film | Cinema Club: Screening of an animated feature Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (Jack et la mécanique du cœur, 2013). | French Institute, Al-Nabie Daniel Street, Raml Station, Alexandria |
Film | Short films screenings. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Centre, Alexandria |
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(Photo: still from Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart)
Monday 7 Dec
Book Fair 9am-9pm CAIRO | A selection of LE1-20 books. The book fair runs until 1 January 2016. | Al-Rab3 Cultural Centre, Al-Moez Street, Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo |
Film 6pm CAIRO | Screening of El-Maseer (Destiny) in honor of the late Egyptian actor Nour El-Sherif. | French Institute, 1 Madraset Al-Hoqouq, Mounira, Cairo |
Inshad 7:30pm CAIRO | Inshad by Sheikh Mohamed El-Sharnouby. | Makan - Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, El-Dawaween, Downtown Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Egyptian pianist Ramzi Yassa to perform with Cairo Opera Quartet. Read more here | Small Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Film 8pm CAIRO | Screening of Mustang. Check our review here. | Balcon Heliopolis, 26 Sohag Street, Heliopolis, Cairo |
Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO | El-Tanoura, traditional troupe performance. | Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo |
Film | Screening of film Decor and discussion with the filmmaker Ahmad Abdalla titled: “New cinema for new realities”. | French Institute, Al Nabie Daniel Street, Raml Station, Alexandria |
Music | The Colombian Trio: El Barbero del Socorro. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria |
Dance | El-Zabak dance performance performed by Forsan Al Sharq Heritage Company. Choreography and mise-en-scene Tarek Hassan. | Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 Sharia Tariq Al-Horreyya, Alexandria |
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Colombian Trio (Photo: fragment form the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's promotional material)
Tuesday 8 Dec
Book Fair 9am-9pm CAIRO | A selection of LE1-20 books. The book fair runs until 1 January 2016. | Al-Rab3 Cultural Centre, Al-Moez Street, Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo |
Exhibition Opening 6pm CAIRO | Invitation Au Voyage, a painting exhibition by Hossam Dirar. | Art Talks, 8, El-Kamel Mohamed Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Film 6:30pm CAIRO | Screening of Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009). | Arab Digital Expression Foundation, 143 Street #8, Muqattam City, Cairo |
Inshad 7pm CAIRO | Inshad by Sheikh Mahmoud El-Tohamy. | El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Theatre 7:30pm CAIRO | ‘Al-Shemal Egbari,' a play by Mohamed Habib. | Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo |
Dance | El-Zabak dance performance performed by Forsan Al-Sharq Heritage Company. Choreography and mise-en-scene Tarek Hassan. | Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 Sharia Tariq al-Horreyya, Alexandria |
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Ramzi Yassa and the Cairo Opera House Quartet
Wednesday 9 Dec
Book Fair 9am-9pm CAIRO | A selection of LE1-20 books. The book fair runs until 1 January 2016. | Al-Rab3 Cultural Centre, Al-Moez Street, Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo |
Exhibition Opening 6pm CAIRO | Struggling Cities: From Japanese Urban Projects in the 1960s. | Gezira Art Centre, 1 Sheikh Marsafi Street, in front of the Gezira Sporting Club, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO | A Season in Hell, a group show of drawings and paintings. | Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib Street, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo |
Music 7:30pm CAIRO | Mazaher ensemble. | Makan - Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, El Dawaween, Downtown, Cairo |
Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO | El-Tanoura, traditional troupe performance. | Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Les Petits Chats band will perform ‘Memories’. | Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Live oud concert by Egyptian musician Hazem Shaheen. | Art Lounge, 37b Ahmed Heshmat Street,1st Floor, Apt 2, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA | A Finnish Musical Night: Riikka Hakola (soprano), Ragaa Eldin (tenor) and Ilkka Paananen (piano). | Auditorium Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria |
Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA | Fiction Film Forum: Screening of The Road (Houssam Eldin Moustafa, 1964) on Naguib Mahfouz Day. | Auditorium Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria |
Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA | Egyptian pianist Ramzi Yassa to perform with Cairo Opera Quartet. Read more here. | Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22 Sharia Tariq Al-Horreyya, Alexandria |
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Les Petits Chats in the 1960s (Photo: courtesy of Sherif Nakhla)
Thursday 10 Dec
Book Fair 9am-9pm CAIRO | A selection of LE1-20 books. The book fair runs until 1 January 2016. | Al-Rab3 Cultural Centre, Al-Moez Street, Gammaliyah, Cairo |
Theatre 6pm CAIRO | Gaheem (Hell), a play inspired and adapted from Dante’s Divine Comedy by Robaa Tayer troupe. The play will be performed again on 11 December. | Heliopolis Library, 42 El-Orouba Street, Heliopolis, Cairo |
Film/video 7pm CAIRO | Opening of the 7th Cairo Video Festival. The festival will continue until 25 December with screenings taking place across several venues: Medrar for Contemporary Art, Contemporary Image Collective, Zawya and French Institute. | Zawya (Odeon Cinema), 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown. |
Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO | Hope, paintings by artist Samah Emam. The exhibition runs until 15 December. | Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo |
Theatre 7pm CAIRO | Mayeteen Ahly play. | Rawabet Theatre, Nabarawy Street, Downtown Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | A concert by Egyptian musician Yehya Khalil. | Small Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo |
Dance 8pm CAIRO | A contemporary dance performance by Nicole Roerick from New York. The performance will also take place on 11 December. | Darb 1718, Kasr El-Sham3 Street, Al-Fakhareen – Old Cairo |
Music 8pm CAIRO | Massar Egbari concert. | El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA | Screening of films from the 6th Plaza project. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the directors. | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria |
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(Photo: fragment of artwork from the 7th Cairo Video Festival's promotional material)
Friday 11 Dec
Book fair 9am-9pm CAIRO | A selection of LE1-20 books. The book fair runs until 1 January 2016. | Al-Rab3 Cultural Centre, Al-Moez Street, Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo |
Film/video CAIRO | The 7th Cairo Video Festival. The festival kicks off on 10 Dec and continues until 25 Dec with screenings taking place across several venues: Medrar for Contemporary Art, Contemporary Image Collective, Zawya and French Institute. | Several venues |
Exhibition 6-9pm CAIRO | A one-day exhibition brings together artists like Gamal Meleka, George Bahgoury, Ashraf Al-Zamzamy and others. Registration required. | Nun Center, 4 Shafik Mansour Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Festival 6pm CAIRO | El-Sawy Culturewheel presents the 10th Okaz Festival of Arab Culture which runs between 11 and 13 December; a three-day festival celebrating colloquial poetry through lectures, screenings and poetry recitals. | River Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Theatre 6pm CAIRO | Gaheem (Hell), a play inspired and adapted from Dante’s Divine Comedy by Robaa Tayer troupe. | Heliopolis Library, 42 El-Orouba Street, Heliopolis, Cairo |
Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO | African Wilderness, a wild-life photography exhibition by Mostafa Alshershabi, Walid Yassin, Mostafa Elbrolosy, Mostafa Mahran and Mohammed Hisham. The exhibition runs until 19 December. | GrEEK Campus, 28 Falaki Street, Bab El-Louk, Downtown Cairo |
Performance 7pm CAIRO | A shadow-puppet theatre performance. | Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism Al-Gamaleya, Cairo |
Dance 8pm CAIRO | A contemporary dance performance by Nicole Roerick from New York. | Darb 1718, Kasr El-Sham3 Street, Al-Fakhareen – Old Cairo |
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(Photo: from the Nicole Roerick dance performance's promotional material)
Saturday 12 Dec
Book Fair 9am-9pm CAIRO | A selection of LE1-20 books. The book fair runs until 1 January 2016. | Al-Rab3 Cultural Centre, Al-Moez Street, Al-Gamaliyya, Cairo |
Film/video CAIRO | The 7th Cairo Video Festival. The festival kicks off on 10 Dec and continues until 25 Dec with screenings taking place across several venues: Medrar for Contemporary Art, Contemporary Image Collective, Zawya and French Institute | Several venues |
City walk 11am-1pm CAIRO | A visit to National Theater in Ataba which includes a presentation about the theatre’s history and recent conservation work, as well as a guided tour inside the theatre.The tour is organised by Megawra | Built Environment Collective and the Artistic House for Theatre. Registration is required. | Qawmi (National) Theatre, Ataba, Cairo |
Festival 2-7pm CAIRO | The one-day Foustat Festival for Traditional Arts and Crafts. | Foustat Traditional Crafts Centre, 1 Al-Emam Street, behind Amr Ibn El-Aas Mosque, Old Cairo |
Lecture 6pm CAIRO | Arabic lecture titled ‘Port Said in the Nation’s Memory’. | Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa Street, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647 |
Festival 6pm CAIRO | El-Sawy Culturewheel presents the 10th Okaz Festival of Arab Culture which runs between 11 and 13 December; a three-day festival celebrating colloquial poetry through lectures, screenings and poetry recitals. | River Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music 7pm CAIRO | Concert by Transistor band. | Wisdom Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Theatre 8pm CAIRO | ‘Etnen Ela Robaa’, a comedy play. | Hosapeer Theatre, Galaa Street, Downtown Cairo |
Music | Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ahmed El-Saedi will perform works by Scriabin, Ciaran Hope and Symphony No 6 by Bohuslav Martinu. The concert is a celebration of Martinu’s 125th anniversary. Soloist of the evening is violinist Cora Venus Lunny. | Cairo Opera House, Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo |
Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO | El-Tanoura, traditional troupe performance. | Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo |
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Foustat Traditional Crafts Center (Photo: Foustat Traditional Crafts Center's facebook)
Sunday 13 Dec
Film/video CAIRO | The 7th Cairo Video Festival. The festival kicks off on 10 Dec and continues until 25 Dec with screenings taking place across several venues: Medrar for Contemporary Art, Contemporary Image Collective, Zawya and the French Institute. | Several venues |
Festival 6pm CAIRO | Last day of the 10th Okaz Festival of Arab Culture; a three-day festival celebrating colloquial poetry through lectures, screenings and poetry recitals. | River Hall, El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Music 7pm CAIRO | Dance performance and music by the Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments. | Beit El-Seheimy, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism Al-Gamaleya, Cairo |
Film 7:30pm CAIRO | Screening of the American documentary ‘E-Team’ (Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman, 2014). | Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo |
Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA | Documentary Film Forum: Screening of the Bulgarian documentary 'Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service' (Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva, 2014). | Auditorium Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Alexandria |
(Photo: still from E Team)
EXHIBITIONS this week
Exhibition 29 Nov-14 Dec CAIRO | Miniature City, a painting exhibition by Aly Ashour. | Art Lounge Cairo, 37b Ahmed Heshmat Street, 1st floor, Apt 2, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 2-16 Dec CAIRO | It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane, a multimedia group exhibit with works from established and young artists.(An appointment by calling these numbers is required to visit the exhibition at the embassy: 27951536 - 27943638) | Embassy of Switzerland, 24 Gamal El-Din Abou El-Mahassen Street, Garden City, Cairo |
Exhibition Opening 11-10 Dec CAIRO | African Wilderness, a wild-life photography exhibition by Mostafa Alshershabi, Walid Yassin, Mostafa Elbrolosy Mostafa Mahranand Mohammed Hisham. | GrEEK Campus, 28 Falaki Street, Bab El-Louk, Downtown Cairo |
Exhibition 29 Nov CAIRO | Worthy Degenerate, a group exhibition of seven contemporary artists exploring and tackling the values of the ‘low quality image.’ | Townhouse Gallery, 10 Nabarawy Street, off Champolion Street, Downtown Cairo |
Exhibition 10-15 Dec CAIRO | Hope, paintings by artist Samah Emam. | Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo |
Exhibition 25 Nov-14 Jan CAIRO | Monochrome, featuring black and white photography of Amr El-Sawah. The gallery is open from Sunday to Thursday from 10am to 5pm | The Photographic Gallery, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, AUC New Cairo Campus, Road 90, Cairo |
