Books 10am-11pm CAIRO Rabaa Book Fair. The fair runs between 1 and 15 September El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez Street, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907) Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Roznama 5, youth group exhibition and competition for creative contemporary art works. Check our Art Alert here. -Medrar, 7 Gamal E- Din Abou El Mahasen St, Garden City. -Mashrabiya, 8 Champollion St, Downtown. -Soma Art, 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek Poetry 7pm CAIRO Poet Abd El-Moaty Hegazy's cultural salon Beit El-Shaer (Poetry House), Beit Al-Set Wasila, Mohamed Abdo Street, Old Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of #Detachment 3elbat Alwan15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Le Challet De Tunis, part of Cannes Film Festival's ACID week in Cairo. Check the complete programme here. Cimatheque,19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Iranian, part of Cannes Film Festival's ACID week in Cairo. Check the complete programme here. Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Noor, part of Cannes Film Festival's ACID week in Cairo. Check the complete programme here. French Institute, 1 Madraset Al Hoqouq, Mounira, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Flashback band. Check the full programme of Men Fat Adimmuh Tah festival. Beyt El-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments. Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, El-Darb El-Asfar Alley, El-Muaaz St, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening re-runs: Love, Theft and Other Entanglements Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Paris, Je T'aime ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Tania Saleh, accompanied by Egyptian oud player, singer and composer Hazem Shaheen. Read more here El Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem rd., Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO September German Film Night: Taste the Waste Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Hanager Arts Centre hosts a week-long retrospective for late Egyptian director Mohamed Khan Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House Grounds, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Amarein band in concert. El Sawy Culturewheel - River hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Concert by the Nubian troupe for drums and folk instruments Qubbat El-Ghouri (El-Ghouri Dome), Al-Azhar, Cairo Theatre 7.30pm ALEXANDRIA Till We Prove the Opposite, a play directed by Mohamed Osama Ata. The event is part of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Check the festival's complete programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small hall, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Palestinian folklore band. The event is part of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Check the festival's complete programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theatre, Alexandria
Monday 5 Sep
Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of The Danish Girl. Magnolia. Leaves of Art 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Rania Shaalan. Check the full programme of Men Fat Adimmuh Tah festival. Bayt El-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Cosmodrama, part of Cannes Film Festival's ACID week in Cairo. Check the complete programme here. Cimatheque,19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Brooklyn, part of Cannes Film Festival's ACID week in Cairo. Check the complete programme here. Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Pauline S'Arrache, part of Cannes Film Festival's ACID week in Cairo. Check the complete programme here. French Institute, 1 Madraset Al Hoqouq, Mounira, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening re-runs: My Love Awaits me by the Sea Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO ‘Masgoun 1664' theatrical performance. El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Zikr and Sufi night Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts - Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, 11461, El-Dawaween, Cairo (Close to Saad Zaghloul Metro Station) Inshad 8pm CAIRO Sheikh Mahmoud El-Tohamy El Sawy Culturewheel - River hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Fatima (2015) Balcon Heliopolis 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Hanager Arts Centre hosts a week-long retrospective for late Egyptian director Mohamed Khan Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House Grounds, Cairo Film 3pm ALEXANDRIA Film screenings every Monday and Tuesday. Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria Theatre 7.30pm ALEXANDRIA Till We Prove the Opposite, a play directed by Mohamed Osama Ata. The event is part of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Check the festival's complete programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small hall, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Traditional music from India: Santoor band. The event is part of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Check the festival's complete programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theatre, Alexandria
Tuesday 6 Sep
Music 6.30pm CAIRO Nagham band in concert. El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 6.30pm CAIRO Screening of Barbara. ADEF DECA, 143, street 8, Moqattam, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening re-runs: Yallah! Underground Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Roundabout in my Head, part of Cannes Film Festival's ACID week in Cairo. Check the complete programme here. Cimatheque,19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Noor, part of Cannes Film Festival's ACID week in Cairo. Check the complete programme here. Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Iranian, part of Cannes Film Festival's ACID week in Cairo. Check the complete programme here. French Institute, 1 Madraset Al Hoqouq, Mounira, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Ahmed Nabil. Check the full programme of Men Fat Adimmuh Tah festival. Beyt El-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Hanager Arts Centre hosts a week-long retrospective for late Egyptian director Mohamed Khan. Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House Grounds, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Percussionist Reda Henkesh in concert. El Sawy Culturewheel - River hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha present traditional music of the Nile Delta; Nubian Fadeka music; in addition to music from Sudan, Aswan, and Eritrea. Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts - Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, 11461, El-Dawaween, Cairo (Close to Saad Zaghloul Metro Station) Film 3pm ALEXANDRIA Film screenings every Monday and Tuesday. Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria Theatre 8pm ALEXANDRIA Crazy Accident: A play written by Lenin El-Ramli and directed by Yasmine Saeed. The event is part of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Check the festival's complete programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small theatre, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Shawarena band. The event is part of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Check the festival's complete programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theatre, Alexandria
Wednesday 7 Sep
Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Dogville by Lars von Trier Magnolia. Leaves of Art 12 Mohamed Anis Street, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Darawesh band. Check the full programme of Men Fat Adimmuh Tah festival. Beyt El-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Hanager Arts Centre hosts a week-long retrospective for late Egyptian director Mohamed Khan Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House Grounds, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO A night of inshad and tarrab with Abd El-Qadder El-Dar'ouzi. El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Zar music and songs by Mazaher, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts - Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, 11461, El-Dawaween, Cairo (Close to Saad Zaghloul Metro Station) Music 8.30pm CAIRO Mazzika x El Sat7: Saleeb Sufi Project Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Film screening & discussion 6pm ALEXANDRIA The Documentary Film Salon screens a film on old Cairo's crafts. Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Mohamed Mohsen. The event is part of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Check the festival's complete programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theatre, Alexandria
Thursday 8 September
Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Bab El Wadaa, followed by discussion with filmmakers Osiris,1 Hassan Mourad st. from Qasr El Aini, 2nd floor, Garden City, Cairo Inshad 7pm CAIRO Inshad with sheikh Waleed Shaheen in celebration of Eid Al-Adha. Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Microphone band. Check the full programme of Men Fat Adimmuh Tah festival. Beyt El-Sinnari, Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Almostarbaa band 3elbat Alwan15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO "NAR", a neofolk quintet from Cairo dedicated to traditional music of the Orient and the Mediterranean. ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Hanager Arts Centre hosts a week-long retrospective for late Egyptian director Mohamed Khan Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House Grounds, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO El-Hadraa El-Genaina theatre, Al-Azhar park, Salah Salem road, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Al-Masriyeen band Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Opera Company presents an evening with Mozart, Verdi and Puccini. Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The National Arab Music Ensemble plays songs of late singer and composer Abdel-Wahab. Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Darawish Abu El-Gheit El- Dammah Theatre, 30 A El-Belaasa street, Abdeen, Cairo Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Soad Massi. Closing event of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Check the festival's complete programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theatre, Alexandria
Souad Massi (Photo:Photos: Ati Metwaly)
Friday 9 September
Exhibition CAIRO Summer collective exhibition: Masterpieces XV. More than 70 exclusive paintings and sculptures by established artists as well as younger talents. The exhibition runs until 30 September Zamalek Art Gallery, 11, Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition CAIRO Contemporary Visions, group exhibition featuring around 70 artworks from 1939 to the present. The exhibition runs until 22 September Al-Masar Gallery, 157 B 26 July street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Ali El Helbawi El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30 CAIRO Ali El Helbawi El Sawy Culturewheel - River hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Blues rock music with West (Sharq) 3elbat Alwan15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Michelle Rounds Project live ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Opera Company presents an evening with Mozart, Verdi and Puccini. Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Puppet and shadow theatre performance, scripted and directed by Nabil Bahgat. Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo
Saturday 10 September
Exhibition Last days CAIRO The Sweetest Haven, by Adam Henein and Bahaa Amer. Exhibition runs until 16 September Art Talks, 8 El Kamel Mohamed Street, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Double check with the location prior to attending Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo
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