Sunday 18 September Exhibition CAIRO Roznama exhibition continues till 5 October. Read our review here. -Medrar, 7 Gamal E- Din Abou El Mahasen St, Garden City. -Mashrabiya, 8 Champollion St, Downtown. -Soma Art, 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek Books 10am-11pm CAIRO Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez Street, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907) Discussion 5pm CAIRO Panel discussion: International Opportunities and Networks for Artists, part of Masafat festival. Read more here. Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Spirit of the Places group exhibit Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem st., off Brazil st., Zamalek, Cairo Inshad 7pm CAIRO Inshad by Mohamed Atef. El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Victor Errice's "El espíritu de la colmena” (Spirit of the Beehive) Cimatheque,19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of short film All That is Solid (2014), and Mohamed Khan's feature Omar's Journey (1986), part of Masafat festival. Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Music 7.30pm 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 Music 8pm CAIRO ‘Arabic Singing Youth' concert featuring singers Ahmed Mohsen and Noha Hafez. The Beshtak Palace (Qasr Bashtak), Bayn El-Qasrayn, Moez St, Islamic Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Omar Khairat Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo
Ghassan Al-Youssef and Dina Abdel-Hamid (Photo: Malak El-Awady)
Monday 19 September
Exhibition last days 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 St, Zamalek, Cairo Books 10am-11pm CAIRO Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907) Discussion 5pm CAIRO Panel discussion: Institutes for the Contemporary, part of Masafat festival. Read more here. Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Karaoke night. Room Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Bahgat Al-Roh salon featuring poet Mohamed Bahgat and Talaat Harb Cultural Centre's Choir. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647. Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Viva Zalata (1976), part of Masafat festival. Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Film 7.30 CAIRO Screening of Andrei Tarkovsky's The Mirror (Zerkalo). Read more here Magnolia. Leaves of Art 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO ‘Oscar' play, directed by Samer El-Araby. El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30 CAIRO Screening of Emmanuelle Bercot's “La tête haute.” Starring Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel Balcon Heliopolis 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Omar Khairat Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Film 3pm ALEXANDRIA Film screenings every Monday and Tuesday. Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria
(Photo: still from Andrei Tarkovsky's 'The Mirror') Tuesday 20 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 St, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre CAIRO 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Read more here Cairo Books 10am-11pm CAIRO Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907) Music CAIRO Opening of the Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting, 20-27 September. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings. Theatre of St. Joseph Well Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Victor Errice's "El espíritu de la colmena” (Spirit of the Beehive) Cimatheque,19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Film 6.30pm CAIRO Screening of The Lives of Others (the film is for the audience aged 18+) ADEF DECA, 143, street 8, Moqattam, Cairo Storytelling 7pm CAIRO ‘Bayaeen Kalam' storytelling performance. Room Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Film 7.30 CAIRO Screening of A Life in Pictures, a documentary about director Stanley Kubrick. Read more here. Magnolia. Leaves of Art 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music / poetry 8pm CAIRO Dear Anonymous, poetry and music evening with an Egyptian poet Ahmed Haddad. Read more here. El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 3pm ALEXANDRIA Film screenings every Monday and Tuesday. Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA ‘Awel Dakka' play, directed by Monica Joseph. The performance is the product of a children's theatre workshop. Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of The Beautiful World (Le Beau Monde) Teatro Eskenderia, 25 Fouad St, Raml Station, Alexandria Theatre 8pm DAMANHOUR ‘Eamalu Maarouf', a play performed by Abu E Matameer troup Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour
(Photo: still from Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures)
Wednesday 21 September
Theatre CAIRO 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Read more here Cairo Books 10am-11pm CAIRO Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907) Music 5pm CAIRO The Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting. Moez street carnival with participation of all the troupes. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings. Moez St, Fatimid Cairo, Cairo Discussion 5pm CAIRO Panel discussion: Communal Experiences in Arts and Music, part of Masafat festival. Read more here. Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO The Contents of the Grocery Bag. The multimedia exhibition runs until 22 October. Read more here Contemporary Image Collective, 22 Abdelkhalek Tharwat St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Logical Revolts (2012), part of Masafat festival, and OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies (2006) Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Discussion 7.30pm CAIRO History Lectures: El-Naser Salah El-Din El-Ayouby's Country Al-Kotob Khan, 13 road 254, Degla, Maadi, cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Emad Abd ElAziz in concert. El Sawy Culturewheel - Wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sheikh Zein ensemble Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA Ballet performance in collaboration with Art City Academy. Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya Street, Alexandria Theatre 8pm DAMANHOUR ‘Eamalu Maarouf', a play performed by Abu E Matameer troup Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour
Awtar quartet [L] and Alhadraa [R] (Photos: Awtar and Alhadraa promotional materials)
Thursday 22 September
Theatre CAIRO 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Read more here Cairo Books 10am-11pm CAIRO Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907) Film 5pm CAIRO Screening of "Hell-Bent in India" Maulana Azad Centre For Indian Culture, 3, Abu El Feda St, 2nd floor, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Sayed Darwish troupe in concert. Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh St, Manial, Cairo Film/Discussion 7pm CAIRO Screening of ‘Heya Fawda' (Youssef Chahine/Khaled Youssef, 2007) followed by a lecture about late Egyptian actor Khaled Saleh. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647 Theatre 7pm CAIRO Pantomime performance titled ‘Ehki Ya Shahrazad' followed by a play titled ‘Shaytan Gharib'. Children's Creativity Centre, Beit El-Eini, behind Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo Music 7.30 CAIRO Pawel Kuzma, a guitarist from Poland and Esraa Abd Elaziz, a pianist from Egypt. Read more here St John the Baptist Church -- Corner of Port Said Road and Road 17, Degla, Maadi, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO The Last Supper, a play directed by Ahmed El Attar. Read more here Falaki Theatre, Falaki Street, American University Campus, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Trio Karkadé 3elbat Alwan15 Ahmed Heshmat St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting. The performances runs between 22 and 25 September across a variety of venues in Cairo, Qanater and Banha cultural palaces. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings. Cairo Qanater Banha Music 8pm CAIRO Opening concert of the Cairo Opera season 2016/2017. Conductor: David Crescenzi Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Jazz and rock Kiki band from Japan Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Gaka, Sami Baha, Lafawndah, Dawsha, part of Masafat festival. Read more here. Sherazade club, 3 Alfy St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm ALEXANDRIA Exhibition by artist Mahmoud Hamdy. Freedom Centre for Creativity, 1 El-Horreya St, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Opera Ensemble for Arab Music and Singing Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Piano and cello recital with Ghenwa and Mohamed Gabr Teatro Eskenderia, 25 Fouad St, Raml Station, Alexandria
Poet and artist Ahmed Haddad (Photo: Ahmed Haddad's Facebook page)
Friday 23 September
Theatre CAIRO 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Read more here Cairo Books 10am-11pm CAIRO Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907) Exhibition last days 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 St, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre / circus 8pm CAIRO Zambalek by Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School. Read more here El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem road, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Black Code (2015) and Four Lions (2010) , part of Masafat festival. Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 Street, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Alhadraa band and Awtar quartet. Read more here El Sawy Culturewheel - River hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Music night featuring singer Noha Fekry, pianist and composer Amro Salah and guitarist Ihab Badr. ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO Puppet and shadow theatre performance, scripted and directed by Nabil Bahgat. Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Code Masr band 3elbat Alwan15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO The Last Supper, a play directed by Ahmed El Attar. Read more here Falaki Theatre, Falaki Street, American University Campus, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting. The performances runs between 22 and 25 September across a variety of venues in Cairo, Qanater and Banha cultural palaces. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings. Cairo Qanater Banha Theatre 6pm ALEXANDRIA Eswed (Black), a play directed by Tarek Nader. Read more here Teatro Eskenderia, 25 Fouad street, Raml Station, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Opera String Orchestra will perform works by Mozart and Beethoven. Conductor Ahmed Atef, violin soloist Hassan Sharara. Read more here Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria
Scene from The Last Supper directed by Ahmed El-Attar. (Photo: Moustapha Abdel-Ati)
Saturday 24 September
Theatre CAIRO 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Read more here Cairo Books 10am-11pm CAIRO Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September. El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez St, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907) Music 4pm & 7.30pm CAIRO Two concerts featuring Egyptian band Cairokee. El Sawy Culturewheel - River hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Performance 7pm CAIRO El-Sameteen troupe conducted by Reda Abd El-Aziz. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647 Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Hossam Sakr ensemble for Sufi singing Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting. The performances runs between 22 and 25 September across a variety of venues in Cairo, Qanater and Banha cultural palaces. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings. Cairo Qanater Banha Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra weekly concert Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Musiphoria band Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Dina Abdel Hamid and Ghassan El-Youssef: oud recital. Read more about the duo here Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Jordanian band Random House and Palestinian musician Tamer Abu Ghazaleh. Read more here. El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem road, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO The Last Supper, a play directed by Ahmed El Attar. Read more here Falaki Theatre, Falaki Street, American University Campus, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Inaugural concert of the 2016/2017 season: the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra will be conducted by Hisham Gabr, featuring Polish soprano Jadwiga Kirschanek. Read more here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chamber Orchestra (Photo: courtesy of Bibliotheca Alexandrina)
Sunday 25 September
Theatre CAIRO 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre runs between 20 and 30 September across several locations. Read more here Cairo Books 10am-11pm CAIRO Rabaa Book Fair. The fair continues until 29 September. El-Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, El-Gamaleya, El-Muez Street, next to Aqmar Mosque (tel: 0101 190 6907) Lecture 7pm CAIRO A lecture about late iconic Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz. El-Amir Taz Palace, 27 El-Soufeieh St, Manial, Old Cairo Poetry/Music 7pm CAIRO A celebration of poet Mohamed Soliman's 70th birthday, presented by poet AlSamah Abdallah. The night will also feature a musical performance. Beit El-Shaer (Poetry House), Beit Al-Set Wasila, Mohamed Abdo St, Old Cairo Music 7.30pm 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 Music 8pm CAIRO The Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting. The performances runs between 22 and 25 September across a variety of venues in Cairo, Qanater and Banha cultural palaces. Check the detailed schedule at the end of the listings. Cairo Qanater Banha Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of a Spanish film Salvador (2006). Read more here Cinema El-Fourn, Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa Street, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Oshaq El-Nagham troupe conducted by Mohamed Abd El-Sattar in celebration of the memory of late music composer Riad El-Sonbati. Manasterly Palace, Rhoda Island, next to the Nilometre, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO The Last Supper, a play directed by Ahmed El Attar. Read more here Falaki Theatre, Falaki St, American University Campus, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Animation Film Forum: screening of the animated movie “Up” (2009), directed by Pete Docter. English dialogue. Subtitled in Arabic Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium hall, Alexandria Complete programme of the Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting (Photo: from the website of the Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting) For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture
