Sunday 16 October Exhibition Last days CAIRO Return to The Factory, and exhibition by Fathi Afifi. Exhibition runs until 18 October. Ofok Gallery, Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St, Giza Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Time of my Life (2012). Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screenings of the films participating in the 20th National Film Festival. The festival runs between 12 and 20 October. Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO The Perfect; dance performance by Forsan El Sharq for Heritage Dance Company. The performance runs between 13 and 16 October. Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, 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 Books 11am-11pm ALEXANDRIA Book fair, 12-21 October. Bayt El Kotob, Zahran Roshdi St, Alexandria (tel 01067274880, 03-5822660) Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Fiction Film Forum: Kurdish-Asian Cinema Screening of film The Road, directed by Serif Gӧren and Yilmaz Güney (Turkey, 1982) 114 min Turkish and Kurdish with Arabic subtitles. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium hall, Alexandria Film 7.30pm CAIRO Mohamed Khan Tribute: Screening of Hind and Kamilia's Dreams (1989) with French Subtitles. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Chaplin (1992). ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Wust El Balad band. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria
Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Late Egyptian director Mohamed Khan. (Photo: Courtesy of Cairo International Film Festival)
Monday 17 October Film 11am CAIRO Screening of a documentary film series titled ‘Rigal Min Zahab: Abtal October' (Men of Gold: October War's heroes). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647. Lecture 12pm CAIRO A lecture titled ‘October War Victories' for school children. Delivering the lecture will be writer Mohamed El-Shafei. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647. Film 7.30pm CAIRO Mohamed Khan Tribute: Screening of Supermarket (1990) with French Subtitles. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 3pm CAIRO Screenings of the films participating in the 20th National Film Festival. The festival runs between 12 and 20 October. Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Crafts 7.30pm CAIRO Opening of the 9th Annual Festival for Traditional Crafts. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Film 3pm ALEXANDRIA Cinema Club, screening two films (every Monday and Tuesday). Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Still from Love Aborted. (Photo: Courtesy of Cimatheque's Facebook page) Tuesday 18 October Film 3pm CAIRO Screenings of the films participating in the 20th National Film Festival. The festival runs between 12 and 20 October. Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Love Aborted (Syria/France, 1985). Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Music/Drawing 7pm CAIRO Sketch & JAM / Music Sketching Workshop. ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening a Compilation of Archival Pieces #3: Musicals, Commercials, and Propaganda. Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Crafts 7.30pm CAIRO Day 2 of the 9th Annual Festival for Traditional Crafts. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Mohamed Khan Tribute: Screening of Knight of the City (1992) with French Subtitles. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 3pm ALEXANDRIA Cinema Club, screening two films (every Monday and Tuesday). Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sketch & JAM / Music Sketching Workshop's poster. (Photo: Fragment from promotional material)
Wednesday 19 October Film 3pm CAIRO Screenings of the films participating in the 20th National Film Festival. The festival runs between 12 and 20 October. Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Crafts 7.30pm CAIRO Day 3 of the 9th Annual Festival for Traditional Crafts. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mazzika x El-Sat7: Crimson Pathway - RockBute. Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 St, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Books 6.30pm ALEXANDRIA Discussion of a short story collection titled ‘Taakol Al-Tayr Min Ra'so' . Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Crimson Pathway band. (Photo: Fragment from promotional material)
Thursday 20 October Film 4pm CAIRO Rescreening of Compilation of Archival Pieces #3: Musicals, Commercials, and Propaganda. Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Poetry/Music 7pm CAIRO A poetry and music evening titled ‘Awraq October' by poet Fouad Haggag. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647. Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Found Footage from the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Crafts 7.30pm CAIRO Last day of the 9th Annual Festival for Traditional Crafts. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Nile Project concert. Read more here. Darb 1718, Kasr El Sham3 St, El Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Nile project. (Photo: Fragment from promotional material)
Friday 21 October Film 4pm CAIRO Rescreening of Found Footage from the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sound of Egypt Orchestra: Hollywood in Cairo. Read more about the orchestra here. Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 6pm CAIRO Vibe V.1, featuring bands Autostrad, Masar Egbari, Sharmoofers. El-Hurreya park, Zamalek, Cairo. Film 7pm CAIRO Tribute to Mohamed Khan: A Dinner Date (1981). Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screenings of 48 hours film festival. Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, 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 Music by Do'souka. ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Michael Bolton live concert. RMC theatre, Cairo Fair ground, Nasr City, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Panorama launch party x Habibi Funk from Germany. Zigzag, 6 Kasr El-Nil St, Downtown, Cairo, Egypt Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Ahmed Atef conducts the Sound of Egypt Orchestra in a 2015 concert at the Cairo Opera House (Photo: Zafar Azimov, courtesy of Ahmed Atef)
Saturday 22 October Film 4pm CAIRO Screening a Compilation of Archival Pieces #4: Foreign Documentaries, Egyptian Newsreels from 1960s - 1890s. Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Music 6pm CAIRO Concert by Al-Samateen troupe. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo. Tel: 02 23622647. Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Ali Badrakhan's The Hunger (1986) Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Do'souka (Photo: Fragment from promotional material)
Sunday 23 October Film 4pm CAIRO Screening a Compilation of Archival Pieces #4: Foreign Documentaries, Egyptian Newsreels from 1960s - 1890s. Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Ali Badrakhan's The Hunger (1986). Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Decor, followed by Q&A with director Ahmed Abdalla. Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek, Cairo Poetry/Music 7pm CAIRO Poetry night celebrating colloquial poetry. 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 Concert featuring Nubian troupe for drums and folk instruments and Hassaballah troupe. Qubbat Al-Ghouri (Al-Ghouri Dome), Al-Azhar, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Best Songs of Andrea Bocelli & Frank Sinatra Cairo Opera Company Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad St), Alexandria Still from Decor. EXHIBITIONS this week Exhibition ongoing CAIRO Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre's products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery. Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Cairo Exhibition ongoing CAIRO A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products. Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo Exhibition 3 Oct - 18 Oct CAIRO Return to The Factory, and exhibition by Fathi Afifi. Ofok Gallery, Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St, Giza Exhibition 12 Oct -25 Oct CAIRO Life in Motion by Nevine Farghaly. Ubuntu Gallery, 20 Hassan Sabry St, from Ibn Zinky St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 28 Sep - 28 Oct CAIRO When Art Becomes Liberty: The Egyptian Surrealists (1938 - 1965). Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 1 Oct - 30 Nov CAIRO Sculpture Now, a collective sculpture exhibition featuring over 45 artists. Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Exhibition 3 Oct - 17 Oct CAIRO Hall of Art, an exclusive exhibition with works by over 15 renowned artists, including Omar El-Nagdy, George Bahgoury and Omar Abdel Zaher among others. ABn'G World, 2 Taha Hussain St, Ismail Mohamed Building, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 2 - 20 Oct CAIRO Windows, exhibition by artist Dina El-Gharib. Gallery Misr, 4A Ibn Zinky St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 9 - 25 Oct CAIRO ‘A Dream', an exhibition by artist Wagih Yassa. Picasso Art Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 22 Sep- 22 Oct 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 Exhibition 25 Sep - 9 Nov CAIRO They Usually Lie Around a Grotto, by Bryony Dunne. Read more here. Townhouse Factory, 10 Nabarawy street, off Champolion St, Downtown, Cairo. Exhibition 11 Oct - 7 Nov Gazbia Sirry: Art is my life. A retrospective. Read more here. Zamalek Art Gallery, 11, Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo 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
