Thursday 1 December Lecture on the Egyptian Zar Ritual, 6pm Read more here NVIC, Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Opera 'The Masked Ball', 8pm The Cairo Opera Company, the Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nayer Nagui The opera is staged between 29 November and 2 December at the Cairo Opera House's main hall. Science Film Festival, 11am Check the programme here Alexandria Layla Min Alf Layla (A Night from A Thousand Nights), 7pm Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre, Alexandria A Masked Ball at the Cairo Opera House (Photo: courtesy of the Cairo Opera House) Friday 2 December Screening of A Present from the Past by Kawthar Younis Screening timings: 12pm, 2.30pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, 10pm Zawya, Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said Street off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown Cairo Exhibition opening, 6pm I am Present - Art Exhibition by Krista Cary Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis Street, Zamalek, Cairo “Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet), 8pm Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Science Film Festival (Photo: Science Film Festival's promotional material at the Goethe Institut Alexandria facebook page) Saturday 3 December Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, 7.30pm Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Fathy Salama, 8pm North African Fusion Read more here Cairo Opera House, Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Symphonic concert, 8pm Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ahmed El Saedi. Programme: W A Mozart's Symphony in C Major K 551 “Jupiter”, Requiem for Soli, Choir and Orchestra K 626. Soloists: soprano Maria Fajtova, alto Gala El-Hadidi, tenor Amr Medhat, bass Reda El-Wakil. A Cappella Choir with choir master Maya Gveneria. Cairo Opera House, Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Les Petits Chats, 8pm Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad Street, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Musician Fathy Salama (Photo: part of promotional material for Fathy Salama's Cairo Opera House concert) Egypt's arts and culture events of the week: 27 November-4 December
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