Thursday 8 December The second Nubian Festival, 1pm - 9pm Running between 8 and 10 November Souq Al-Fustat, between El Emam St and Hassan El Anwar St, Old Cairo Screening of In a Day, 12pm, 2.30pm, 7pm, 10pm Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Screening of a selection of documentary films by filmmaker Ismail El-Nazer, 6pm Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Franz Schubert's Mass in G Major, 8pm Performed by the Cairo Choral Society conducted by John Baboukis. Ewart Hall - AUC Main Campus, 113 Kasr El Aini St, Cairo Science Film Festival Screening 14 films in parallel to the international event. Daily screenings run betwen 27 Nov and 14 Dec. Check the programme here Various venues in Alexandria and other cities. Cairo Choral Society (Photo: Cairo Choral Society's promotional material on Facebook) Friday 9 December Opening of Cairo Art Fair II, starting 12pm Displaying over 700 artworks by 100 Egyptian artists ArtsMart, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Rd., behind Total gas station, Cairo Darb 1718 celebrates its 8th birthday, 11am-9pm A day of workshops, a Christmas bazaar and a music concert. Pre-registration required Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Screening of A Present from the Past, 5pm, 8.30pm Read our interview with the director here. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Reggae music by Sefsafa band, 8.30pm ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Egyptian pianist and composer Omar Khairat accompanied by BA Orchestra, 8pm Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria (Photo: fragment from Solo, Bassam Alzoghby exhibition's promotional material) Saturday 10 December Solo photography exhibition by Bassam Alzoghby, 10am to 2pm, and 5pm to 9pm daily, except Fridays. Check our Art Alert here, Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, 2 Saad Zaghloul St., El Mounira, Cairo Two concerts by Egyptian band Massar Egbari, 4pm, 8pm El Sawy Culturewheel-- River Hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Open mic: Yostafandi Al Mareekh, by Mashrou3 Al Mareekh, 7pm Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Performance by Strawberry Swing band, 8pm Check our Art Alert here. Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Metropolitan Opera House in New York Live HD Transmission of L'Amour de Loin by Kaija Saariaho, 7.45pm Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria Metropolitan Opera's L'Amour de Loin (Photo: MET Opera's promotional material) Egypt's arts and culture events of the week: 4-11 December
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