Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 25 December Exhibition Last days CAIRO On the Silk Road, by Mohamed Abla. The exhibition runs until 28 December. Ofok Gallery, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St, Dokki, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO Dynamics, duo exhibition for artists Mustafa El Husseiny and Nehad Saeed.The exhibition runs until 26 December. Soma Art, 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 12pm and 2.30pm CAIRO Screening of Where to Invade Next. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 3.15pm CAIRO Screening of Synecdoche. Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 5pm and 10pm CAIRO Screening of A Present from the Past. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Lecture 6.30pm CAIRO Discussion of ‘itr al-Gharam, a novel by Mohamed El-Oun. Heliopolis Library Beirut St, Heliopolis, Cairo Film 6.45pm CAIRO Screening of A Present from the Past. Point 90 Mall, St 90 (Opposite AUC Gate 5), Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Harold and Maude, directed by Hal Ashby. Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, 19a Adly St, Downtown, Cairo Poetry 7pm CAIRO Poetry evening. Beit El-Set Wasila, Mohamed Abdo St, Old Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Risalet Salam International troupe. Qubbat Al-Ghouri (Al-Ghouri Dome), Al-Azhar, 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-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Sunday Screening: 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Christmas concert by Neveen Allouba. Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Suffragette. ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sorour band in concert. Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Salem El-Shahbany in concert. El Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Bas Anta Mish Shamem (But You Aren't Smelling), starring Fathi Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Adel, Rabab Tarek, written by Ahmed Diab and Ahmed Sobhy and directed by Abeer Lotfi. Miami Theatre, 38 Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour. Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo Tel: 02 2593 7948 Performance 5pm ALEXANDRIA El-Horreya troupe for popular arts. Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Animation Film Forum: Screening of The Wind Rises. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Auditorium Hall, Alexandria Lecture 7pm ALEXANDRIA Lecture titled “Contemporary Art in South Korea” and presented by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Lecture Hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Harold and Maude will screen at Cimatheque on Sunday 25 December (Photo: courtesy of Cimatheque)
Monday 26 December
Exhibition Last day CAIRO Dynamics, duo exhibition for artists Mustafa El Husseiny and Nehad Saeed. Soma Art, 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 12pm, 2.30pm and 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Where to Invade Next. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 5pm and 10pm CAIRO Screening of A Present from the Past. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 6pm CAIRO Shoufu Al-Hayat Bi Oyooni play. El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo Film 6.45pm CAIRO Screening of A Present from the Past. Americana Plaza Mall, 26 July Axis, El Sheikh Zayed, 6th of October City Film 7.15pm CAIRO Screening of Tarkovsky's Nostalgia. Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of A Man Called Ove by Hannes Holm. Balcon Lounge, 26 Sohag St, Heliopolis, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Christmas Concert by Talents Development Center. Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Performance 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Opera Ballet Company, conducted by Nayer Nagui, will perform The Nutcracker ballet. Read more here. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Opera House String Orchestra, conducted by Hassan Sharara. Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sorour band (Photo: still from promotional material) Tuesday 27 December
Exhibition Last days CAIRO On the Silk Road, by Mohamed Abla. The exhibition runs until 28 December. Ofok Gallery, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St, Dokki, Cairo Film 12pm, 2.30pm and 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Where to Invade Next. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 5pm and 10pm CAIRO Screening of A Present from the Past. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO Apeirophobia exhibition, by Ahmed Abd ElGhany. The exhibition runs until 12 January. Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Asem St, off Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.15pm CAIRO Screening of Cloud Atlas. Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo Performance 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Opera Ballet Company, conducted by Nayer Nagui, will perform The Nutcracker ballet. Read more here. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Waheed Mamdouh accompanied by String Quartet. Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha present traditional music from the Nile Delta to the South. Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week The Nutcracker Ballet, 2011 (Photo: Sherif Sonbol) Wednesday 28 December
Exhibition Last day CAIRO On the Silk Road, by Mohamed Abla. Ofok Gallery, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St, Dokki, Cairo Poetry 7pm CAIRO Poetry night featuring iconic Egyptian poet Ahmed Abdel-Moaty Hegazy. Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Discussion 7pm CAIRO A talk on the music video of the song Nour. Read more here. Beit El-Sura, Building 30, St 15, Sarayat El-Gharbeyah, El-Maadi, Cairo Music/Poetry 7pm CAIRO Celebrating the memory of Egypt's iconic poet Salah Jaheen. Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Film 7.15pm CAIRO Screening of three short films. Doum Cultural Foundation, 36 Abdelkhalek Tharwat St, Downtown, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Performance 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Opera Ballet Company, conducted by Nayer Nagui, will perform The Nutcracker ballet. Read more here. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sherif Sobhy in concert. Bait Al-Oud (The House of Oud), El Harawy house, 164 Al-Qalaa St, Al-Qalaa, tel 02 23901016, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Concert celebrating Om Kalthoum's birthday. Conducted by maestro Medhat Abd El-Samea. Om Kalthoum museum, 1 El-Malek El-Saleh St, Roda Island (Manial), tel 02 23631467, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zar music and songs by Mazaher Ensemble, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab. Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week (Photo: still from Where to Invade Next) Thursday 29 December
Film 6pm CAIRO Cinema club: celebrating memory of late Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo Theatre 6.30pm CAIRO Performance by Halawat Shamsina theatre troupe. Heliopolis Library Beirut St, Heliopolis, Cairo Performance 7pm CAIRO Pantomime show by Malameh troupe. Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., off Mohamed Mazhar St., Zamalek, Cairo Launch event 7pm CAIRO “On Telling Histories”: An event to launch "Ehky ya Tarikh"s publications and an account of the workshop's adventures from Upper Egypt to Alexandria via the Canal. Mesaha, 4 Kawalah St. ext. Of Mohamed Mahmoud St, Downtown, Cairo Performance 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Opera Ballet Company, conducted by Nayer Nagui, will perform The Nutcracker ballet. Read more here. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Film 1pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of Ask My Heart (1952), directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Arts and Multimedia Library, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Iconic Egyptian poet Salah Jaheen Friday 30 December
Poetry 3.30pm CAIRO Sheesh Yek poetry evening. Alrabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, tel: 01011906907 Performance 8pm CAIRO The Cairo Opera Ballet Company, conducted by Nayer Nagui, will perform The Nutcracker ballet. Read more here. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO Puppet and shadow theatre performance, written and directed by Nabil Bahgat. Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Music 4pm and 7.30pm CAIRO Two concerts by Egyptian band Cairokee. El Sawy Culturewheel, River Hall, 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Ehky ya Tarikh launch event will take place on 29 December (Photo: fragment from promotional material) Saturday 31 December
Celebration 7pm CAIRO Celebrating New Year's eve with music and games. Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra - New Year's Eve Concert. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Beatles New Year's Bash: Concert by Glass Onion. Read more here. Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 4pm ALEXANDRIA Children's Choir, conducted by Ghenwa Ahmed. Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria Film 4.30pm ALEXANDRIA Christmas movie night: Home Alone. Bab Ashra, Janaklis, Mortada St, Alexandria Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA New Year's Concert by BA Chamber Orchestra. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Still from Cairokee's 'The Last Song' music video on YouTube.
Sunday 1 January
Exhibition Last days CAIRO Third Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition. Runs till 5 January. Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO -Knights of Dai, an exhibition by Ahmed Saber, Kareem helmy, Moawiya Hilal and Nagub Moein. -Out of Focus, by artist Atef Ahmed Runs till 3 January. Dai Gallery, 14 El-Ahrar St, from Batal Ahmed St, Mohandessin, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO “Threads,”a solo exhibition by Mexican-Italian artist Carlos Torio. Runs till 5 January. Mashrabia, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Emad Abdel-Aziz in concert. El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra - New Year's Eve Concert. Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad St), Alexandria Glass Onion in concert (Photo: part of promotional material on Glass Onion's Facebook page) 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 19 Dec - 19 Jan CAIRO Discursiveness: an exhibition by Yannick Jacquet, Fred Penelle and Dia Hamed. Medrar, 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St. Garden City, First Floor, Apt.4, Cairo Exhibition 5 - 26 Dec CAIRO Dynamics, duo exhibition for artists Mustafa El Husseiny and Nehad Saeed. Soma Art, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 17 Dec- 3 Jan CAIRO -Knights of Dai, an exhibition by Ahmed Saber, Kareem helmy, Moawiya Hilal and Nagub Moein.
-Out of Focus, by artist Atef Ahmed Dai Gallery, 14 El-Ahrar St, from Batal Ahmed St, Mohandessin, Cairo Exhibition 9 Dec - 15 Feb CAIRO The Cairo Art Fair II ArtsMart, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Rd., behind Total gas station, Cairo Exhibition 30 Nov - tba CAIRO Taha Belal & Gozde Ilkin. Read our Art Alert here. Gypsum Gallery, Gypsum, 5 Ibrahim Naguib St, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo Exhibition 14 Dec- 5 Jan CAIRO Third Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition. Runs till 5 January. Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 28 Nov- 28 Dec CAIRO On the Silk Road, by Mohamed Abla Ofok Gallery, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1 Kafour St., Dokki, Cairo Exhibition 4 Dec - 5 Jan CAIRO “Threads,”a solo exhibition by Mexican-Italian artist Carlos Torio Mashrabia, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 1 Dec - 12 Jan CAIRO Retrospective: Photographs from the Collection, a group exhibition from the gallery's archival collection The Photographic Gallery AUC New Campus, AbdulLatif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Road 90 New Cairo Exhibition 6 Dec - 7 Jan CAIRO “Behind Closed Doors,” an exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Farid Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 11 Dec - 9 Jan CAIRO Two solo exhibits: Zeinab El-Saginy in venue I, and Ahmed AbdelKarim in venue II Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 6 Dec- 10 Jan CAIRO Zaraeeb, an exhibition by French-Tunisian graffiti artist el Seed. The exhibition runs until 10 January. Art Talks, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 6 Nov- 31 Jan CAIRO From Rags to Riches, an exhibition of 20 public artworks created using recycled materials. Switzerland Embassy, 24 Gamal El-din, Abul-Mahasen St, Garden City, Cairo Emad Abdel-Aziz will give a concert at Cairo's El Sawy Culturewheel on 1 January (Photo: fragment from promotional material) 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
