Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 2 April
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Film 12pm CAIRO Screening of Dalida. Read more here. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 2.30pm CAIRO Screening of Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 5pm, 10pm CAIRO Screening of It's Only The End of the World Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Les Petits Chats, followed by Q&A session Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Scratch Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Alyam, Alyam Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO Vespa, paintings by Wael Hamdan Art Corner, 12 Sayed Bakry St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Halaqet Zekr, inshad music Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30 CAIRO Screening of The Brand New Testament (Belgium, 2015) Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Om El-Nour choir Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Wahabiyat concert Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Coffee and film night: screening of The Salesman (Iran) ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Exhibitons at Zamalek art gallery: Farghali and Abdelaziz Saab (Photo: part of promotional material by Zamalek Art Gallery)
Monday 3 April
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Film 12pm CAIRO Screening of Dalida. Read more here. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 2.30pm, 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 5pm, 10pm CAIRO Screening of It's Only The End of the World Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO Halfway Through the Thread, group exhibition focused on textile work. Read more here. Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa St., Old Cairo Exhibition opening 8pm CAIRO Exhibition by Wageh Yassa Salah Taher Gallery, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Italian film La Pazza Gioia (Like Crazy, 2016) Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Boghdady Big Band Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 6pm ALEXANDRIA Music Appreciation lecture #11: The resistance movement and Russian resistance. With Maestro Hisham Gabr. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Ida (Photo: Still from the film) Tuesday 4 April
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Film 12pm CAIRO Screening of Dalida. Read more here. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 2.30pm, 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 5pm, 10pm CAIRO Screening of It's Only The End of the World Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Alyam, Alyam Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Mohamed Saved From the Waters Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Italian film Perfect Strangers ADEF DECA 143, St no. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO Nagham Al-Qanal concert, Arabic music with Maestro Hossam Gamal El-Din Hafez Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rageh Daoud's film score compositions, with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra concert Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 4pm and 7pm ALEXANDRIA Two concerts for Cairokee band Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week It's Only the End of The World (Photo: Still from the film) Wednesday 5 April
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Jonas qui aura 25 ans en le'an 2000 (Jonas who will turn 25 in the year 2000) Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Artist talk 6pm CAIRO Artist talks by painter Farghali Abdelhafiz and sculptor Abdel-Aziz Saab, in parallel to their exhibitions at the gallery. Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Bruce Almighty Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Oshaq El-Tarab concert, Arabic music concert Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO ‘It was my choice' performance by psalmist Marco Mamdouh on the occasion of Easter Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Public Panel Discussion: Women Who Served the Homeland Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Women From Egypt dance performance (Photo: Bassam Al-Zoghby) Thursday 6 April
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Mohamed Saved From the Waters Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of As if We Were Catching a Cobra Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 6pm CAIRO Om Kalthoum puppet theatre concert Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Mounib band Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Hany Shaker concert Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Do'souka band concert ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Fairouz Karawia and Mazagang band Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm CAIRO Violin and Harp Recital by Hossam Shehata and Manal Mohie El-Din Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Women From Egypt dance performance by Forsan El-Sharq Heritage Company. View our Photo Gallery here. Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Spring Concert with Samy Ibrahim Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Mohamed Saved from the Water (Photo: part of promotional material for the film) Friday 7 April
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Music 8pm CAIRO Chamber Music by Mohamed Hamdy, Haitham Ibrahim and Marcelino Safwat Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Catalan Dance Short Films. Special event part of D-CAF Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki St., Downtown Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Art of Maqam: Egyptian Ney player Mohamed Antar, with Russian Oud Player Dimitry ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Women From Egypt dance performance by Forsan El-Sharq Heritage Company. View our Photo Gallery here. Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO El-Port-Saidian Tanbura band Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Halfway Through the Thread Exhibition Saturday 8 April
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Music 4 and 7.30pm CAIRO Two concerts for Cairokee band Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of As if We Were Catching a Cobra Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Diary of a Flying Dog Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 6pm CAIRO Cairo Opera House Children's Choir Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 6pm CAIRO Francophonie Celebrations concert Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Ida ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Women From Egypt dance performance by Forsan El-Sharq Heritage Company. View our Photo Gallery here. Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA An Evening with French Music: BA Chamber Orchestra, with conductor Hisham Gabr Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Ali, The, Goat and Ibrahim (Photo: Still from the film)
Sunday 9 April
Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Tout va Bien (Just Great) Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Diaries of a Flying Dog Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30 CAIRO Screening of Ahlam Saghira (Little Dreams) Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Heritage Arab Music Ensemble Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Fathi Salama concert Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Conservatoire concert Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO National Arab Music Ensemble Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria Street, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Mona Burkhardt & Las Encantadoras Melodias Orquesta, latin dance and music Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Cairokee band (Photo: Still from video clip) 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 Apr - 15 May CAIRO Halfway Through the Thread, group exhibition focused on textile work. Read more here. Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa St., Old Cairo Exhibition 2 - 14 Apr CAIRO Vespa, paintings by Wael Hamdan Art Corner, 12 Sayed Bakry St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 19 Mar- 15 Apr CAIRO Egypt Resumes Giving, paintings by Farghali Abdelhafiz Sculpture and Sketches by Abdel-Aziz Saab Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 30 Mar - 16 Apr CAIRO A Face of Egypt, paintings by Bahgoury. Curated by Picasso East Art Gallery Intercontinental Cairo Semiramis, Nile corniche, Garden City, Cairo. Tel: +20(2)27988000 Exhibition 3- 9 Apr CAIRO Exhibition by Wageh Yassa Salah Taher Gallery, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 17 Mar- 8 Apr CAIRO As part of their 30 years celebration, El Warsha will highlight the different stages of their work over the past 30 years though photography by Khaled Goweily, Nabil Boutros, Roger Anis Falaki Theatre, 113 Kasr El-Aini Street (on AUC campus), Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 26 Mar - 8 Apr CAIRO Paintings by Hayam AbdelBaky Ubuntu, 20 Hassan Sabry St, (entrance from Ibn Zinki St), Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 19 Mar- 20 Apr CAIRO The Last Farewell, by Hany Rashed. Check our Art Alert here. Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champollion street, Downtown, Cairo
Soma, 14 Mohamed El-Maraashli St., Zamalek,Cairo Exhibition 18 Feb- 9 Apr CAIRO Temporal Semiotics, an audiovisual exhibition by Malak Yacout Townhouse Gallery, 6 El-Nabrawy Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 25 Mar - 8 Apr CAIRO Le Harem, painting exhibition by Hossam Dirar Art Talks gallery, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 25 Mar- 13 Apr CAIRO Paintings by Nazli Madkour Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem st., off Brazil St., Zamalek., Cairo Exhibition 17 Mar - 7 Apr CAIRO Black, White and Gray: A Photographic Experience.
A selection of timeless black and white photography works by a number of artists including H. Béchard, Walter Chappell, Marie Considas, Reem Al Faisal, Ara Güler, Dorothea Lange, Lehnert & Landrock, Alfred Stieglitz, and others. The Photographic Gallery, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Cairo Exhibition 9 Mar - 12 Apr CAIRO Group Exhibition, with works by Ahmed Askalany Ali Abdel Mohsen, George Azmy, Hany Rashed, Mohamed Wahba, Muhammad Mustafa, Seba Ali Arcade, 25 Orabi St., Maadi, Cairo Exhibition 1 - 23 Apr CAIRO ‘Buzzing', paintings by Salah El-Meligy, and ‘Stages', sculptures by Hassan Kamel Dai Gallery, 14 Al-Ahrar St., from Batal Ahmed St., Mohandesin, 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
