Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July Street, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of El Motwahesha (The Wild One), (1971). This is the last film screened as part of the series of films with Soad Hosni. Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Um Ghayeb (Mother of the Unborn ) (2014) Egyptian Film Critics Association , 36 Sherif Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, El-Muezz St., Old Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim El-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo
The Forty Rules of Love at El-Salam Theatre (Photo: Artistic Theatre House)
Monday 10 July
Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26 July Street, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of There Will Be Blood Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of I Am Not Your Negro (2016) Balcon Heliopolis, 26 Sohag Street, Heliopolis, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zikr and Sufi Night Makan, Saad Zaghloul St., Mounira, Cairo Dance/music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes, perform to live Sufi music El-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off El-Muezz St. and Al-Azhar St., Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Meeting with British filmmaker Laila Khan and screening of her two films: The Stolen Water and 6 Cup Chai. Check out our Art Alert for more details. El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim El-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo Festival opening Exhibition/film/ dance/music Opening of the 15 Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August) 12pm: Opening Cceremony Followed by opening of the exhibition 6pm: Screening of Chinese film Genuine Love, directed by Silzati Jakov and Xin Zhang Small Theater 8pm: Dancing in the Air: Xinjiang Folk Singing and Dancing Performance Great Hall Check out the festival's programme here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria img alt='Bibliotheca's plaza' title='Bibliotheca's plaza' src='http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2017/7/8/2017-636351257170911500-91.JPG' / Audience at the Bibliotheca's plaza --14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina Intl Summer Festival, 2016 (Photo: Butheina Shalan) Tuesday 11 July
Film 6pm CAIRO Screening of Omar Sharif films. Read more here. Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Hawwari, a play performed by Counta Company, based on Molière's The Miser, directed by Ahmed Maher El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Khalkhala, a film programme on experimentation in moments of change Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) 22 Abdel-Khalek Tharwat St., Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha & Reda Shiha present traditional music of the Nile Delta; Nubian Fadeka; traditional Sudanese music and songs; Al-Jaafra music and traditional music from Eritrea. Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Mounira, Cairo Film 6pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of film Where the Dream Begins. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August) Check out the festival's programme here. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Theatre, Alexandria Dance 8pm ALEXANDRIA Xinjiang Folk Singing and Dancing Performance. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August) Check out the festival's programme here. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
Al Sameteen during the general rehearsal in Alexandria (Photo: Mona Abouissa)
Wednesday 12 July
Film 6pm CAIRO Screening of Omar Sharif films. Read more here. Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mazaher ensemble: Zar music & songs Makan, Saad Zaghloul St., Mounira, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim El-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo Film 6pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of film This Is What Money Is. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August) Check out the festival's programme here. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Theatre, Alexandria Dance 8pm ALEXANDRIA Xinjiang Folk Singing and Dancing Performance. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August) Check out the festival's programme here. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
(Photo: from CIC - Contemporary Image Collective's promotional material for the Khalkhala film programme)
Thursday 13 July
Film 6pm CAIRO Screening of Omar Sharif films. Read more here. Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre festival CAIRO Opening of the National Theatre Festival (13-27 July) Cairo Opera House, Cairo Puppet theatre 6.30pm CAIRO Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeeds), with puppets designed by Amir Abdel-Massih, poems by Salah Jahin and directed by Salah El-Sakka. The Cairo Puppet Theatre, next to Attaba metro station, Cairo Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Puppet theatre 7pm CAIRO Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel (The Shadow Puppet) Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St., Cairo Dance/music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes, perform to live Sufi music El-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St., off El-Muezz St. and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim El-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Mohamed Sami live ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Music 6.30pm ALEXANDRIA Asrar Band Teatro Eskendria, 25 Fouad Street, Raml Station, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Tarek El Naser, Jordan. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August). Check out the festival's programme here. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia
Friday 14 July
Film 6pm CAIRO Screening of Omar Sharif films. Read more here. Hanager Arts Centre, Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre festival CAIRO National Theatre Festival with performances taking place across several stages, between 13 and 27 July
Puppet theatre 6.30pm CAIRO Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeeds), with puppets designed by Amir Abdel-Massih, poems by Salah Jahin and directed by Salah El-Sakka The Cairo Puppet Theatre, next to Attaba metro station, Cairo Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Singer May Abdel Aziz El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Tuqa Taher Live Bab 18 Art Space, 2 Khartoum Street, Heliopolis, Cairo Puppet theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel (The Shadow Puppet) Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, El-Muezz St., Old Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim El-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Pink Floyd tribute night with Paranoid Eyes ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Chikatura, electronic and rock music solo project Teatro Eskendria 25 Fouad Street, Raml Station, Alexandria Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Concert by Hanan Magdy. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August). Check out the festival's programme here. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
(Photo: still from film Havarie)
Saturday 15 July
Theatre festival CAIRO National Theatre Festival with performances taking place across several stages, between 13 and 27 July
Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Havarie Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Waslet Sama3 band El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Dance/music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music El-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St., off El-Muezz St. and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Double bill concert with Egyptian bands: Bahiyya and Sefsafa El-Genaina Theatre, Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Rd., Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim El-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Gala Concert: Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra, conducted by Nayer Nagui, with soloists Mona Wasef (harp) and Israa Abdel Aziz (piano). The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August) Check out the festival's programme here. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Great Hall, Alexandria
Bahiyya Band (Photo: from Bahiyya band's promotional material)
Sunday 16 July
Theatre festival CAIRO National Theatre Festival with performances taking place across several stages, between 13 and 27 July
Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Snow White, directed by Mohsen Marzouq Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre 6 Halim St., the beginning of 26 July St., Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, El-Muezz St., Old Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Qawaaid Al-Ashq Al-Arbaain (The Forty Rules of Love), a play based on a text by Rasha Abdel-Moneim El-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr El-Aini St., Cairo Music 8.30pm ALEXANDRIA Hawas Band. The event is part of the 15th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival (10 July-26 August). Check out the festival's programme here. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theatre - Plaza, Alexandria Asrar band (Photo: from the Asrar band's promotional material) This page was updated on 10 July 2017, due to changes announced by the Cultural Development Fund. 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
