Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 18 March
D-CAF Festival CAIRO The 7th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, 8-29 March. Check the full programme here Several venues across Cairo Workshop for children 1pm CAIRO Drawing and artifact workshop for children and special abilities children (All workshops are for free). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Cairo Film 12, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30,10pm CAIRO Screenings of Cactus Flower Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Taipei Story Cimatheque Alternative Film Center, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Mercedes Cimatheque Alternative Film Center, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Special screening of Red Sparrow Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret ElDor st., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30 CAIRO Screening of My Father is Still a Communist Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit Al-Seheimi, Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Jules and Jim Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Ranim Qoteit and his band in an Arab singing concert El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., river hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO A chamber music concert celebrating the 175th birth anniversary of Edward Grieg featuring Georgian pianist Elena Dzamshvili, pianist Haitham Ibrahim and violinist Hassan Sharara Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Italian singer Eugenio Bennato features a concert in the framework of the programme “Italy, Cultures and the Mediterranean” Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Talents Development Centre concert Al-Gumhouriya Theatre 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Restored copy of El-Momiaa (The Mummy) film by Shady Abdel Salam. Screening will be followed by a discussion. Read more here Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA The Cairo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ahmed Al-Saedi performs works by Glinka, Alyabyev, Enescu, Bizet, Gliere and Ravel featuring Armenian soprano Tehmine Zaryan. Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week The Mummy, by Shadi Abdelsalam
Monday 19 March
D-CAF Festival CAIRO The 7th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, 8-29 March. Check the full programme here Several venues across Cairo Exhibition opening CAIRO “Sculpture's Era”, sculptures by eleven unique artists such as Anas El Alusi, Mohamed El Faioumy, Ammar Shiha and Rawaa El-Degwy Al Kahila, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Cairo Film 12, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30,10pm CAIRO Screenings of Cactus Flower Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO Two parallel solo exhibitions by Helmy El-Toni and Gamal Meleka. The exhibition closes 24 March. Read more here Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem Street, off Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Workshop for children 1pm CAIRO Drawing and artifact workshop for children and special abilities children (All workshops are for free). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Special screening of Red Sparrow Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret ElDor st., Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Sawaky Al-Khof (The Waterwheels of Fear), an independent theatrical production by Maganein Al-Fan (Love Art Like Crazy) company, written by Bakry Abdel-Hamid, directed by Abdou Eskandar El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Al-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Yasser Anwar and his band in an Arab heritage singing concert. El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., river hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Talents Development Centre's concert Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zikr and Sufi night Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA Déjà vu, a theatre performance written by Mustafa Al-Nabawy and Directed by Mustafa Fatoh Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, small hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Coconut Hero (Photo: still from the film) Tuesday 20 March
D-CAF Festival CAIRO The 7th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, 8-29 March. Check the full programme here Several venues across Cairo Exhibition opening CAIRO “Women of Egypt”, art nouveau styled paintings by Laila Allam. The exhibition runs until 11 April.
Osana Family Wellness 4 El Nady St, Maadi, Cairo Film 12, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30,10pm CAIRO Screenings of Cactus Flower Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Workshop for children 1pm CAIRO Drawing and artifact workshop for children and special abilities children (All workshops are for free). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Mercedes Cimatheque Alternative Film Center, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Special screening of Red Sparrow Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret ElDor st., Zamalek, Cairo Discussion / architecture 6pm CAIRO Commemoration of the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathi and a discussion of the values of interior design in architectural perspective. Egyptian House for Architecture 4 Darb Al-Tebana St, Al Darb Al Ahmar, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of The Pianist ADEF Deca, 143, Street no. 8, Mokattam, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Adnan Al-Sasa and his Ensemble (Syria) in a religious chanting concert El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., river hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Umm Al-Nour Orchestra featuring Hanaa Tanyous Al-Gumhouriya Theatre 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Special screening of Fifty Shades Freed Zamalek Cinema, 13 Shagaret ElDor st., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of The Commune Cimatheque Alternative Film Center, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA Koheity band in an Arab singing concert Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, main hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week (Photo: fragment of artwork from D-CAF's promotional material) Wednesday 21 March
D-CAF Festival CAIRO The 7th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, 8-29 March. Check the full programme here Several venues across Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO A retrospective exhibition for artist Sabry Mansour (1964 - 2017). The exhibition closes on 26 March. Mr and Mrs Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, On the corner of Giza St and Kafur St, next to the State Council, Giza Exhibition Last days CAIRO The Village and the Legend”, paintings by Mostafa Batt. The exhibition closes on 26 March. The Capital gallery, 11 Youssef Kamel (Al-Gezira Al Wosta) St, Zamalek, Cairo Workshop for children 1pm CAIRO Drawing and artifact workshop for children and special abilities children (All workshops are for free). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Yara Ebaid in an Arab singing concert El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., river hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Al-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zar music and songs by Mazaher, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab. Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of Coconut Hero Goethe-Institut, 10 El-Batalsa St., Azarita, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Helmy El-Touni and Gamal Meleka (Photo: part of promotional material) Thursday 22 March
D-CAF Festival CAIRO The 7th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, 8-29 March. Check the full programme here Several venues across Cairo Workshop for children 1pm CAIRO Drawing and artifact workshop for children and special abilities children (All workshops are for free). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Cairo Books 6pm CAIRO Egyptian author Mansoura Ezzeddin speaks about her newly published short stories collection Ma'wa Al-Gheyab (The Absence Shelter) with Egyptian Journalist Mohamed Shaair. The Netherlands- Flemish Institute 1 Mahmoud Azmi St, Zamalek, Cairo Discussion 6pm CAIRO “A Woman is a Spring of Creativity”, a grand conversation discussing women as renewable sources of creativity with the Senior of Cultural Programmes Correspondents at the National Radio Station Al-Bernameg, and others. El Sawy Culturewheel, wisdom hall, end of 26th of July St, Cairo Music 6pm CAIRO The Alexandria Opera House Children Choir celebrates Mother's Day Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Puppet theatre play titled Journey Through the Beautiful Times Cairo Puppet Theatre, Ataba metro station, Azbakeya, Ataba, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Mustafa Atef in an Arab religious chanting concert. Wisdom Hall
El-Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July St., river hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre for children 7pm CAIRO Shams wa Amar, a musical play for children directed by Mahmoud Al-Alfy Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre, 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO French Lebanese Musician Bashar Mar-Khalifé performs contemporary Electronic Jazz fusion. The same evening will also feature Bit-Tuner, Andro El-Hawy, EL-Sweasy, Teklife, Islam Chipsy and Sadat. The concert is part of the ongoing D-CAF festival (8-29 March). Read more here The Greek Campus 28 Falaki St, Bab Al-Louk, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Opera Company in Gala concert Al-Gumhouriya Theatre 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Yehia Khalil and his band perform selections of his Jazz arrangements and authentic eastern sounds compositions of his own Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Forsa Sa'eda (Nice to Meet You), a play directed by Mohamed Gomaa Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Nick Mazzarella and Tomeka Reid Duo Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Orchestra in Art (Photo: part of promotional material) Friday 23 March
D-CAF Festival CAIRO The 7th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, 8-29 March. Check the full programme here Several venues across Cairo Workshop for children 1pm CAIRO Drawing and artifact workshop for children and special abilities children (All workshops are for free). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Cairo Theatre for children 6.30pm CAIRO Puppet theatre play titled Journey Through the Beautiful Times Cairo Puppet Theatre, Ataba metro station, Azbakeya, Ataba, Cairo Theatre for children 7pm CAIRO Shams wa Amar, a musical play for children directed by Mahmoud Al-Alfy Metropol (The Children's National) Theatre, 6 Halim St, the beginning of 26th July, Attaba, Downtown, Cairo Dance 7.30pm CAIRO Dawar Dance Jam: A Night of Freestyle Dance Dawar for Arts and Development, 16 Adly St, 3rd Floor, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO Ghazal Al Banat (Flirtation of The Girls), a big comedy and musical show from the theatrical heritage of theatre icon Naguib Al-Rihany, written and directed by Mohamed Sobhy. Sama Sonbol City, Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel (The Shadow Puppet), a free public performance by clowns in Al-Muaaz Street, presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat. Beit Al-Seheimi, Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The United Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nader Abbassi, will feature tenors Hany Andelzaher, Ragaa Eldin, and Amr Medhat ArtsMart gallery, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Road, before Dandy Mall and behind Total Petrol Station, Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO Forsa Sa'eda (Nice to Meet You), a play directed by Mohamed Gomaa Al-Salam Theatre 101 Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Asia Madani: Sudanese Folklore Night Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Mazaher ensemble featuring Umm Sameh (Photo: still from Ahram Online video "Musical ensemble play traditional zar music" on You Tube) Saturday 24 March
D-CAF Festival CAIRO The 7th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, 8-29 March. Check the full programme here Several venues across Cairo Workshop for children 1pm CAIRO Drawing and artifact workshop for children and special abilities children (All workshops are for free). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of The Commune Cimatheque Alternative Film Center, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO “The Dinner”, a group exhibition featuring works by Ashraf Raslan, Asmaa El-Dessouky, Sabah Naim Dai, 14 Al-Hrar St, off Al-Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz, Mohandeseen, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Al-Ghouri Caravansary, Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Ezz Elostool concert Room Art Space, 10 Etehad El-Mohamin St., Garden City, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Bachar Mar-Khalifé (Photo: still from YouTube)
Sunday 25 March
D-CAF Festival CAIRO The 7th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, 8-29 March. Check the full programme here Several venues across Cairo Workshop for children 1pm CAIRO Drawing and artifact workshop for children and special abilities children (All workshops are for free). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO NVICinema Shorts: screening of Dear Animal Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit Al-Seheimi, Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Cairo Asia Madani performs on 3alganoob's final night (Photo: Mohamed Medhat) 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 7-28 Mar CAIRO Three exhibitions by Soheir Osman (graphics and textiles and printing), Hend El-Falafly (paintings), and Attyat Sayed (oil and pastel paintings) Gezira Art Center, 1 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Until 28 Mar CAIRO Rites of Passage, installation exhibition by Yasmine El-Meleegy Townhouse Factory Space, 10 Nabarawy St, off Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 20 Mar - TBA CAIRO “Women of Egypt”, art nouveau styled paintings by Laila Allam. The exhibition runs until 11 April.
Osana Family Wellness 4 El Nady St, Maadi, Cairo Exhibition 13 - 19 Mar CAIRO Oil paintings by Hussein Hafez Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera complex, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 11 Mar - 1 Apr CAIRO Threads of Gold, paintings by Ahmed Abdel-Gawad Gallery Grant, 6 El-Gomhoriya St., Abdeen, Cairo Exhibition 11-25 Mar CAIRO The Village and the Legend”, paintings by Mostafa Batt The Capital gallery, 11 Youssef Kamel (Al-Gezira Al Wosta) St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 4 - 26 Mar CAIRO Alexandria 3000: The City of Wisdom, Joy and Eternity. A group exhibition by Farghali Abdel-Hafez, Aya El-Fallah, Adel Mostafa, Carelle Homsy, and more. Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 14 Mar - tba CAIRO Exhibition of works by Esmat Dawstashy and Shawqy Ezzat Art Corner 2, 12 Sayed Bakry Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 11 - 31 Mar CAIRO Baraka, exhibition of paintings by Mehri Khalil. Fine Lines, exhibition by ElHusseiny Aly and Nehad Saeed. Read our Art Alert here. Ubuntu Gallery, 21 Hassan Sabry St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 13 Feb - tba CAIRO Thin Air, group exhibition of 8 amateur artists Soma gallery, 3 Al Adel Abou Baker, Abu Al Feda, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 14 Feb- 22 Mar CAIRO Emile Béchard: An Orientalist in Nineteenth Century Cairo”, an exhibition organised by The Photographic Gallery with The Rare Books and Special Collections Library. The Photographic Gallery, AUC New Cairo Campus, Road 90, New Cairo (Tel: 02 2615 3318) Exhibition 5 - 26 Mar CAIRO A retrospective exhibition for artist Sabry Mansour (1964 - 2017) Mr and Mrs Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, On the corner of Giza St and Kafur St, next to the State Council, Giza Exhibition 16-24 Mar CAIRO Two parallel solo exhibitions by Helmy El-Toni and Gamal Meleka Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem Street, off Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 7 Mar - 18 Apr CAIRO A New Commission for an Old State, by Mahmoud Khaled Gypsum Gallery, 5 Ibrahim Naguib, Apt.2, Garden City, Cairo Exhibition 3 Mar - 17 Apr CAIRO Burullus and Rashid, the art of Abstract with May Othman InFocus, building 9, St., 219, Maadi, Cairo Exhibition 9 Mar - 5 Apr CAIRO Landscapes, painting exhibition by Xavier Puigmarti Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champolion street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 24 Mar - TBA CAIRO “The Dinner”, a group exhibition featuring works by Ashraf Raslan, Asmaa El-Dessouky, Sabah Naim Dai, 14 Al-Hrar St, off Al-Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz, Mohandeseen, 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
