Amir Bashtak Palace Al-Muaaz St, Tel 02 2787 9187 Every Saturday and Wednesday, 4pm: The training courses of the Arab Singing House students.
Amir Taz Palace 27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 02 2514 2581 Every Saturday and Tuesday, 2pm: Enshad Dini (religious chanting) workshop by Munshid Mahmoud Al-Tohamy. Every Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, 2pm: Playing on musical instruments workshop for ages from 10 to 18 years Every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, 12pm (children) 4pm (adults): The singing workshop of Amir Taz Palace Choir. Every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, 4pm: The Actor preparation workshop.
Bardo Club House Maadi, for more info contact French Cultural Institute, Mounira, Tel 02 2791 5800 Thurs 14, 7pm: "The Poerty Night" events this yearinclude poetry recital accompanied by music titled “Amal” and a musical-poetic concert titled “Flowers of Evil”.Amal is a presentation by writer and director Ahmed El-Attar, composer Nassim Galal and actress Nanda Mohamed specially for the "Voices of Winter" festival in Paris. This show gives a voice and music to the Egyptian poet Amal Dunqul of the 1960's generation, one of the greatest modern Arab poets. Mohamed Sami and Nanda Mohamed will recite poetry of hope to accompany the music again at the Poetry Night in Cairo. With Nanda Mohammed (music), Mohamed Sami (music), Ahmed El-Attar (design and directed), and the participation of François Atlas (guitar, singing, piano),Romain vasset (bass), Mona Gamil (singing), and the text of the poems of Amal Dunqul translated into French by Charles Baudelaire. The night will be concluded byDJ Ahmed Sami, one of the icons of electronic music known in Cairo.
Beit Al-Harrawi (The Arab Oud House) Mohamed Abdu St, behind Al-Azhar Mosque, Tel 02 2510 4174 Every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday, 4-9pm: Oud classes given by the oud professors of the Arab Oud House. Every Saturday and Thursday, 3-6pm: Workshops on the theories of playing oud for advanced students by Professor Ahmed Youssef. Every Saturday, 5-6pm: Workshops on the theories of playing oud for beginners by Fadi Adel Al-Hajj.
Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo, Tel 02 2364 3103 Every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday, 10am-4pm: The handicrafts courses of Jameel House of Traditional Arts Cairo, in cooperation with the Prince Charles's Foundation School of Traditional Arts.
The Child Creativity Centre (Beit Al-Aini) Al-Azhar district, behind Al-Azhar Mosque,Tel 02 2514 2990 Every Saturday, 11am: Handicrafts workshop andBeit Al-Aini Children Choir workshop, supervised by Manal Suleiman(2pm). Every Sunday and Wednesday, 10-12pm: A workshop on works on art, Every Monday, 3pm: Miscellaneous activities workshop. Every Wednesday, 11am: A workshop of skills development for people with special abilities by Doaa Fathi. Every Thursday, 12pm: A cultural day.
Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo, Tel 02 2364 3103 Every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday, 10am-4pm: The handicrafts courses of Jameel House of Traditional Arts Cairo, in cooperation with the Prince Charles's Foundation School of Traditional Arts.
Japan Foundation Office 106 Al-Qasr Al-Aini St, Cairo Centre Building, 3rdfloor, Garden City, Tel 02 2794 9431 / 9719 Thurs 7, 8pm: "The Japanese Language and Serving Society", a lecture by Professor Adel Amin, Head of the Japanese Language and Literature Department at Cairo University.
Talaat Harb Cultural Centre Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Tel 02 2362 2647/ 2362 8174 Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 12pm: Develop your children skills through learning languages in a simple manner, computer programmes, and chess champions as well as scientific experiments, the age group targeted from 6 to 15. Every Saturday, 11am: Skills development workshops and modifying the behaviour of people with special abilities. Every Wednesday, 11am: Miscellaneous workshops for school children. Every Saturday and Thursday, 3pm: The Centre's Children Choir workshop.
ALEXANDRIA
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 Plaza Outer Space Thurs 7 to Mon 11, 10.30am-8pm: The Free Reading Week is organised by BA in collaboration with Amideast. BACC Main Hall Mon 11, 6-8pm: Meet renowned novelist Ahmed Murad.
*A version of this article appears in print in the 7 November, 2019 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly.
