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Don't miss Professor Styliani Vousta's lecture on poets Jaime Gil de Biedma and Constantine Cavafy at Cervantes Institute's Alexandria and Cairo branches
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.
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.
Cervantes Institute 101 Al Horreya Road, Kom Al-Dekka,Qism Bab Sharqi, Alexandria, Tel 03 3920214 Sun 16, 6pm: A lecture on the relationship between late Spanish poet Jaime Gil de Biedma and late Egyptiot Greek poet Constantine Cavafy by Professor of Spanish Language and Literature Styliani Vousta. 20 Boulos Hanna St, Dokki,Cairo,Tel 02 3760 1746 Mon 17, 6pm: Same lecture will be presented.
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.
Cairo Opera House Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Tel 02 2737 0602/2736 0361, box office 02 2739 0132/0144 Small Hall Tues 18, 7pm: Creative Egypt Salon features poet Mohamed Bahgat.
Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art 15 Mahmoud Bassiouny St, Downtown, Tel 02 25750353 Daily except Fridays from 11am to 9pm Sat 15, 6pm: A signing ceremony of Poet and Al-Ahram Weekly journalist Rania Khallaf's collection of poems entitled, The Woman with a Beaming Weight, released by Amman Publishing House, Jordan. Researcher and critic Mohamed Al-Shahat and poet and critic Moamen Samir will discuss the book which celebrates not only erotic but also plastic art, where she wrote a number of poems with a spontaneous interaction with paintings by artist Hossam Saqr, in addition to the free ceramic formation by potter Khaled Serag.
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.
*A version of this article appears in print in the 13 February, 2020 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly.