The Minister of Culture launches the electronic initiative “Stay at Home: Culture in Your Hands” on the Internet The Cairo Opera House The Ministry of Culture's electronic initiative “Stay at Home: Culture in Your Hands” presents the following artistic programme online The Ministry of Culture website is at http://www.moc.gov.eg Its YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8McPibRT36QSjnt4eGucNw And its Facebook account is Egyptian MOC Thurs 4, 9pm: A musical evening, conducted by maestro Salah Ghoubashi, features Tunisian singer Lotfy Boushnaq, Moroccan singer Karima Alsaqly, together with Egyptian oud player Moudather Abul-Wafa. Fri 5, 9pm: A concert features singer Asala (Syria). Sat 6, 9pm: The Cairo Symphony Orchestra in a concert features cellist Hassan Moaataz. Sun 7, 9pm: The Cairo Opera Ballet Company and the Cairo Opera Orchestra perform Zorba ballet. Tues 9, 9pm: Folk dance show from Russia. Thurs 11, 9pm: Iraqi oud master Nasseer Shamma, Jordanian guitarist Waheed Mamdouh, Tunisian singer Latifa in concerts, conducted by maestro Mustafa Helmy.
WE Online Music Festival (3 May-3 July) WE Online Music Festival is a live streamed festival organised by WE Telecom company in cooperation with CNL Music. The concerts begin at 10pm, live-streamed on WE Telecom's YouTube channel. The upcoming line-up includes the following bands: Fri 5 June: Massar Egbari, a well-known Egyptian oriental rock band presenting music and songs tackling social problems. Fri 19 June: Jordanian Arab rock bandEl Morabba3. Fri 26 June: Jordanian composer, singer and music producer Aziz Maraka.
Cairo Contemporary Dance Centre The Cairo Contemporary Dance Centre (CCDC) has decided to offer free online classes to encourage everyone to stay active at home. Classes vary between Contemporary Dance, Barre, Floor Barre, Yoga, Breakdance, Movement and Exercise, Pilates, Ballet, and nutrition advises. You can find all the classes on the CCDC's Youtube channel.
Goethe Institute Although the cultural sector is among those most affected by the corona pandemic, this crisis has unquestionably proven the importance of cultural activities in our lives. In order to reach the public interested in cultural events, and to provide support to artists around the world, Goethe Institute launched the Kulturama.digital platform to provide live or recorded performances and upload them to the site for free. In a safe and interactive manner, the platform also allows the public to make a financial contribution to the artists should they wish to do so. Kulturama brings international culture into your living room. Enter your events, find dates and support artists. You can reach the site through the following link: https://kulturama.goethe.de/
Pro Helvetia Cairo In this quarantine period, Alias Contemporary Dance Companywould like to revisit with you some of the highlights of their existence by sharing several of their video archives. Five recordings of shows and one short film will be broadcast live on their YouTube channel on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8pm (local Swiss time).
Room Art Space & Cafe 10 Etihad Al Mohamin, Garden City, Tel 01000 068 159 The Spot mall, in front of AUC Gate 4, New Cairo Due to the current imposed self-isolation, Room has launched an initiative of live concerts streamed on its Facebook page and YouTube.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) has been posting videos on cultural topics on its YouTube channel since March, when Egyptian cultural institutions were temporarily closed due to covid-19 pandemic. While all the programmes add something unique with their content, the videos focusing on music have garnered the highest viewership so far. To view all videos released by the BA, check its YouTube channel.
*A version of this article appears in print in the 4 June, 2020 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
