RAMADAN SPECIAL Cairo Opera House Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Tel 2737 0602/2736 0361, box office 2739 0132/0144 *Artistic Creativity Centre Thur 1, Fri 2, Sat 3, Sun 4, Mon 5, 9.30pm: Helw Al Kalam (A Good Talk) theatre performance. Tue 6 & Wed 7, 9.30pm: Ghuna Lal Watan (Singing to the Homeland) theatre performance. Darb 1718 Kasr Al-Sham' St, Fustat, Old Cairo, behind the Hanging Church & Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, next to Mar Girgis metro station. Tel 012 2192449/ 2361 0511 Join Mawaweel's unique alternative Ramadan experience, lined with diverse bazaars, endless entertainment and delicious bites, depicting the best Middle Eastern flavours. Fri 26, 9pm: Opening act: percussion act. (10pm) Mawlawiyah troupe presents Sufi singing and whirling performance. (11pm) Salalem, an Egyptian Indie pop band. Al-Darb Al-Ahmar 45 Al-Gedawi alley, off Darb Saada, Bab Al Khalq district Thur 25, 7.30pm: "El-Mefakarty" show performed by artist Amr Abdel-Aziz brings the arts of mime and pantomime to the streets of Old Cairo. El-Genaina Theatre Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Darassa, Tel 2362 5057 Hayy programme Thur 1, 9pm: Baidar Al Basri (Iraq). Al Basri was born in Baghdad and now lives in Netherlands. She studied ballet, opera and singing in Syria, in addition to opera singing at the Royal Conservatoire in Netherlands. She won first place in the Super Star competition held online by the Iraqi University. Baidar sings in Arabic, Dutch and French. She participated in numerous operas and musicals her most recently she presented was the soloist for the European musical Stabat Mater is a 2008 piece by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. This musical was shown several times. Baidar was honored by the youth of the Iraqi diaspora in Holand and Anqaa Iraqi International organization. Fri 2, 9pm: Khansa Batma (Morocco). She joined the Casablanca Conservatoire at the age of nine. The kick start of her career was a 2001 debut album entitled “Sharq wa Gharb” which featured folkloric Moroccan songs with European sounding arrangement, and international folklore songs with Moroccan instrument arrangement. In 2003, she released her second album “Ala Abwab El Sahra” or (On the gates of the Desert). This album describes a lost soul's journey from Spain to Sudan and through North Africa. Her third album “The Dark Album” achieved huge commercial success among the youth; songs like “Barano”, “Gharani” and “Nestahel” were very popular. Batma's songs bring together Arabic and Moroccan rhythms blended with Rock. Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 2514 7475 Thur 25, 9.30pm: Contemporary Egyptian songs by Emdan Al-Nour (The Light Pillars) band. Sat 3, Mon 5, Wed 7, 9.30pm: Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music. Makan 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo. Tel 2792 0878 Every Wednesday, 9pm: Zar music and songs by Mazaher ensemble. Manasterly Palace 1 Al-Malek Al-Saleh St, Al-Roda Island, Manial, Tel 2363 1467 *The Royal Hall Thur 1, 9.30pm: Asatizat Al Tarab band honours the memory of singer and composer Mohamed Abdel-Wahab. El Mastaba Centre for Egyptian Folk Music 30 A El-Balaqsa St, Abdeen, Downtown. Tel 011 50995354 *Al Dammah Theatre for Free Arts Thur 1, 9.30pm: Egyptian- Sudanese Zar artists led by Hassan Bergmon, the last musician to perform on the famous instrument, the Rango. El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448, email: [email protected] *River Hall Every Thursday, 11pm: El Sawy Culturewheel Puppet Theatre show revives the concerts of late diva Umm Kulthoum playing two of her best songs. Every Friday, 11pm: El Sawy Culturewheel Puppet Theatre show revives the concerts of Abdel-Halim Hafez. Every Saturday, 11pm: Folk songs and dances. Every Sunday & Monday, 11pm: The Oriental Takht.
