Cairo Opera Complex Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek *Salah Taher gallery Tel 2739 0132/0144 "In Love of Egypt", an exhibition of paintings by Mohamed Al-Nasser (Closing 19 January).
Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin El-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo. Tel 2364 3103 A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayamiya products.
Ebdaa 23 B Ismail Mohamed St, Zamalek, Tel 2736 6239/0100 2155702 "Readings in Visual Art", paintings by Chafik Charobim (1894-1975) (16-30 January).
Egyptian Centre for International Cultural Cooperation 11 Shagaret Al-Durr St, Zamalek, Tel 2736 5419 "The Holy Family in Egypt", a group exhibition featuring the paintings of 10 leading Egyptian artists such as Farid Fadel (Closing 16 January).
Extra 3 Al-Nessim St, corner of Montazah St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 6293 Artworks by Mina Sarofim (Closing 19 January).
Gezira Art Centre 1 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek. Tel 2737 3298 *Ahmed Sabri Hall Paintings by Farghali Abdel-Hafez and a number of child artists including among others Ahmed Wael, Sherif Shadi and Amr Ahmed (Closing 22 January). *Al-Hussein Fawzi Hall Installation byIman Nabil (Closing 22 January). *Kamal Khalifa Hall Paintings by Rimon Suleiman (Closing 22 January). *Ragheb Ayad Hall Sculpture by Nagui Farid(Closing 22 January).
Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 2514 7475 The permanent exhibition of the handicrafts centre products including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery.
Al Kahila 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen, Tel 3304 0791/ 0122 8647511 A miscellaneous exhibition by a group of artists (Closing 20 January).
AL MASAR Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8537/010 067 0705 "Nostalgic Dreams", Georges Bahgory's annual exhibition showcases the artist's latest collection that is inspired by the current times Egypt is living through and past memories. The artist as always is hopeful and his paintings express a lot of nostalgia to the past. He celebrates the simple beauty of this country as he glorifies some personalities such as the humble bread seller on the street and dedicates this exhibition to real Egyptian heroes (19 January-23 February). Mashrabia 8 Champollion St, Downtown. Tel 2578 4494/0100 1704554 *"Sheer Strength", this exhibition stresses the possibility of putting together 4 female artistic personalities as different as those of Hala Abu Shadi, Dina Al Gharib, Souad Abdel Rasoul and Fadwa Ramadan. From the more rigourous abstraction to a surprising overlapping of images, their trajectories of research result into works of strong visual impact, empowered by the sophisticated use of various techniques: painting, drawing, collage, digital photography (16 January-28 February). *"On the Road", a photography exhibition by Paul Ayoub-Geday who is an Egyptian artist, filmmaker and a curator. The photographer decides to stop in the course of the trip and take the picture. He reflects on the succession of images that make up the journey. The photographs were taken in Egypt over the past 8 years and consist of several sub-series (19 January- 13 February).
Picasso 30 Hassan Assem off Brazil St, Zamalek. Tel 2736 7544 "The Clown: Laughing and Crying", paintings by Omar Al-Nagdi (Closing 22 January).
The Photographic Gallery The American University in Cairo, New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Tel 2615 3318 “European Pressphoto Agency: Current Images”, a group exhibition presents a series of photographs from the vast archival collection of The European Pressphoto Agency, that contains over three million images. These powerful photographs taken by epa's leading photographers covers hard news, sports, entertainment, current events, and international issues from January 2012 until the present. The European Pressphoto Agency is one of the world's leading international news photo agencies providing clients with timely, reliable and high-quality news photography from around the globe. Epa's news photo service delivers a comprehensive feed of pictures that have the power to inform, educate and entertain. This year marks the 10thanniversary of epa's global coverage. The Photographic Gallery presents a second part of all new pictures of the exhibition (Closing 23 January).
SAFARKHAN 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 012 70169291 "Inji's World", an exhibition of masterpieces by late artist Inji Efflatoun(19 January- 14 February).
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *Earth & Word Halls The Culturewheel 11th photography competition (Closing 20 January).
Zamalek Art gallery 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Tel 2735 1240 "A Safe Way Out", paintings by Sameh Ismail (16-28 January).
