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 Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, 1-3pm: Playing on musical instruments workshop for ages from 10 to 18 years Every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, 4pm: The singing workshop of Amir Taz Palace Choir. Every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, 4pm: Theatre and declamation 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 Elham Al-Hajj.
Beit Al-Sinnari Mongue Ally, Behind Al Saneya Secondary School, Al Sayeda Zeinab Square, Cairo, Tel 02 2390 9471 Thurs 7, 9am-6pm: The Centre for Coptic Studies at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in cooperation with Beit Al-Sinnari presents “The Annual Coptic Heritage Day: Egyptian National Unity in the Face of Crises (1919 Revolutions as a model)”. The day offers many activities, such as the Coptic Icons exhibition and the special Coptic textile works produced by the “Revival of the Coptic Textile” project. It also includes a number of lectures feature an array of the most important Coptic heritage researchers and thinkers in Egypt (Public invitation and free entry).
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 Sunday and Wednesday, 10-12pm: A workshop on works on art, supervised by Hala Anwar. Every Wednesday, 1-3pm: Drawing workshop by Doaa Fathi. Every Monday and Wednesday, 11-1pm: Miscellaneous activities for children.
French Cultural Institute Madrasset Al-Huquq Al Frinseya St, Mounira, Tel 02 2791 5800 Thurs 7, 7pm: “The Art People”, Director Hassan Al-Geretly (Al-Warsha company), playwright Shady Atef, musician Issa Mourad, together with the reader Aya Al-Dikka will rediscover the pictorial novel, Ah Ya Lail Ya Aain written by writer Maye Ziyada that reviews the golden age of the Egyptian singing and Egyptian cinema. A unique art meeting that rethinks the modern Egyptian cultural heritage. Sun 10, 6pm: “The Land, the Peasant, and the Investor: A Study on the Issues of Agriculture and Peasants in Egypt”, a seminar features Saqr El-Nour, a sociologist and researcher at the Institute for Research and Development. His researches deal with food transformations and rural dynamics in North Africa and the Middle East in modern and contemporary times. He published a book on the same topic in 2017.
Goethe Institute 17 Hussein Wassif St, Mesaha Sq, Dokki, Tel 02 2575 Fri 8, 5.30pm: Vision Magazine presents its new issue and celebrates its first birthday hosting Iraqi journalist and founder of the "Al-Manar News" site Manar Al-Zubaidi, the Lebanese Zeinab Ayad from the Resource Centre for Gender Equality, journalist and writer and recipient of the Lorenzo Natali Award Hana Buhaji from Bahrain, and Sudanese journalist and researcher Winnie Omar.
Talaat Harb Cultural Centre Al-Sayyeda Nafissa St, Zeinhom area, Tel 02 2362 2647/ 2362 8174 Every Saturday, 12pm: Drawing, artistic and leather handicrafts workshop, conducted by Heba Samir. Every Sunday, 1pm: A candle making workshop, supervised by Dalia Al-Sherbini. Every Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, 10am: artistic and skills development workshops for people with special abilities, supervised by Alham Aalian. Every Thursday, 1pm: Oil painting workshop, supervised by Dalia Al-Sherbini. Every Sunday and Wednesday, 3.30pm: Arab calligraphy, trash recycling and ceramic faience workshops given by Sondos Mohamed Ali. Every Monday and Wednesday, 4-6.30pm: Classical Arab singing workshop.
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French Cultural Institute 30 Al Nabi Danial St, Mahatet Misr, Alexandria, Tel 03 3913435/03 3918952 Thurs 7, 7pm: “Women Entrepreneurship”, on the occasion of the International Day of Women, an encounter will feature five entrepreneur women, who will talk about their experiences and reveal their secrets of success through several interventions. They are Professor of architecture at the Faculty of Fine Arts and the founder of ENCODE Studio Ebtissam Farid, Founder of Clingroup Nadia Cheaib, Executive Assistant Chairman of ESLSCA Business School, ESLSCA University Sandrine Vacher, Director of CFS Nermien Mamish, and Regional Director of Roznameh House and TV presenter at Al Qahira El Youm Germeen El-Manadily. The round table is moderated by media expert Ahmed Esmat.
