Cultural Calendar: What to do in Cairo this week

Paper Trail

Gypsum Gallery and Adsum Art consultancy are collaborating to show the exhibition Paper Trail. twelve artists are exhibiting 150 pieces, all drawings or monoprint on paper. The collection is intimate and shows a moment, a memory, an experience or a place. Amongst the artists are Nehad Saeed who creates delicate drawings of people and Mustafa El Husseiny who draws intricate maps with ink.
Open daily from noon to 8pm (Friday 4-8pm, closed Sunday) • Exhibition runs until September 2017 • For more information, click here

A Nubian night

RT Nuba was founded to revive Nubian music and to preserve the heritage of Nubian art. The band offers a more contemporary take on the traditional music in an effort to keep up with today’s Egypt. Catch them this Tuesday at Makan in Garden City—your chance to experience a unique part of Egyptian culture.
June 13 at 7:30pm at Makan Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts • Tickets are LE 30 • For more information click here

Symphonic sounds at CFC

Legendary composer, pianist and conductor Omar Khairat will perform this Thursday at The Marquee in Cairo Festival City. Khairat has composed many musical pieces for both inaugurations, festivals and movies.
June 15 at 9:30pm at The Marquee in Cairo Festival City • Ticket prices start from LE 400 • for more information and tickets click here

Workshop: Abstract art

If you feel like releasing your creative spirits this Ramadan, then this might be the perfect workshop for you. The workshop The Art of Abstract will first introduce you to the basics of art, then move on to discussing the works of established artists and then you will have the chance to paint your masterpiece. The workshop takes place over three days and the instructor is Tawfik Nahra, who has exhibited in both Cairo and Boston.

Price: LE 500
June 15-17 from 6 PM at Bab 18 Art Space in Heliopolis
More information and booking here

Acoustic night in Heliopolis

Finish the week off with a night of acoustic music at Bab 18 Art Space. Singer May Abd El Aziz will fill the room with her beautiful voice, and she will be accompanied by Hassan Khayrat on guitar and Moustafa Abd El Aziz on cajon.

June 17 at 9 PM at Bab 18 Art Space in Heliopolis
More information here