25 - 31 January 2001
Issue No.518
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At the Gomhouriya
If you are a jazz fan, you should head to Ahmed Rabi's concert at the recently renovated Gomhouriya Theatre, on 27 January. In this year's first concert, this gifted musician will interpret a variety of compositions by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield and others, in addition to his own songs, such as Hatshepsut and The Eternal Child. Rabi' is ably accompanied by bass guitarist 'Amer Barakat, keyboardist Amr El-Bahrawi and lead guitarist Mohamed Lotfi. Remarkably, Rabi' is the first artist to introduce jazz fusion in Egypt, a mélange of various musical genres. He was introduced to jazz at the age of 14 and started playing two years later. In 1996, Rabi' founded his band which has participated in international music festivals in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
On stage
As if TV programme Al-Kamera Al-Khafiya (Candid Camera) was not enough, Ibrahim Nasr -- along with scriptwriter Shamekh El-Shandawili and director Ra'ed Labib -- has recreated his cross-dressing character Zakia Zakariya in the stage show Zakia Zakariya Wal-Essaba Al-Muftariya (Zakia Zakariya and the Cruel Gang). The audience, largely consisting of young children, raucously enjoys this highly amusing play which tells the story of a movie extra's attempts at getting his father's inheritance back from his uncle. To this end the protagonist Zaki must eventually metamorphose into the phenomenally grotesque Zakia.At the podium
Claude Duneton, established French writer, actor and editor at Le Figaro Littéraire, will deliver a lecture this week at the French Cultural Centre in Mounira. Duneton's lecture, entitled "The Language of Literature & Spoken Language", will tackle the linguistic differences between the usage of French in literature versus everyday discourse. Acclaimed among distinguished specialists in the history of the French language, Duneton is the author of numerous books focusing on the origins of colloquial expressions and the destiny of the French language as seen in two of his most recent works: Bouquet des expressions imagées and La Mort du français.
Around the galleries
On display at the Hanager Gallery, Opera House grounds, are paintings and art works by a small, select group of artists which celebrate grass-roots agricultural society. They draw as much on mythology and heritage as on the realities of the countryside. The exhibition, which is part of a Conference for Folk Heritage, is a significant event in its own right.See Listings for schedule details
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