15 - 21 March 2001
Issue No.525
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Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 15 - 21 March 2001 Issue No.525 |
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Al-Nitaq Festival of Art in Downtown Cairo, 15-24 March
Opening on Thursday,15 March, 7pm
Organised by Espace Karim Francis, Mashrabiya Gallery & Townhouse Gallery
Programmes & maps available as of opening night at all venues
Exhibitions
All daily 10am-10pm
Atelier du Caire, 2 Karim Al-Dawla St: Tareq Mamoun, Mahmoud Khaled & Amr Fikri
Cairo Berlin Gallery, 17 Youssef Al-Guindi St: Bassam El-Baroni
Cleopatra Hotel, Qasr Al-Nil St: Paintings in the windows
Dar Misr Al-Mahrousa, Al-Bustan passage: Mohamed Abul-Naga
Espace Karim Francis, 1 Al-Sherifein St: Ahmed Nosseir
Estoril restaurant, passage connecting Talaat Harb St to Qasr Al-Nil St: photographs by Hala El-Koussi
Goethe Institute, 5 Al-Bustan St: Mohamed Abla, Sabah Naim, Sami Elias & Khaled Hafez
Gresham Hotel, corner of Talaat Harb St & Maarouf St: installations by Ahmed Asqalani, Doaa Ali, Moataz Nasr, Martin Mcinally, Scott Bailey, Tareq Zaki & Ayman El-Sameri & paintings by Natheer Tambouli
Groppi tea room, Talaat Harb Sq: installation by Amal & Abdel-Ghani Qenawi & paintings by Naser El-Massidisi
Internet Café, Mahmoud Bassiouni St: installation by Mark Diva
Italian Consulate, 24 Galaa St: jury selection of painting & sculpture
Mahmoud Bassiouni St, Averyno passage, third floor, Apt 15: paintings by Bassant Bayoumi, photographs by Bassem Magdi, installations by Mohamed Tamani, Sherif Azma & Karthick Pandian, & sculptures by Gamal Abdel-Nasser, Hisham Nawwar & Hani Rashid
Mashrabiya Gallery, 8 Champollion St: Essam Maarouf
Sherifein St pedestrian area: sculptures by Sobhi Girguis, Martin Mcinally, Moataz Nasreddin, Radwan, Essam Darwish, Sayeda Khalil, Ahmed Asqalani, Gamal Abdel-Nasser
Tahrir Sq: billboard by Lara Baladi
Talaat Harb Square: photography by Susana Hefuna
Townhouse Gallery, Hussein Al-Me'mar Pasha St, off Mahmoud Bassiouni St: Mona Marzouq, Amina Mansour, Hassan Khan (video installation), Shadi El-Noshoqati & Wael Shawqi
Viennoise Hotel, corner of Champollion St & Mahmoud Bassiouni St: photo installation by Lara Baladi
Films
Short films will be screened at the Maulana Abul-Kalam Azad Centre for Indian Culture, 23 Talaat Harb St, Tel 393 3396, daily 7-8.30pm under the following thematic groupings
Sun 18: The Egyptian Way of Life I
Tiri ya Tayyara (Fly, Kite) by Hala Khalil (English subtitles)
Alamat Ibreel (The Signs of April) by Ahmed Maher (English subtitles)
Khayalat Al-Azmina (Shadows of the Ages) by Hanna Atallah
Mon 19: For Children Too
Yawmiyat Aufa (Aufa's Journal) by Sami Hossam (3 films)
Falnusafir Ma'an (Let's Travel Together) by Ahmed Fawzi
Nousa by Osama & Ahmed Fathi
Awlad Al-Nudour (Sons of Votive Offerings) by Hani Khalifa (English subtitles)
Tue 20: The Egyptian Way of Life II
Akhir Al-Nihar (Twilight) by Ahmed Maher (English subtitles)
Wistelbalad (Downtown) by Amir Ramses
Zamzam by Ahmed Rashwan
Muftaraq Al-Turuq (Crossroads) by Ahmed Rashwan
Wed 21: Artists & Writers
Wujouh Al-Fayoum (The Fayoum Portraits) by Islam El-Azzazi (English subtitles)
Mabrouk by Ezzeddin Said
Rihla (Journey) by Hala Galal (English subtitles)
Lectures
Lectures on the theme of Cairo will be held on the following days at the Greek Club, above Groppi's, Qasr Al-Nil St, off Talaat Harb Sq, daily 7-8.30pm; lectures in English will be translated into Arabic
Sat 17: Cairo: Why is it a Victorious City?
Sun 18: Cairo Yesterday & Today: How can the City Produce itself through its Architecture, its Forums, its Cafés & its people's language?
Mon 19: Contemporary Cairo through its Contemporary Plastic Arts, Novels, Short Films, Music & Poetry
Tue 20: The Psychology of the City of Cairo: Its transformation over 100 Years (compared with Paris, London & Rome)
Thu 22: Cairo: The Struggle between Modernisation & Ruralisation
Music
Performances will be given at the Greek Club, above Groppi's, Qasr Al-Nil St, off Talaat Harb Sq, daily 9.30pm-11pm, followed by DJs from 11pm-1am. Music organised by Hossam Shaker, Rahala Band.
Thu 15: Electronic music, folk music & rap by Moataz Yehia, Reda Shiha & Nashaat Sami
Sat 17: Modern Egyptian music by Al-Resalah Band
Sun 18: Modern Egyptian music by Modern Pharoahs
Mon 19: Modern Nubian music by Angelica
Tue 20: A theatrical performance
Wed 21: Dutch Jazz
Thu 22: Samba music by Tam-Tam
Poetry
Poetry evenings, coordinated by writer Hassan Abdel-Mawgoud, will be held at the Mashrabiya Gallery, Champollion St, daily 7-8.30pm. Following is a list of the participating poets & critics
Fri 16: Helmi Salim, Ghada Nabil, Sadiq Sharshar, Hamdi Zeidan, Mustafa Ibada
Sat 17: Farid Abu Se'da, Hassan Khidr, Mahmoud Khairallah, Masoud Shouman, Imad Fouad
Sun 18: Mohamed Saleh, Fathi Abdallah, Fathi Abdel-Sami', Mustafa El-Garhi, Samir Sadi
Mon 19: El-Samah Abdallah, Mahmoud Qurani, Girgis Shukri, Bahaa Awwad, Faris Khidr
Tue 20: Beshir El-Shiba'i, Fatma Qandil, Osama El-Dinasouri, Ahmed Yamani, Sayed Mahmoud
Wed 21: Ahmed Taha, Mohamed Metwali, Sadani El-Salamouni, Hoda Hussein, Adham El-Safti
Thu 22: Mohamed Badawi, Ibrahim Dawoud, Karim Abdel-Salam, Mohamed El-Husseini, Azmi Abdel-Wahab
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