It’s another busy month for Cairo’s culture scene. Here are three potentially exciting events happening this week, as recommended by Mada’s culture desk.
We haven’t yet seen musician Ahmed Saleh from Telepoetic and Sufi poet Ahmed Miniawy perform together, but if you’re into poetry and avant garde electronic music then this just might be the thing for you. Miniawy’s powerful, trance-inducing lyrics are usually guaranteed to provide a unique experience. Billed as Arabic trip-hop.
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May 26, 10:30pm, Cairo Jazz Club, 197, 26th July St, Agouza, 02 3345 9939
The Contemporary Image Collective’s second pub quiz follows its launch a couple of months ago — a fun, free event, which was well-attended, engaging and had books as prizes. In Arabic and English, CIC’s moderators run the teams, of between two and five participants, through an evening of challenging questions on art, media, photography, cinema and general knowledge. No registration necessary, but punctuality is essential.
May 27, 7pm, CIC, 22 Abdel Khalek Tharwat St, 4th Floor, downtown Cairo, 02 2396 4272, [email protected]
Zawya have filled May with a diverse program on documentary filmmaking from all over the world. Its final three days include a screening of Goran Olsson’s much-acclaimed Concerning Violence, based on Franz Fanon’s text of the same name and narrated by Lauryn Hill, on Sunday May 24, followed by Q&A with Hanan Sabea, chair of AUC’s Sociology Anthropology department. Finding Vivian Maier by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel is screened Monday 25 May, and the program closes Tuesday May 26 with Dina Hamza’s much-anticipated The Past Will Return, followed by a Q&A with the director and the film’s producer, Marianne Khoury. LE25 per ticket.
May 24 – May 26, 7:30 pm, Zawya, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St, downtown Cairo
Nadah El Shazly is bringing her playlist to Vent for Mada Masr’s free-entry playlist night, spinning a set from her personal music library. The singer and songwriter is known for solo leftfield electronic productions and collaborations with various musicians such as El Rass and Mohamed Shafik. Happy hour is from 9-10pm (buy two drinks, get one free), and music plays till midnight.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=heCxtlI3GME
May 27, 9pm, Vent, 6 Kasr El Nil street, downtown Cairo
