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Zawya’s kicks off a two-week festival for Italian director Michelangelo Antonio today, as part of its Italian Cinema Focus program in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute. The cinema will screen Antonio’s films through to Tuesday, 27 June.

The annual Flower Exhibition — which is typically held at the Orman Gardens — is now open to the public at the Agricultural Museum in Dokki. The exhibition will run for one month until 27 June.

The “Traces of Egypt” Exhibition wraps tomorrow. The exhibition, which began in late March at the Grand Egyptian Museum, is organized by Egyptian-German artist Susan Hefuna and celebrates the country’s Khayamiya tradition through 28 dresses celebrating local artisans and their craftsmanship.

Check out Fetch-the-Sketch tomorrow at 5-9pm in Darb 15in Maadi. This one-day, three-hour workshop on sketching and illustration aims to discover your creativity and explore your drawing abilities. For more information on materials and reserving a spot, visit their Facebook page.

Lebanese mega star Elissa will be performing in Alexandria this Friday in Alex West’s Club. Also performing on stage are Massar Egbari and comedian Alaa El Sheikh. Just remember that doors open at 2pm. Click here to reserve your tickets.

Calling fans of composer Hany Shenouda and his unique music: Don’t miss out on Shenouda’s concert, along with several other singers, at Cairo Festival City’s Marquee theater this Friday. You can get tickets on Ticketsmarche.

Hiba Tawaji is back with her first concert in Cairo after three years: The Lebanese singing sensation will be performing in the Cairo Opera house this Friday starting from 8:30pm to celebrate the release of her new album, Ba’d Seneen. The performance will be conducted by Maestro Ahmed Aweida and under the supervision of Oussama El-Rahbani. Click here to reserve your tickets.

Egyptian soprano Amira Selim will perform at the National Museum for Egyptian Civilization on Wednesday, 21 June to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the museum’s inauguration. Doors open at 7:30pm and the performance begins at 9:30pm. You can book tickets here.

You can catch El Sofara’s Ahmed Amin at the next SoldOut live interview with TV host Mahmoud Saad on Thursday, 23 June at El Falaki theater at 8:30pm. The live interview will be followed by a performance by singer Nouran Abou Taleb. Tickets for both events are available on Tazkarti.

Cairokee Empire returns: Cairokee is hitting the stage with two mega-concerts at New Cairo’s Manara Arena on Thursday, 27 June and Saturday, 29 June. Tickets are available on Tazkarti here and here.