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Bookworms, Dawayer Cultural Festival is for you: Tanmia and Diwan are co-organizing this cultural festival that started last Thursday and continues until Saturday, 15 July at Cinema Radio in downtown Cairo. The festival will include several activities that vary between creative writing workshops, storytelling circles, seminars for prominent authors and novelists such as Buthaina Al Essa and Ibrahim Abdel Majid. Check out Dawayer’s website for more information and the full schedule of events.

What have years done to us? A new play that uncovers the disparity between what we think, what we actually say and what is lost in between when it comes to relationships and love is on its last day at Rawabet Art Space. You can book your seats through TicketsMarche.

In celebration of the new Islamic year, the Cairo Opera house is arranging a festivalfeaturing singers performing religious songs on Tuesday, 18 July starting from 8:30pm in the main hall. Tickets are available on TicketsMallfor reservations.

Ici le Soudan: A cultural event honoring Sudanese artists, hosted by the French Institute in Egypt: The event will include “an exhibition of Sudanese visual art, roundtable discussions, short film screenings, book discussions and a major concert featuring more than 25 artists.” The two-day event will kick off tomorrow at the French Institute of Egypt, Mounira branch.

Mahmoud Saad will host movie star Karim AbdelAziz in a new installation of the SoldOut live interviews series this Friday, 14 July at 8:30pm. The live interview will be held at Ewart Hall at AUC’s Tahrir campus. You can book your ticket from Tazkarti.

Enjoy some Shaabi beats with shaabi pop star Abdel Baset Hamouda, who will perform at ElSawy Culturewheel on Saturday, 15 July at 8pm. You can book your ticket here.

Sharmoofers, Shaheen and El Waily x Alexandria:Sharmoofers will share the stage with the rap star Shahyn and the music producer El Waili at Al Ittihad Alex Club, Smoha branch next Thursday, 20 July. Doors will open at 4pm. You can book your tickets through TicketsMall.

Muslim x ElSawy Culturewheel. Singer Muslim will perform at ElSawy Culturewheel on Thursday, 20 July at 8pm. Tickets are available on the website through this link.

Get ready for the New Alamein Festival 2023: The superstar Tamer Hosny will be hitting the first concert of El-Alamein festival on Friday, 21 July at 8pm. The concert will be at El-Alamein Arena. You can book your tickets now on the Tazkarti.

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

Samer Tarek x El Sawy Cultural Wheel. The singer Samar Tarek is having her first musical concert at El-Nahar Hall, El Sawy Cultural Wheel on Thursday, 27 July at 8pm. Tickets are available on ElSawy Cultural Wheel website.

Get your shot of the chuckles. The standup comedian Ali Qandil will be performing his set at El Sawy Cultural Wheel on Friday, 28 July at 8pm. You can book your tickets from ElSawy Cultural Wheel website.

Tech geeks, get ready for theRoute Tech Summit: The summit will be held on Friday, 28 July from 9am until 10pm in the Greek campus, offering a chance to meet tech recruiters, apply for jobs and attend workshops. You can register through this link to receive your invitation for the event.

El Sawy Cultural Wheel book fair 2023. Book lovers unite: Get ready for a knowledge-nourishing week starting from Sunday, 13 August until Saturday, August 19 at ElSawy Cultural Wheel. The fair will include a variety of events such as workshops, panel discussions, cultural competitions and book signing events.