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HAPPENING THIS WEEK-

The Sleeping Beauty on the Grand Stage: The Cairo Opera Ballet Company and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra will be performing four shows of Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty at the Zamalek Opera House, starting tonight to Monday, 13 May. Grab tickets for the first, second, third, and fourth productions from Tazkarti.

Zawya’sCairo Cinema Days is back: Zawya’s film program is a showcase of the latest and most prominent productions in Arab cinema within the past year. Throughout a three-month period, you can watch films from Palestine, Lebanon, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, and Egypt. You can find more information on this month’s film selection here.

Experience true culinary discovery at Flavor Republic’s Cairo Food Week. The week-long event being held at Downtown District is starting tomorrow and will continue through to Thursday, May 16. You can follow the event itinerary here and grab tickets for each of the individual events here, but expect prices to make a dent in your bank account. You can get to know the co-founders of Flavor Republic, Hoda El Sherif and Sherif Tamim, in this edition of Founder of the Week.

Spend a spring day with Tamer Ashour and Mahmoud El Esseily. The singers will perform at Family Park in Rehab tomorrow, 10 May. Doors open at 7pm. You can find tickets here.

HAPPENING LATER-

Rawabet Art Space is hosting Turning Tables, which looks at human relationships and the complexities of the past that shape our identity and personalities. The play is written and directed by Hani Iskandar and is performed in English. The performances will run over three days from Thursday, 16 May through Saturday, 18 May from 8pm.

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) is hosting the Empower Her Forumstarting Sunday, 19 May, to Wednesday, 22 May. The forum is meant to promote creative empowerment for women in the art community, hosting women artists from around the world. More information will be posted on their Facebook page closer to the event.

To celebrate 40 years of musical excellence, the legendary Omar Khairat will be taking the stage at Abdeen Palace. Dress to the nines for this event, which is taking place on Friday, 7 June. Tickets can be found here, ranging from EGP 1.5k to EGP 5k.

The return of the Caesar: Legendary singer Kazim Al Sahir is set to perform in Egypt on Friday, 28 June as part of his global concert tour. Booking details will be coming soon, so keep your eyes peeled.