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Bookworms, Dawayer Cultural Festival is for you: Tanmia and Diwan are co-organizing a cultural festival which began 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.

The Cairo governorate is marking its 1054th anniversary with the Cairo Marathon this Friday, 14 July. The marathon, which begins at 6am from the Yasser Rizk Axis, will include races for runners, cyclists, and motorcycles.

Mahmoud Saad will host movie star Karim AbdelAziz in a new installation of the SoldOutlive 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 the beats with shaabi pop star Abdel Baset Hamouda, who will perform at El Sawy Culturewheel on Saturday, 15 July at 8pm. You can book your ticket here.

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.

Sharmoofers, Shaheen and El Walili x Alexandria:Sharmoofers will share the stage with the rap star Shaheen 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 El Sawy Culturewheel. Egyptian pop performer Muslim will perform at El Sawy Culturewheel on Thursday, 20 July at 8pm. Tickets are available on the website through this link.

Get ready for the New Alamein Festival 2023: Tamer Hosny will take the stage for El Alamein Festival’s first concert at El Alamein Arenaon Friday, 21 July at 8pm. You can book your tickets now on 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 Culturewheel. Samar Tarek will perform at El-Nahar Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel on Thursday, 27 July at 8pm. Tickets are available on the venue’s website.

Get your shot of the chuckles. Standup comedian Ali Qandil will be performing his set at El Sawy Culturewheel on Friday, 28 July at 8pm. You can book your tickets from the culturewheel’s website.

Travis Scott at the Pyramids: The American rapper is performing at the Giza Pyramids on Friday, 28 July at 9pm. Tickets are sold out.

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