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HAPPENING THIS WEEK-
Belt your heart out at ROOM Garden City’s Karaoke Night tonight. Book your tickets for 8-10pm using this link, but if you can’t make it, the event is hosted every Tuesday.
The Goethe Institute in Cairo is hosting a screening of Certified Mail tomorrow on Wednesday, 8 May at 7pm. This is part of the institute's new weekly initiative, Der Projektor, in which they showcase highlights from the independent Egyptian film scene every Wednesday. No entrance fee is required.
On the anniversary of the passing of the musician of generations, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Diwan’s original branch in Zamalek will host a seminar to discuss the book Memoirs of the Great Musician Mohammed Abdel Wahab tomorrow, at 7 pm. No entrance fee is required.
The Sleeping Beauty on the Grand Stage: The Cairo Opera Ballet Company and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra will be performing Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty over four nights at the Zamalek Opera House, from Thursday, 9 May to Monday, 13 May. Grab tickets for the first, second, third, and fourth productions from Tazkarti.
Spend a spring day with Tamer Ashour and Mahmoud El Esseily. The singers will perform at Family Park in Rehab this Friday, 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 RiseUp Summit returns again from Thursday, 16 May through Saturday, 18 May at the Grand Egyptian Museum. The summit focuses on bringing together the most prominent investors, leaders, and entrepreneurs in the region to network with promising startups in Egypt and the Arab region. Get your tickets here.
Techne Summit is back too: This year’s Techne Summit will be held in the halls of the CairoInternational Stadium, from Saturday, 25 May till Monday, 27. The summit focuses on investment and entrepreneurship. Register your attendance.
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.