Photographer and friend Amr Abdallah, who’s been generously sharing his pictures with 3arabawy and The Arabist, will be taking part in a photo-exhibition tomorrow.

Here are the details…

Opening of Al-Nahda’s Cultural Program 2007

Cairo - City of Wonders
with
Mulid al-Mahrani

Thursday, 1st of February, starting at 3 p.m.
Location: El-Nahda Association/Cultural Center, 15 Mahrani St, Faggala, Cairo
Directions: get off metro station Mubarak (Ramses train station), take exit Kamel St., walk along Ramses highway until you see the Jesuit school (huge yellow building) to your right side surrounded by walls, take a right and walk around Jesuit school, take a left and you are in Mahrani street.

Info: call 5920893 - 5920909

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We want to cordially invite you for the third edition of El-Nahda’s (Jesuits Cairo) cultural program.
3 pm: opening of Mulid al-Mahrani with a festive procession through the streets from Bab El Baher St reaching the Association Park
4 pm: the actual Mulid al-Mahrani, with mulid amusements, a puppeteer, a magician and music
7 pm: screening of the film “Mulid Ibn al-Farid” by Ayman Khuri
7:30 pm: followed by a podium discussion about mulids with people who stand behind mulids: A Sufi, an artist, an organizers of a festive procession, moderated by the anthropologist Samuli Schielke
8:30 pm: opening of the photo exhibition “Cairo-how do we see it?” with Amr Abdallah, Peter Alfred, Husam Fadl, Anna Koelling, Muhammed El-Maymuni, Lana Mushtaq, Sharif Mustafa, Samuli Schielke, Adil Wasili
…and the book fair “Read about Cairo”
The evening will be concluded with a concert of the band el-Dor el-Awwil who celebrate with us the release of their new album “Qarar Izala” (Demolition Decree)

See you there…