You are invited to attend our Ramadan Nights

First night
Concert by: Ana Masry by Ehab Abdou, old and contemporary Egyptian songs, Muslim Sufi chanting and Egyptian Christian Hymns.
Date: Friday 12 September 2008
Time: 9.00 p.m.
Venue: British Council Agouza, Garden

We are organizing two Ramadan Nights. This year for the first time we are glad to invite Artist Ehab Abdou and his band,

Mohamed Ismail (Medo), Sheikh Zein Mahmoud’s group presenting Egyptian Muslim Sufi chanting and Story-telling
Janine Zaki, presenting Egyptian Christian hymns
Marwa Sharaf El Din, contemporary Egyptian poetry
Mohamed Dawuud, Nubian singing
Accompanied by: Mohamed Ali - Violin, Belal El Sheikh - Oud,
Seddiq Abdel Rahman - Nayy.

The concert includes songs written by singer/songwriter Ehaab Abdou like ‘Ana Masry’, including some songs being presented

Ehab Abdou, co-founder and managing director of Nahdet El Mahrousa, an Egyptian youth-led non-governmental organization (NGO) that was established in 2002 also the elected president of the Egyptian Federation of Youth NGOs,  has always had a dream and a passion to sing and present new contemporary Egyptian lyrics and music that deals with our lives, our Egyptian and Human realities Songs that help us constructively criticize ourselves and our present... so that we can work on improving them... songs that help us dream of a better tomorrow and simply inspire us in different ways.

Several years ago he started taking this dream seriously, studied professional voice training, then working on finding like-minded lyricists and musicians and himself working on developing his song writing skills.

More information about Artist Ehab Abdou can be found on his website.

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Second night
Eskendrella together with Upper Egypt Choir

Concert by: Eskendrella together with Upper Egypt Choir
Date: Friday 19 September 2008
Time: 9.00 p.m.
Venue: British Council Agouza, Garden

Present

A night of music and songs of the works of
Sheikh Sayed Darwish, El Sheikh Imam,
Hazem Shaheen, Shaddy Moenes and Egyptian Folklore.

Free Admission! Don't Miss It!

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Tadamon (The Egyptian Refugee Multicultural Council) invites you to come celebrate the diverse arts, crafts and cultural traditions of Cairo’s Egyptian and refugee artists on the second night at the British Council

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