List of past events in the Maq'ad of Sultan Qaitbey cultural hub
ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE AT THE MASQ CULTURAL HUB:
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In November 2024, Egyptian artists Iman al-Benna and Omar Gabr created, in a collaborative creative event in which the local children participated, a huge mural painting in the Desert of the Mamluks neighbourhood in the “City of the Dead” with paints donated by the SIPES company.
A solo exhibition of sculptures by the Egyptian artist Zeinab Sobhy in the CRAFTASTIC! arts and crafts centre, titled “Bastet’s Daughters”, explored the symbolism of Bastet, the ancient Egyptian cat-goddess while drawing inspiration from Cairo’s street cats.
Events celebrating the long history of cultural exchange between Sudan and Egypt were held at the MASQ cultural on 25 May 2024. Individual exhibitions of paintings by three Sudanese artists opened on the day, a Sultan Bazaar of Egyptian and Sudanese Handcraft was held, and a concert by a Sudanese singer followed in the afternoon.
“Awakening the Heart: The Sufi Ceremony of the Mevlevis” was the title of the exhibition of sculptures and paintings by the renowned Syrian-Dutch artist Rana Chalabi in both the maq‘ad of Sultan Qaitbey and the neighbouring oratory of al-Gulshani that opened on 2 March 2024.
The exhibition of compositions in Islamic calligraphy by the Egyptian artist Hoda Hassanein that opened on 2 March 2024 in the maq’ad of Sultan Qaitbey accompanied the huge show “Awakening the Heart: The Sufi Ceremony of the Mevlevis” by Rana Chalabi.
On 2 March 2024, the exhibition “Wearing Art” by Marwa Zakariya opened in the CRAFTASTIC! Art gallery and crafts training centre. The artist stretches the boundaries of pottery and ceramic art into jewellery, mixing ceramics with brass to create beautiful and perfectly wearable art pieces.
