The heart of Egypt’s performing arts — a modern house on Gezira island.
Egypt’s first opera house, built for the 1869 Suez Canal celebrations, burned down in 1971. The present National Cultural Centre — a gift of Japan, opened in 1988 — replaced it on Gezira with a design that folds modern lines into Islamic geometry. It is home to the opera, the ballet, the symphony, and the Cairo International Film Festival.
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