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Nabila Magdy 20 Jul 2012
“Wahawy ya wahawy/Eyaha/We kaman wahawy/Eyaha” — these are the introductory lyrics of our most...
Photo: Sarah Yehia
Helen Stuhr-Rommereim 22 Apr 2012
Youssra El-Hawary seems to have a magic touch. Her music video for the song “Al-Soor” (“The Wall...
The Underground Music Federation was established in 2011 to connect and support underground bands in Egypt.
Steven Viney 13 Feb 2012
Underground musicians have established an Underground Music Federation, seeking to nurture the local underground music...
Steven Viney 30 Jan 2012
Many musical acts have come onto the Egyptian music scene during the past year. Very few, though, have gained...
In an attempt to move past a string of revolution-related humiliations, lupine crooner Tamer Hosny tried to make his latest album a statement of unabashed optimism. Titled “Elli Gai Ahla”, (The Best is Yet to Come), the cover features Hosny, dressed entirely in white, standing on a beach with his arms wide open, presumably ready to embrace all the good stuff that’s yet to come.
Ali Abdel Mohsen 04 Sep 2011
It happens with such regularity, you’d think there was a law mandating it: Any Egyptian musician releasing a...
Egyptian singer and songwriter Mariam Saleh is experimenting with her own music after singing tweaked covers by Sheikh Imam for the past few years
Fayrouz Karawya 11 Aug 2011
“I am not singing,” is the theme singer and songwriter Maryam Saleh gives to her upcoming concert on Friday...
Ola El-Saket 21 Jun 2011
When the late Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-77) first sang his patriotic songs in the 1950s and 1960s, he didn’t...
Wust el-Balad's "Robabekya" album cover
Ali Abdel Mohsen 25 May 2011
  Apparently, you can’t judge a book by its cover. Whether this extends to album covers as well is debatable...