Maha ElNabawi

For Ahmed Mehessen, aka “Teknyk,” his newly founded record label, Subspace, is “a world within a world.” “That is what…

“Can’t you hear the rhythm?” asks local musician and curator, Yara Mekawei with her ears perked toward the street below…

It was a landmark day when prominent women’s rights activist Doria Shafiq bravely led a march of 1,500 women to…

As the number of active Internet users continues to rise in the Middle East and North Africa, social networking and…

“Our folkloric instruments are dying,” says 61-year old, Egyptian musician Salama Metwally as he tunes his favorite rababa. He is…

“My southerners, my southerners,” sang Egyptian musician Dina El Wedidi during the closing set of The Nile Project's concert in…

For many people in Egypt, art is considered a luxury — a hobby for rich folk rather than an advisable…

Although 29-year-old Khaled “Kay” Nassef only began his professional music career a few short years ago and, to date, has…

Mohamed Reda, a professional driver by day and musician by night, can distinctly remember the first time he came across…

There is something to be said for the solace and inspiration found within Egypt’s evolving musical landscape over the past…