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The Shaabi music breakthrough
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The Shaabi music breakthrough

You must have heard the song "I'm the one whose life is so wrong,” by shaabi DJ Amr Haha. The DJs,…
Master violinist to perform at the Cairo Opera House
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Master violinist to perform at the Cairo Opera House

If virtuoso violinist and composer Abdo Dagher were Japanese, he would have been declared a national treasure. As it is,…
In other words: From Poland with love
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In other words: From Poland with love

On a crisp Friday night, dozens of Egyptians, Poles and miscellaneous expats lounged on orange beanbags to take in the…
Album review: Mashrou’ Leila’s ‘El Hal Romancy’
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Album review: Mashrou’ Leila’s ‘El Hal Romancy’

At first glance, there seems to be much in common between Beirut’s Mashrou’ Leila and Cairo’s Wust el-Balad - they’re…
Highlights from the Samaa Sufi Music Festival
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Highlights from the Samaa Sufi Music Festival

For eight consecutive nights, the courtyard of Al-Ghouri Dome in Islamic Cairo has been packed full as the fourth edition…
Badiaa Bouhrizi: A Tunisian musician who engages with the world
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Badiaa Bouhrizi: A Tunisian musician who engages with the world

Badiaa Bouhrizi, an underground Tunisian composer and singer, paid her first visit to Egypt last week and performed to an…
Samaa Sufi Music Festival brings music world together
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Samaa Sufi Music Festival brings music world together

Despite being rivals in the political arena, the Indian Qawwali Group and Pakistani Rafi Peer band sang side by side,…
Egypt’s ‘Western’ music scene loses Talaat Zein
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Egypt’s ‘Western’ music scene loses Talaat Zein

Younger generations best know Egyptian singer, Talaat Zein, for his '90s hit “Ta’ala” (Come On) and a local rendition of…
Sha’bi singer Hassan al-Asmar dies at age of 52
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Sha’bi singer Hassan al-Asmar dies at age of 52

Popular singer, Hassan al-Asmar, passed away on Sunday morning, marking the end of an era characterized by the rise of…
Music post-revolution sounds like resistance
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Music post-revolution sounds like resistance

The rift between mainstream and underground music bands and crooners became highly visible over the past decade, with the latter…
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