By Nada Deyaa’, Daily News Egypt, edited by Egyptian Streets For the past couple of years, young Egyptian rapper Zap Tharwat has been the voice of many silent tongues. Through his songs, Tharwat voiced his generation’s fears, concerns, ambitions, hopes, and dreams surrounding the main social and political issues gripping Egypt. His songs spoke of revolution, sexual harassment, drug addiction, and most recently gender inequality in his hit song Nour. Part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, under the leadership of the National Council for Women in collaboration with UN Women Egypt and with the generous support of the Embassy of Japan in Egypt, Tharwat launched his latest solo Nour in collaboration with actress and artist Amina Khalil. Nour follows the story of a woman living in Egypt. The music clip tells the story of an old man who receives a CV of a recently graduated mechanical engineer called Nour. While reading the CV, he finds an old page from the applicant’s diary in which Nour’s story is told. Nour has two younger sisters, and is responsible for their care while also studying engineering; however, when their father…
Can a Woman Do a Man’s Job? Viral Rap Song Tackles Gender Inequality in Egypt
November 30, 2016
